Real Estate Capital Markets Associate

Merit General Contractors, LLC; San Antonio (TX); On-site; USD 100,000 - 180,000; Full time

Job summary

Merit General Contractors, LLC is seeking an Associate to underwrite, evaluate, execute, and monitor real estate investment opportunities across markets and product types. You will support acquisitions, developments, financing activities, and capital raising while driving investment decision making.

The role requires strong financial modeling, deep real estate knowledge, and the ability to manage multiple workstreams in a fast-paced environment.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Finance, Real Estate, Economics, Accounting, or a related field.
• 3–5 years of experience in real estate acquisitions, investments, development, private equity, investment banking, or capital markets.
• Advanced financial modeling and underwriting capabilities.
• Strong analytical, problem-solving, and communication skills.
• Experience supporting asset management, investor reporting, and refinancing or recapitalization transactions.
• Proficient in Excel and PowerPoint.

Responsibilities

• Lead financial underwriting for acquisitions, developments, recapitalizations, dispositions, joint ventures, and structured investments.
• Build and maintain sophisticated financial models across industrial, office, mixed-use, and land investments.
• Analyze investment returns, cash flows, sensitivities, capital structures, financing alternatives, IRRs, and equity multiples.
• Support debt placement, equity raising, recapitalizations, and refinancing initiatives.
• Prepare investment committee materials and present analyses to senior leadership.
• Maintain due diligence checklists, data rooms, and transaction documentation.

Skills

Advanced financial modeling

Real estate investment analysis

Microsoft Excel

PowerPoint

Independent working

Attention to detail

Communication skills

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Finance, Real Estate, Economics, Accounting, or related field

Tools

Microsoft Excel

PowerPoint

DCF modeling

Job description

Merit General Contractors, LLC is seeking an Associate to underwrite, evaluate, execute, and monitor real estate investment opportunities across markets and product types. You will support acquisitions, developments, financing activities, and capital raising while driving investment decision making.

The role requires strong financial modeling, deep real estate knowledge, and the ability to manage multiple workstreams in a fast-paced environment.