MIM - Analyst - Asset Management

MetLif; Whippany (NJ); Hybrid; USD 95,000 - 100,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health plan

Life insurance

401(k) with employer match

Parental leave

Paid time off

Job summary

MetLife Investment Management (MIM) invites you to join the Global Real Estate and Agricultural Investments team as an Analyst supporting the Northeast Regional Office. You will assist with budgeting, forecasting, leasing analysis, and property reporting for a portfolio that includes office, retail, multi-family and industrial assets.

This hybrid role in Whippany, NJ requires a minimum of 3 days in the office.

Qualifications

• BA/BS in related field.
• Ability to work within a collaborative team environment, effectively handling multiple issues, prioritizing deadlines appropriately and remaining flexible and professional.
• 0-3 years of relevant experience in institutional real estate, preferably in asset management and/or acquisitions.
• Strong analytical skills, including advanced Excel and Argus Enterprise modeling, joint venture waterfalls and promote structures.
• Experience using AI tools.

Responsibilities

• Assist with budgeting, forecasting, and expense management to maximize asset performance and recurring net income.
• Support lease analysis, negotiations, and contract preparation while coordinating with attorneys, consultants, and external partners.
• Oversee quarterly asset valuations, including internal assessments and review of third-party appraisals.
• Collaborate with property management and leasing teams to implement strategies that enhanced leasing activity, operations, and capital expenditures.
• Support asset business plans, reporting, acquisitions, dispositions, due diligence efforts, and property transitions.
• Assist with asset sales by engaging brokers, evaluating bids, negotiating contracts, and managing due diligence through closing.

Skills

Analytical skills

Excel

AI tools

Education

Bachelor's degree

Tools

Argus Enterprise

VTS

MRI/Yardi

Job description

At MetLife Investment Management (MIM), the Real Estate and Agriculture team offers the opportunity to shape thriving markets and drive meaningful impact. With one of the world’s largest portfolios, spanning real estate debt and equity, and agricultural mortgages, you will collaborate with top professionals to invest across the risk spectrum, from core to opportunistic. Recognized as a 2025 Best Place to Work in Money Management by Pensions & Investments, MIM brings together collaboration, strategic insight, and real-world impact. If you’re ready to help build enduring value, this is where you belong.

The Opportunity

MIM’s Global Real Estate and Agricultural Investments maintains a portfolio invested in commercial real estate and agricultural mortgages, as well as real estate equities. In addition to sourcing and managing these investments, the groups are responsible for developing and maintaining relationships with key industry contacts and referral sources. The mortgage portfolio and equity portfolio units are organized according to specialty, and they actively manage MetLife’s portfolio of mortgage loans and equity investments in agricultural, office, apartment, retail, industrial, and hotel properties. The portfolio units are responsible for overall portfolio strategy, pricing, transaction approval and credit approval on new loans, as well as the active management of the overall mortgage and equity portfolios. Real Estate Investments sources and manages commercial real estate investments through seven regional field offices (Atlanta, Chicago, Dallas, Los Angeles, San Francisco, Washington, DC, and Whippany, NJ) and four international offices (London, Mexico City, Tokyo and Santiago).

The Analyst will support the Northeast Regional Office (NERO) Asset Management team in leasing, property management, construction management, client reporting, valuation and overall accounting for a defined portfolio of commercial investment properties. Property types may include office, retail, multi-family and industrial.

Key Responsibilities

• Assist with budgeting, forecasting, and expense management to maximize asset performance and recurring net income.


• Support lease analysis, negotiations, and contract preparation while coordinating with attorneys, consultants, and external partners.


• Oversee quarterly asset valuations, including internal assessments and review of third-party appraisals.


• Collaborate with property management and leasing teams to implement strategies that enhanced leasing activity, operations, and capital expenditures.


• Support asset business plans, reporting, acquisitions, dispositions, due diligence efforts, and property transitions.


• Assist with asset sales by engaging brokers, evaluating bids, negotiating contracts, and managing due diligence through closing.

Required Qualifications

• BA/BS in related field.


• Ability to work within a collaborative team environment, effectively handling multiple issues, prioritizing deadlines appropriately and remaining flexible and professional.


• 0-3 years of relevant experience in institutional real estate, preferably in asset management and/or acquisitions.


• Strong analytical skills, including advanced Excel and Argus Enterprise modeling, joint venture waterfalls and promote structures.


• Experience using AI tools

Preferred Qualifications

• Familiarity with real estate specific applications, such as Argus Enterprise, View The Space (VTS), DealPath, Chatham Financial and MRI/Yardi a plus.


• High level of initiative, strong work ethic, attention to detail and willingness to work across teams.


• MBA preferred

Location Expectation: This is a hybrid role requiring a minimum of 3 days per week in office.

The expected salary range for this position is $95,000 - $100,000. This role may also be eligible for annual short-term incentive compensation and stock-based long-term incentives. All incentives and benefits are subject to the applicable plan terms.

Benefits We Offer

• We offer a comprehensive health plan that includes medical/prescription drug and vision, dental insurance, and no-cost short- and long-term disability.


• We also provide company-paid life insurance and legal services, a retirement pension funded entirely by MetLife and 401(k) with employer matching, group discounts on voluntary insurance products including auto and home, pet, critical illness, hospital indemnity, and accident insurance, as well as Employee Assistance Program (EAP) and digital mental health programs, parental leave, paid time off, paid holidays, volunteer time off, tuition assistance and much more! For more information regarding MetLife’s U.S. benefits, please click here .

About MetLife

Recognizedon Fortune magazine's list of the \"World's Most Admired Companies\",Fortune World’s 25 Best Workplaces™, as well as the Fortune 100 Best Comp