Real Estate Special Situations Associate/ Senior Associate

Long Ridge Partners; New York (NY); On-site; USD 80,000 - 120,000; Full time

Job summary

Long Ridge Partners, a prestigious investment firm, is seeking an associate/senior associate for their Real Estate Investments team in New York. The role focuses on distressed and special situations investing, requiring the candidate to underwrite investment opportunities across the entire deal life cycle.

Successful applicants will have 2-7 years of experience in real estate credit, acquisitions, or investment banking, along with strong financial modelling and analytical skills. Responsibilities include creating detailed financial models and preparing strategic plans for assigned properties.

Qualifications

• 2-7 years of experience in real estate credit, acquisitions or investment banking.
• Significant experience with financial models and asset valuation tools.
• Strong attention to detail and ability to manage multiple projects.

Responsibilities

• Underwrite real estate investment opportunities at corporate and asset levels.
• Assist in the underwriting and due diligence of new CRE investment opportunities.
• Prepare strategic plans for assigned properties.

Skills

Financial modelling

Quantitative skills

Analytical ability

Tools

Excel

Job description

Our client is a prestigious investment firm with over $20bn in AUM. They seek to hire an associate/senior associate on the Real Estate Investments team with a focus on distressed and special situations investing.

Responsibilities

The successful candidate will be responsible for underwriting real estate investment opportunities both at the corporate and asset level. This is a small investment team and the associate will get responsibility across the entire life cycle of the deal.

• Assist in the underwriting and due diligence of new CRE related investment opportunities across the capital stack
• Structure/Build detailed financial models and asset valuation tools to support investment decisions
• Forecast operating performance, financial projections and business plan scenarios for deal‑specific underwriting
• Assisting with creating initial screening memos and final investment memos which will be presented before the Investment Committee
• Assist in the preparation of asset‑level recommendations for senior management
• Prepare strategic plans for assigned properties and contribute to overall portfolio plans

Qualifications

• 2-7 years of experience in real estate credit role, real estate acquisitions or investment banking
• Significant financial modelling experience
• Advanced Excel knowledge, including ability to summarize data via formulas, lookups, Pivot Tables, conditional formatting, etc.
• Strong quantitative skills and demonstrated analytical and problem solving ability
• Strong attention to detail and ability to manage multiple projects