(Senior) Analyst - Asset Management

High Country Search Group; Charleston (SC); On-site; USD 90,000 - 130,000; Full time

Job summary

High Country Search Group seeks a Senior Analyst to join its growing multifamily investment platform in Charleston, SC. The role is highly analytical and hands-on, partnering with Asset Management and investment teams to evaluate performance, build asset-level financial models, and support budgeting, forecasting, and strategic decision-making.

You will interact with senior leadership and property management to pursue opportunities that enhance returns.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Finance, Real Estate, Accounting, Economics, or related field.
• 2–4+ years of experience in multifamily asset management or related analytics.
• Experience evaluating property-level operating performance, budgets, and forecasts.
• Advanced Excel and real estate cash flow modeling skills.
• Strong communication and collaboration with internal and external stakeholders.
• Willingness to travel up to 25%.

Responsibilities

• Monitor and evaluate financial and operating performance across a portfolio of multifamily assets.
• Own asset-level financial models, forecasts, valuations, and investment return analyses.
• Lead monthly and quarterly variance analysis against budgets and underwriting assumptions.
• Support acquisitions, dispositions, refinancing, and due diligence as needed.
• Provide actionable recommendations to senior leadership to improve performance.

Skills

Asset management

Financial modeling

Advanced Excel

Budgeting

Communication

Travel readiness

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Finance/Real Estate/Accounting/Economics

Job description

This is a rare opportunity to join a highly active and well-positioned multifamily investment firm. With well over $1 billion in assets under management, the platform combines institutional-scale investment capabilities with the agility and exposure of an entrepreneurial firm.

The Role:

The (Senior) Analyst will work closely with senior members of the Asset Management and investment teams to drive performance across the firm's multifamily portfolio. This is a highly analytical, hands-on role with meaningful responsibility for evaluating property performance, executing asset-level business plans, financial modeling, budgeting and forecasting, and supporting strategic decisions across the portfolio.

The (Senior) Analyst will have direct exposure to senior leadership and will work closely with property management teams and other internal and external partners to identify opportunities to improve operating performance and maximize investment returns.

Key Responsibilities:

• Monitor and evaluate financial and operational performance across a portfolio of multifamily assets, including revenue, expenses, NOI, occupancy, leasing trends, and capital expenditures.
• Own and maintain asset-level financial models, forecasts, valuations, and investment return analyses.
• Lead monthly and quarterly variance analysis against budgets, forecasts, underwriting assumptions, and property-level business plans.
• Partner with property management teams to evaluate performance, identify areas of underperformance, and drive execution of asset-level initiatives.
• Support annual budgeting and business planning across the portfolio.
• Analyze market fundamentals, competitive properties, rents, supply pipelines, and other trends impacting asset performance.
• Evaluate capital projects, refinancing opportunities, hold/sell decisions, and other strategic asset-level initiatives.
• Prepare portfolio reporting, asset management presentations, investment committee materials, and investor-facing analysis.
• Support acquisitions, dispositions, refinancing, and due diligence as needed.
• Identify opportunities to improve portfolio performance and provide actionable recommendations to senior leadership.

Qualifications:

• Education: Bachelor’s degree in Finance, Real Estate, Accounting, Economics, or a related field.
• Experience: 2–4+ years of experience in multifamily asset management, acquisitions, real estate private equity, investment banking, or a related analytical real estate role. Direct multifamily experience strongly preferred.
• Asset Management: Experience evaluating property-level operating performance, budgets, forecasts, business plans, and investment returns.
• Modeling Skills: Advanced Excel and financial modeling skills, with experience building and maintaining real estate cash flow models, valuations, and return analyses.
• Analytical Ability: Strong ability to identify key performance drivers, diagnose variances, and translate financial and operational data into actionable recommendations.
• Communication: Comfortable working directly with property management teams, senior leadership, and other internal and external stakeholders.
• Travel: Ability to travel less than 25% of the time to visit properties and markets.
• Cultural Fit: Team-oriented, collaborative, and comfortable working within a close-knit, entrepreneurial environment.
• Mindset: Curious, hungry, and solutions-oriented, with the ability to take ownership, anticipate issues, and operate independently without requiring step-by-step direction.