Associate, Loan Originations

Faropoint • Hoboken, NJ

5d • Onsite

About The Position

The Associate, Loan Originations supports Faropoint’s origination team in sourcing, underwriting, structuring, and closing commercial loans, with an industrial real estate focus. The role is suited to someone with 2–5 years of experience in lending, credit, or real estate finance and reports to the Director of Originations. It is based at Faropoint’s headquarters in Hoboken, New Jersey, and requires travel for property tours, borrower and broker meetings, and industry events.

The position involves developing relationships with industrial borrowers, brokers, and sponsors; originating deals and maintaining the pipeline in the CRM; analyzing financial information and preparing loan models and credit memos; and supporting loan structuring and execution within company credit policy. The Associate coordinates due diligence and closing requirements, ensures adherence to underwriting, KYC/AML, and regulatory processes, and hands completed loans off to servicing.

This is a client- and prospect-facing role requiring daily communication with borrowers, brokers, and sponsors. The successful candidate is technology-forward, proactive, able to manage multiple deals to deadlines, and familiar with real estate fundamentals such as valuation, leasing, market dynamics, and capital structure. Industrial real estate knowledge is preferred.

Faropoint is a pure-play real estate fund manager focused on the last-mile industrial sector. Founded in 2012, the company has acquired more than 500 warehouses and operates through seven regional offices with more than 120 employees in vertically integrated teams using proprietary AI-driven tools.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in Finance, Accounting, Economics, Real Estate, or a related field.
• 2–5 years of experience in commercial lending, credit analysis, investment banking, or real estate finance.
• Strong Excel financial modeling skills.
• Working knowledge of credit metrics and loan structures.
• Ability to read financial statements, leases, and loan documents.
• Strong communication and client presence; the role involves daily communication with borrowers, brokers, and sponsors.
• Ability to take initiative, own deals, and manage multiple deals to deadlines.
• Understanding of real estate fundamentals, including valuation, leasing, market dynamics, and capital structure.

Nice To Haves

• Industrial commercial real estate lending experience.
• Experience vibe-coding or working with LLMs.
• Industrial real estate knowledge.

Responsibilities

• Build a network of industrial borrowers, brokers, and sponsors, and originate deals with support from senior originators.
• Maintain the deal pipeline in the CRM.
• Spread financial statements and build loan models, including DSCR, LTV/LTC, and debt-yield analyses.
• Draft credit memos.
• Help establish loan terms, covenants, reserves, and pricing within credit policy.
• Coordinate due diligence, legal counsel, title matters, and closing deliverables.
• Follow underwriting, KYC/AML, and regulatory requirements.
• Hand completed loans off to servicing.
• Communicate with borrowers, brokers, and sponsors and represent the firm on calls, property tours, and meetings.
• Travel for property tours, borrower and broker meetings, and industry events.

Benefits

• Competitive base salary of $90,000–$125,000, commensurate with experience, plus discretionary bonus.
• Health insurance.
• Dental insurance.
• Vision insurance.
• Unlimited PTO.
• 401(k) plan with company matching.
• Collaborative work environment at the Hoboken, New Jersey headquarters.
• Direct mentorship from senior asset management leadership.
• Exposure to institutional real estate asset management operations.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Entry Level