Multifamily Portfolio Analyst

Who is Laramar? Founded in 1989, Laramar has grown from a small real estate investment company to a distinguished national real estate investment and property management corporation with a multi-billion-dollar portfolio. For nearly 30 years, Laramar has managed a wide range of properties from high-rise urban to small building to suburban garden-style.


Why should I work for Laramar? Laramar delivers an unparalleled level of service to the real estate industry and our success is attributed to our people. We have a well-trained team of real estate professionals who love their work and honor their commitment to our clients and our residents. If you are seeking a position where your enthusiasm, passion, and creativity are welcome, join the Laramar team!

Are there perks? Yes! Laramar offers excellent medical/dental/vision insurance, flexible spending accounts, Company paid life insurance along with paid short and long-term disability insurance, paid Federal holidays including paid time off from Christmas Day through New Years' Day, a generous paid time off program, partial work-from-home schedule, and a 401k with Company match.

The Multifamily Portfolio Analyst supports the financial and operational performance of Laramar's multifamily real estate portfolio through forecasting, budgeting, financial modeling, and portfolio analysis. This role partners closely with leadership to evaluate asset and portfolio performance, identify key trends and variances, and provide actionable insights that support strategic decision-making, maximize asset value, and drive portfolio performance. The ideal candidate brings experience in multifamily real estate, portfolio analysis, asset management, or property operations and is passionate about leveraging data to improve investment outcomes.

RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Maintain and report on forward-looking KPI's and statistics for the company.
• Work closely with Director to track performance vs. plan on key metrics, such as expected internal rate of return and factors which drive ROI. Conduct enterprise productivity analysis and, where appropriate, project-specific analytics.
• Coordinate and lead cross-functional collaboration during annual property budgeting process.
• Understand and evaluate performance in context of strategic plan for all owned assets.
• Analyze the impact of potential strategic levers on portfolio financial performance.
• Prepare analysis and key materials for executive-level briefing materials for upcoming decisions.
• Ensure visibility and alignment on critical portfolio updates as they occur, identify material portfolio changes, and provide necessary updates (incl. implications).
• Perform sensitivity analysis to inform potential variability to plan.
• Perform regular variance analysis, profitability, and other ad hoc analyses as required.
• Perform timely forecasting and annual planning of all assets through to disposition.
• Analyze monthly financial statements, community performance, sales, production and costing metrics to conduct analysis of profitability and asset utilization.
• Provide to Director any process, policy, and procedural improvements across operational areas as a result of your analyses.
• Develop deep customer, industry, market and competitive insights.
• Contribute to the development/coordination of presentations, communications, planning materials and other strategy-related documents that are both internally and externally impacting.
• Provide support and analysis as requested for real estate taxes, financings and debt payments, lender reporting, replacement reserves, and required property repairs.

QUALIFICATIONS:

• Bachelor's degree in Finance, Accounting, Economics, Business, or related field (new grads welcome).
• 1-2 years of financial experience in the multi-family industry preferred.
• High proficiency level with Excel including the building and maintaining of complex financial models.
• Demonstrate a proficient skill level with all MS Office products.
• Solid understanding of income statement, balance sheet and cash flow statement and the inter-relationships between the information reported on each.
• Strong analytical mindset with high attention to detail.
• Position requires acceptable motor vehicle driving history, valid and free from restrictions, and must and appropriate vehicle insurance coverage.

SKILLS AND ABILITIES:

To perform the job successfully, an individual should demonstrate the following competencies:

• Embodies Laramar Core Values.
• Excellent oral and written communicator.
• Positive attitude, organization with strong attention to detail required.
• Participate in proactive team efforts to achieve departmental and company goals.
• Ability to work effectively under tight time constraints.
• Works without direct supervision and independently with broad guidelines.
• Excellent organizational skills with the ability to prioritize and work effectively on multiple tasks in a demanding environment.

SUPERVISORY EXPECTATIONS:

This role has no supervisory responsibilities.

Physical Demands and Work Environment: (The phrases "occasionally," "regularly," and "frequently" correspond to the following definitions: "occasionally" means up to 1/3 of working time, "regularly" means between 1/3 and 2/3 of working time, and "frequently" means 2/3 and more of working time.)

• The work environment is the typical office environment. The employee must be able to complete their work satisfactorily in an environment where there are significant distractions, including staff, clients, and vendors walking through and conversing, telephones ringing, conversations carrying over, loud noises, and interruptions to answer questions from others.
• The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.
• While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to sit and use hands to finger, handle, or feel objects, tools, or controls. The employee frequently is required to talk or hear. The employee is occasionally required to stand; walk; reach with hands and arms, and stoop, kneel, crouch, or crawl.
• The employee must regularly lift and/or move up to 20 pounds and should do so in a sound and safe manner. Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, color vision, peripheral vision, depth perception, and the ability to adjust focus.

Salary Description


$65,000-$80,000