Sr Associate / Director, Investments

Brandywine Realty Trust•Philadelphia, PA

5d•Onsite

About The Position

Brandywine Realty Trust is seeking either a Sr Investments Associate or a Director, Investments. The position will be based in our headquarter office located in Philadelphia, PA. The role has the primary responsibility for working within a lean investments group and reporting directly to the Corporate SVP, Investments & Capital Markets. The successful candidate will need to be proficient with financial and investment modeling, have excellent analytical skills, along with exceptional inter-personal skills and will have the opportunity to present their findings to various departments and management levels within the organization, including the CEO and to external partners and lenders. The ideal candidate should have a high energy level and be able to work well under pressure and meet deadlines, have the capability to review and comprehend complex legal documents, including joint venture agreements, partnership, contribution and loan documents. In addition, must have a “team player attitude,” and a positive, outgoing, customer service orientation is a must.

Requirements

Bachelor’s degree in Finance, Accounting, Real Estate or a related field is required
Minimum of 5-8 years of working experience in real estate investment
Expert proficiency in Excel, PowerPoint and Word
Solid experience with financial modeling and building/manipulating complex spreadsheets (including DCF/NPV/IRR analysis) is required
Experience with modelling complex waterfalls and/or ground-up development projects
Ability to interpret and synthesize general concepts as well as raw data into a comprehensive financial analysis

Nice To Haves

Experience with ARGUS is strongly preferred
Working knowledge of CoStar, Trepp, Green Street, S&P Financial, etc. is a plus

Responsibilities

Lead all facets of the real estate transaction process, including coordinating with brokers on BOVs and investment sales, and managing the due diligence process for new investments, dispositions and financings.
Underwrite new investment opportunities, including potential property acquisitions, preferred investments and partnership structures, using ARGUS and Excel
Ability to review and analyze a variety of investment opportunities
Experience modeling complex joint venture and structured finance waterfalls in Excel, initial structuring and ongoing valuation
Prepare development and redevelopment models
Create presentations for assessing transactions and summarizing analysis using PowerPoint, Word and Excel
Lead ad hoc research projects and special assignments
Research market sales and lease comps for various projects; update and maintain internal sales comp database
Mine various sources (i.e. – CoStar, Trepp, Green Street, S&P Financial, etc.) for investment opportunities and market intelligence
Prepare ad hoc financial analysis on an as-needed basis
Coordinate reporting to third party partners and lenders on as-needed basis
Other duties as assigned