Structured Finance Analyst - RMBS & CMBS

Position Overview

Employer: DWS Group

Title: Structured Finance Analyst - RMBS & CMBS

Location: New York

Job Code: #LI-MB1 #LI-02

About DWS:

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Join us at DWS, and you can be part of an industry-leading firm with a global presence. You can lead ambitious opportunities and shape the future of investing. You can support our clients, local communities, and the environment.

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As investors on behalf of our clients, it is our role to find investment solutions. Ensuring the best possible foundation for our clients’ financial future. And in return, we’ll give you the support and platform to develop new skills, make an impact and work alongside some of the industry’s greatest thought leaders. This is your chance to achieve your goals and lead an extraordinary career.

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Job Summary:

DWS is seeking a Structured Finance Analyst to support the research, analysis, and ongoing surveillance of commercial mortgage-backed securities (CMBS) and residential mortgage-backed securities (RMBS). This position is in the Structured Finance Team, a key part of DWS Americas investment division. The team covers a wide range of products, including open-end mutual funds, institutional and retail separately managed accounts. The Structured Finance Team is seeking a candidate to join the team based in New York.

Your Key Responsibilities:

• The candidate will assist team members in evaluating both new issue transactions and surveilling existing portfolio holdings across RMBS and CMBS

• Formulate high conviction investment recommendations based on relative value, factoring in various account risk tolerances

• Reviewing offering memoranda (interpreting interpret legal and structural provisions)

• Underwriting collateral (including property-level cash flows, DSCR, LTV, and sponsor quality),

• Building and maintaining cash flow models to assess structure and credit.

• Lead efforts to maintain data integrity within various portfolio management and trading systems

Your Skills and Experience:

• Preferred candidates will have prior experience at a rating agency or buy-side investment firm with proven expertise in Mortgage Backed Securities (MBS) including CMBS and/or RMBS

• Bachelor’s degree

• Highly proficient with Excel and industry-standard tools such as Intex, Trepp, and Bloomberg

• Have a keen sense of integrity and fiduciary responsibility; be client focused and a strong team player

• Strong written and oral communication skills.

• Proven ability to leverage AI tools to enhance productivity, optimize workflows to solve business problems, while applying critical judgment to ensure responsible and ethical use of data and AI outputs.

What we’ll offer you:

At DWS we’re serious about diversity, equity and creating an inclusive culture where colleagues can be themselves sand it’s important to us that you enjoy coming to work - feeling healthy, happy and rewarded. At DWS, you’ll have access to a range of benefits which you can choose from to create a personalized plan unique to your lifestyle. Whether you’re interested in healthcare, company perks, or are thinking about your retirement plan, there’s something for everyone.

The salary range for this position in New York is $133,000 to $206,000. Actual salaries may be based on a number of factors including, but not limited to, a candidate’s skill set, experience, education, work location and other qualifications. Posted salary ranges do not include incentive compensation or any other type of renumeration.

At DWS, we recognize that our benefit programs have a profound impact on our colleagues. That’s why we are focused on providing benefits and perks that enable our colleagues to live authenti­cally and be their whole selves, at every stage of life. We provide access to physical, emotional, and financial wellness benefits that allow our colleagues to stay financially secure and strike balance between work and home. Click here to learn more!

DWS’ Hybrid Working model is designed to find the right balance between in-person collaboration and engagement in the office, which is core to our working culture, and working from home. Each business group varies on the split between time spent in the office and at home, but this will be discussed and made clear as part of your application and interview process. We will continue to review and evolve our working environments and methods to ensure that we are working in the best way possible for our people.

If you require any adjustments or changes to be made to the interview process for any reason including, or related to a disability or long-term health condition, then please contact your recruiter and let them know what assistance you may need. Examples of adjustments include providing a change to the format of the interview or providing assistance when at the DWS office. This will not affect your application and your recruitment team will discuss options with you. 

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