Real Estate Investment Analyst: Data-Driven & Growth-Oriented

aresmgmt; Denver (CO); On-site; USD 85,000 - 105,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical coverage

401(k) match

Flexible spending accounts

Job summary

Ares Management in Denver is seeking an Analyst to support oversight of real estate investment and fund activities through financial analysis, modeling, and reporting. You will refine data infrastructure and deliver insights to internal stakeholders and investors in a fast-paced, collaborative environment.

The role requires 1–3 years in CRE or related fields, a finance-related bachelor’s degree, strong Excel and Power Platform skills, and the ability to build valuation models and participate in

Qualifications

• 1 to 3 years of applicable work experience in commercial real estate (investment, asset management, valuation), investment banking, or data science.
• Bachelor’s degree in finance, accounting, engineering, data science, or related field or equivalent experience.
• Appraisal or valuation experience desired.
• Experience with Microsoft Power Platform (Power Query, Power BI, SQL), CoPilot, LLMs, Python, Jira, RealPage AIM, and database management highly desired.
• Strong Excel model building skills, PowerPoint presentation skills, and proficiency in Microsoft Office Suite.
• Experience with Yardi IP/IM and Argus Enterprise preferred.
• Proficiency with accounting fundamentals and financial analysis.
• Understanding of DCF, IRR, and investment valuation concepts.
• Ability to define problems, collect data, establish facts, and draw valid conclusions.
• Ability to build and maintain effective, collaborative relationships with internal and external partners.
• Organized and detail oriented with the ability to adapt to a changing and fast-paced environment.
• Strong interpersonal skills, communication, and collaboration in a team environment.
• Self-starter with superior analytical skills; a problem solver with an astute attention to detail.
• Ability to communicate (verbal and written) in an articulate and effective manner.

Responsibilities

• Provide support in managing fund financial model, forecasting equity deployment, investment volume, fund and asset-level returns, and portfolio structure.
• Manage property cash flow models for leasing activities, capital expenditures, market leasing assumptions and capital markets assumptions.
• Lead the quarterly valuation process for the fund's properties utilizing Argus and excel.
• Support detailed buy/sell/hold analyses at the property, submarket, and market levels.
• Collaborate with acquisitions and development teams to review proposed new investments for the fund.
• Support budgeting process including capital projections for existing assets, equity raise forecasts, and deployment projections.
• Ownership of ongoing internal and external reporting deliverables.
• Assist Investor Relations team with due diligence and ad hoc requests from investors.
• Acquire detailed market knowledge including understanding location, product, supply and demand within each market.
• Work with finance, technology and investor relations teams to build and maintain data systems and dashboards.

Skills

Analytical thinking

Strong communication

Collaboration

Problem solving

Attention to detail

Finance and accounting fundamentals

DCF, IRR, valuation concepts

Data visualization

Education

Bachelor’s degree in finance or related field

Tools

Power BI

Power Platform

SQL

Python

Excel

Jira

Argus Enterprise

RealPage AIM

Job description

Ares Management in Denver is seeking an Analyst to support oversight of real estate investment and fund activities through financial analysis, modeling, and reporting. You will refine data infrastructure and deliver insights to internal stakeholders and investors in a fast-paced, collaborative environment.

The role requires 1–3 years in CRE or related fields, a finance-related bachelor’s degree, strong Excel and Power Platform skills, and the ability to build valuation models and participate in