Acquisitions and Asset Management Associate

Specialty Consultants Inc.; Washington (District of Columbia); Hybrid; USD 90,000 - 130,000; Full time

Job summary

Specialty Consultants Inc. is assisting a premier U.S. commercial real estate investment manager in recruiting an Acquisitions and Asset Management Associate for its seniors housing platform.

You will analyze financials, model deals in Excel, and manage a pipeline through due diligence, ensuring thorough data and documentation prior to closings. You’ll support underwriting, benchmark market data, and help stabilize operations through turnover to operating partners, with growth opportunities

Qualifications

• 2–4+ years in healthcare real estate, healthcare lending, or data science.
• Bachelor's degree in Finance, Accounting, BI or related field.
• Working knowledge of commercial real estate — financial structures, transaction process and documents, and competitive market and demographic analysis.
• Expert-level Excel and complex modeling software.
• Highly organized and detail-oriented, with the ability to prioritize and multitask in a fast-paced environment.
• Strong analytical, problem-solving, and communication skills.

Responsibilities

• Obtain, review, and analyze financial statements for each opportunity, model deal structures in Excel, and deliver analytical feedback to the Investment Team.
• Manage and communicate a recurring deal pipeline across stages, hitting regular workflow deadlines.
• Own investment due diligence end to end — ensuring it’s requested, collected, reviewed, and completed (including final legal documentation) before every closing, and keeping the team’s data server consistently organized.
• Collect and benchmark facility-level market data (rental rates, labor trends, insurance, property tax) and build a database of KPIs — occupancy, demand, labor rates, and market trends.
• Track industrywide investment activity and prepare research reports shared companywide.
• Support underwriting for financially viable deals, help ensure successful lease-up and stabilization through turnover to operating partners, and maintain those operating-partner relationships.

Skills

Excel modeling

Healthcare real estate knowledge

Financial analysis

Data analytics

Education

Bachelor's degree in Finance/Accounting/BI

Tools

Microsoft Excel

Job description

SCI, the Leader in Real Estate Executive Search®, has been retained by a premier U.S. commercial real estate investment management firm — founded in 2009, headquartered in metropolitan Washington, DC, with roughly $4.5 billion raised across its fund vehicles and more than 60% of its capital from U.S. public pension plans — to recruit an Acquisitions and Asset Management Associate for its seniors housing platform.

You’ll become a key member of the Investment Team, helping drive the growth of a seniors housing platform on its way to nearly $12.5 billion in owned assets. It’s a rare chance to join one of the most sophisticated investors in high-quality healthcare real estate — and to create real purpose through investments that improve seniors’ quality of life.

What you’ll do:

• Obtain, review, and analyze financial statements for each opportunity, model deal structures in Excel, and deliver analytical feedback to the Investment Team
• Manage and communicate a recurring deal pipeline across stages, hitting regular workflow deadlines
• Own investment due diligence end to end — ensuring it’s requested, collected, reviewed, and completed (including final legal documentation) before every closing, and keeping the team’s data server consistently organized
• Collect and benchmark facility-level market data (rental rates, labor trends, insurance, property tax) and build a database of KPIs — occupancy, demand, labor rates, and market trends
• Track industrywide investment activity and prepare research reports shared companywide
• Support underwriting for financially viable deals, help ensure successful lease-up and stabilization through turnover to operating partners, and maintain those operating-partner relationships

What you bring:

• 2–4+ years in a related role, ideally in healthcare real estate, healthcare lending, or data science
• A bachelor's degree in Finance, Accounting, Business Intelligence/Data Analytics, or a related field
• Working knowledge of commercial real estate — financial structures, transaction process and documents, and competitive market and demographic analysis
• Expert-level Microsoft Excel and complex modeling software
• Highly organized and detail-oriented, with the ability to prioritize and multitask in a fast-paced environment
• A motivated, accountable self-starter with strong analytical, problem-solving, and communication skills

The details:

• Based in Washington, DC preferred — remote candidates considered
• Occasional travel for due diligence, industry conferences, and offsite meetings
• A clear growth path: the firm promotes from within, with real opportunity to advance to Investment Manager and beyond