Associate, Capital Markets, Real Estate

Kayne Anderson Capital Advisors•Boca Raton, FL

3d•Onsite

About The Position

The Associate will be a core member of Kayne Anderson’s Real Estate Finance team, focused on financial planning & analysis (FP&A), management of platform finance facilities, and oversight of structured transactions. This high-impact role blends analytical depth with operational execution, including monthly reporting, cash flow reconciliation, and ongoing collaboration with lending counterparties. The Associate will work closely with internal finance, investment, and asset management teams to provide actionable insights, maintain accuracy of remittance flows, and support key capital and investment decisions.

Requirements

2–5 years of experience in real estate finance, private equity, FP&A, investment banking, or structured finance.
Strong financial modeling skills in Excel; experience with fund modeling and sensitivity analysis preferred.
Working knowledge of real estate fundamentals and capital structure across debt and equity products.
Familiarity with financing execution, legal documentation, and fund-level financing operations.
Understanding of corporate finance concepts including cost of capital, cash flow forecasting, and return attribution.
Highly organized with excellent communication skills and attention to detail.
Bachelor’s degree in finance, real estate, economics, or accounting; CPA or CFA a plus.

Responsibilities

Financial Planning & Analysis (FP&A)
Build and maintain detailed fund- and asset-level financial models for forecasting, returns projections, and liquidity management
Analyze historical and projected performance metrics to support decision-making across the platform.
Prepare internal management reports and dashboards that track performance against budget and pacing plans.
Collaborate with asset management, acquisitions, and fund finance teams to optimize and evaluate capital deployment and returns.
Financing Oversight & Complex Cash Flow Management
Manage the ongoing operations of financing vehicles across the real estate platform, including ensuring accuracy of borrowing bases, compliance certificates, and reporting obligations.
Review and reconcile complex capital flows, including fund cash movements, JV level waterfalls, and new deal originations and financings
Collaborate with external partners, administrators, and internal teams to ensure accurate execution of financial mechanics across structures.
Support quarterly and annual reconciliations of fund-level and JV-level activity to ensure alignment across accounting, finance, and operations.
Reconcile monthly remittance reports from lending partners and maintain portfolio-level dashboards for ongoing oversight and forecasting.
Debt & Structured Financing Execution
Manage and monitor debt structures in coordination with lending partners, ensuring compliance with loan terms and draw schedules.
Coordinate across legal, compliance, and lender counterparties to manage KYC, remittance tracking, and ongoing facility operations.
Support execution of bilateral and structured financing facilities including warehouse lines and NAV facilities.
Develop tools to track financing terms, cash movements, and loan covenant performance across the portfolio.

Benefits

Competitive medical, dental, and vision insurance
Flexible spending accounts (dependent care, healthcare, limited purpose FSA)
Accident and Critical Illness insurance
Long Term Disability insurance
Competitive 401(k) benefits
Pet healthcare savings program
Member’s Only Healthcare - healthcare navigation
WellHub - corporate wellness platform
$10,000 lifetime reimbursement for family forming services (e.g. IVF, adoption, surrogacy)
Rocket Lawyer legal benefits
Reimbursement of professional society memberships and exam fees
Up to $10,000 matching annually for contributions to qualified non-for-profit organizations
Parental leave