Real Estate Intern: Finance & Valuation Analytics

RippleMatch Inc.; Chicago (IL); On-site; USD 90,000 - 110,000; Full time

Job summary

DWS Real Estate Internship offers hands-on experience in underwriting, valuations, and portfolio management at a leading asset manager. You’ll perform DCF analyses in Argus and Excel, and craft Investment Committee materials for financings, leasing, and dispositions.

With mentorship from experienced professionals, you’ll grow in long-term planning, property business plans, and reporting insights, while developing AI-enabled tooling for smarter decisions.

Qualifications

• Proactive, coachable, accountable and personable.
• Organized/disciplined, manages multiple priorities in a fast-paced environment.
• Strong work ethic, intellectual curiosity, and critical thinking abilities.
• Attention to accuracy and detail.
• Effective communicator with strong social/relationship building skills.
• Ability to leverage AI tools to enhance financial analysis, improve reporting efficiency, and generate insights.

Responsibilities

• Compile DCF underwriting in Argus and Excel for multi-year planning, hold-sell decisions, financings, leasing, and value-add strategies.
• Prepare Investment Committee presentations for financings, leasing, and dispositions.
• Analyze leasing opportunities and sensitivities via ARGUS, NPV analyses, and market research.
• Identify opportunities to provide additional analysis/recommendations to add value to AM/PM.
• Lead external appraisal process and complete internal valuations across Transactions and Portfolio/Asset Management.
• Support the transition of newly acquired properties from Transactions to Portfolio/Asset Management.
• Develop in-house tools for both commercial and residential assets to increase efficiency.
• Review Asset Management reports for NRA, occupancy, carrying value and NOI.
• Prepare annual property business plans and quarterly reporting; develop hold/sell or MAP recommendations.

Skills

Analytical modeling

Critical thinking

Collaboration

Attention to detail

AI tools usage

Curiosity

Tools

ARGUS

Excel

Job description

DWS Real Estate Internship offers hands-on experience in underwriting, valuations, and portfolio management at a leading asset manager. You’ll perform DCF analyses in Argus and Excel, and craft Investment Committee materials for financings, leasing, and dispositions.

With mentorship from experienced professionals, you’ll grow in long-term planning, property business plans, and reporting insights, while developing AI-enabled tooling for smarter decisions.