Real Estate Credit Analyst: Modeling & Dealmaking

Hunt Companies, Inc.; Dallas, Northern (TX, KY); Hybrid; USD 85,000 - 125,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Competitive salary

Comprehensive benefits package

Paid time off

HSA/FSA accounts

Retirement plan

Job summary

Hunt Companies, Inc. is seeking a Real Estate Credit Associate in Dallas to support the underwriting and investment decision process. You will partner with a regional team and manage analytics, due diligence, and deal materials for a growing commercial real estate portfolio.

The role emphasizes advanced Excel-based modeling, market and property research, and collaboration with sponsors, brokers, and counsel to move transactions toward closing.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's Degree in finance, accounting, economics, real estate, or a quantitative discipline required.
• 3+ years of experience in real estate investment banking, commercial real estate lending or CMBS, principal/debt investing, or brokerage required.
• Advanced Excel skills and genuine fluency in real estate financial modeling required.
• Sound credit and investment judgment with ability to identify risk early and solve problems.
• Strong written and verbal communication, including with external counterparties.

Responsibilities

• Owns the analytics behind every deal - builds Excel cash-flow models, runs return and sensitivity scenarios, assembles comparable-set analysis, and conducts the financial and asset-level research that frames each investment decision.
• Prepares property and market-level due diligence, including site visits and travel to assets and markets where we finance, as necessary.
• Helps carry transactions to close, working through loan documentation and negotiating key terms alongside counsel.
• Serves as a day-to-day point of contact for sponsors, brokers, attorneys, and third-party advisors throughout a transaction.
• Partners with the Asset Management team to monitor loan and portfolio performance after closing.
• Authors the investment committee memoranda that make the case for each opportunity.
• Produces the working materials of a lean team - presentations, Excel models, and pipeline tracking.

Skills

Advanced Excel

Real estate financial modeling

Credit analysis

Client communication

Team collaboration

Education

Bachelor's degree in finance, accounting, economics, real estate, or quantitative discipline

Tools

Excel

Word

PowerPoint

Teams

Job description

Hunt Companies, Inc. is seeking a Real Estate Credit Associate in Dallas to support the underwriting and investment decision process. You will partner with a regional team and manage analytics, due diligence, and deal materials for a growing commercial real estate portfolio.

The role emphasizes advanced Excel-based modeling, market and property research, and collaboration with sponsors, brokers, and counsel to move transactions toward closing.