Analyst/Sr Analyst, Investments

Position – Analyst/Sr Analyst, Investments

Department / Role Overview: Amherst Residential

Amherst is revolutionizing the way U.S. real estate is priced, managed and financed in order to unlock opportunities for all market participants. Driven by data, analytics, and technology, Amherst has a 20-year history of anticipating where the next risks and opportunities are likely to emerge and designing actionable strategies for investors to capitalize on opportunities across residential real estate, commercial real estate and public securities. Amherst, along with its affiliates and subsidiaries, has more than 900 employees, $5 billion under management and approximately $15 billion under advisement and oversight. www.amherst.com.

The Amherst Residential platform provides a comprehensive suite of services to facilitate the ownership of single-family rental properties, including property management services, asset-level financing, and asset management services. With a deep understanding of and proprietary analytics on the single-family home and mortgage markets, Amherst's platform combines a unique combination of national scale with local market knowledge and execution.

The Asset Management team oversees the investment strategyand asset management for Amherst’s

$15bn real estate portfolio and is looking for an Underwriting Analyst who will work in a fast-paced, quantitatively driven environment, and is comfortable managing and streamlining various high impact projects and decisions across the portfolio. They will be working on the buy-side acquisitions platform in the single-family residential real estate sector and be involved in identifying, underwriting, due diligence and concession negotiation management across Amherst’s new acquisition opportunities The Analyst will also play a pivotal role in the ongoing revenue management pricing and strategy for ourexisting portfolio of 45,000+ homes.

• Perform financial analysis and build financial models for strategic acquisition opportunities
• Optimize portfolio performance by identifying rental assets that should be marked for sale
• Develop detailed and comprehensive presentations on market trends and strategic insights for senior management to support investment decisions across the organization
• Underwrite and monitor the rental market to evaluate existing portfolio performance and support revenue management strategies across various regions within Amherst’s 45,000+ homes portfolio
• Collaborate with internal teams and operating partners to drive strategic initiatives aimed at improving margins and returns

Desired Skills / Qualifications

• Education

  : Bachelor’s degree and MBA/CFA with financial markets understanding a plus

• Experience

  : 1-4 years of prior experience in Financial Services and/or Real Estate firm preferred. Highly analytical mindset.

• Technical

  : Advanced skills in SQL, Tableau, MS Office Excel and PowerPoint. Prior experience in using Yardi, Power BI preferred.
• Proven high performer with a demonstrated track record of academic and/or professional excellence
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills with the ability to engage effectively with internal and external stakeholders
• Highly detail-oriented and well-organized, with the ability to perform effectively in a fast-paced, high-intensity environment
• Strong ability to manage multiple priorities and meet tight deadlines while delivering high-quality outputs
• Demonstrated enthusiasm for working in a highly collaborative and fast-paced team environment

Amherst’s core values:

• Culture & Conduct: Positive attitude with high integrity. Agile in adapting to a dynamic environment with emerging datapoints. We do the right thing the right way and are accountable for our actions.
• Client-Centricity & Business Acumen: Strong Team player, multiple internal/external stakeholders management,
• Communication & Connectivity: Strong written and verbal communication skills with clients and management. Collaboration – We align, contribute, and win together.
• Execution & Delivery: Self-starter, Proactive, motivated, driven personality, Excellent organizational and time management skills.
• Agility – We are nimble and responsive.
• Community – We empower and support people to create a sense of belonging for all.

Working Shift/ arrangement: US Shift (1:30 PM – 10:30 PM ), Flexible - Hybrid working model