CRE Analyst at UC Funds

Hire5•Miami, FL

8d•Remote

About The Position

UC Funds is building its first remote analytical seat. The firm screens, underwrites and packages bridge deals continuously, and sells participations in them to co-lender partners. This role will handle the execution layer, including modeling, screening, and packaging deals, allowing senior personnel to focus on origination and credit decisions. The analyst will be responsible for both outward-facing packaging for co-lending partners and inward-facing analysis to protect the firm's position. This is a non-support role where the analyst owns the analysis end-to-end and their work is presented externally. This role is a pilot for expanding UC Funds' remote analytical team.

Requirements

From-scratch financial modeling in Excel, including cash flows, debt sizing, IRR/NPV, and sensitivities, with the ability to explain assumptions.
Experience in underwriting from primary deal documents such as rent rolls, operating statements, T-12s, capex budgets, and leases to form a view.
Understanding of lender-side analysis, including loan sizing, DSCR, debt yield, LTV/LTC, interest reserves, and structure, with experience in sizing or structuring debt.
Experience writing third-party-ready output such as credit memos, IC materials, or offering memoranda that were acted upon by external parties.
Fluency in US commercial real estate, including US lease structures, operating statement formats, and market data sources.
Demonstrated ability to work autonomously and manage one's own working rhythm without daily supervision, including keeping stakeholders informed.
Professional working proficiency in English, both spoken and written.

Nice To Haves

Depth in multifamily real estate, including understanding how unit-level operations impact financial performance.
Experience in hospitality, senior living, or student housing.
A track record of managing multiple live deals concurrently within transaction timelines.
Examples of recommendations that influenced decisions, especially those that went against prevailing opinions.
Working experience with AI and automation tools in analytical work.
An instinct for standardizing repetitive tasks.

Responsibilities

Underwrite income-producing real estate from primary documents (rent rolls, operating statements, T-12s, capex budgets, leases) to identify missing or overstated information.
Build financial models from scratch, including cash flow projections, debt sizing, IRR and NPV calculations, and sensitivity/downside cases.
Perform lender-side analysis, including loan sizing, DSCR, debt yield, LTV/LTC, interest reserves, recourse, and structure.
Provide a first view on inbound deals within the timeline of a bridge lender.
Produce credit memos, investment summaries, and participation packages for co-lender partners.
Present deals accurately and favorably, clearly articulating UC Funds' retained risk.
Support refinancings, dispositions, and other transaction workstreams.
Provide a final recommendation with supporting reasoning, including when to pass on a deal.
Manage multiple live deals concurrently without losing detail.
Proactively communicate status updates in writing to senior sponsors.
Develop standard models, templates, and reusable packages to improve efficiency.
Explore and implement AI and automation in the workflow to speed up processes.