Senior Analyst, Fund Finance & Analytics

About the Company
Our client is a growing vertically integrated real estate investment and operating platform headquartered in Los Angeles with offices in multiple U.S. markets. The firm manages discretionary commingled institutional funds and offers an entrepreneurial environment with direct exposure to fund-level strategy and senior leadership.

The Opportunity
The firm is seeking a Senior Analyst Fund Finance & Analytics to join its Finance team in a newly created role. This person will support fund-level planning and analysis capital activity forecasting portfolio valuation track record and performance reporting investor reporting and data management. The role works closely with Accounting and Treasury Investments Asset Management and Investor Relations as well as third-party service providers. The ideal candidate pairs strong modeling skills with a sharp eye for data integrity reporting accuracy and process improvement.

Responsibilities

Fund Modeling & Analytics

• Build and maintain fund and co-investment models including cash flow projections distribution waterfalls and return calculations
• Calculate and analyze IRR MOIC cash yield and other performance metrics at the fund co-investment and asset levels comparing actuals and projections against underwriting
• Coordinate capital call and distribution forecasts across funds and co-investment vehicles
• Prepare sensitivity scenario and performance analyses to support forecasting and portfolio decisions
• Partner with the Investment team to assess how new deals and underwriting assumptions affect fund-level forecasts and performance
• Work with Asset Management to compile actual and projected operating results and key performance drivers for investor reporting and fundraising
• Support the quarterly fair value process: coordinate valuation inputs reconcile conclusions and prepare materials for internal review
• Support the annual audit of portfolio valuations by organizing models source data and supporting documentation
• Review deal projection models for consistency and accuracy in methodology and assumptions

Track Record & Performance Reporting

• Maintain the fund co-investment and asset-level track record database and supporting documentation
• Prepare performance summaries attribution analyses and historical performance exhibits
• Provide accurate consistent performance data for fundraising marketing and investor diligence materials

Investor Reporting & Support

• Partner with Investor Relations to deliver financial portfolio and performance information for investor reporting and communications
• Support responses to investor due diligence and ad hoc data requests
• Support preparation of investor reports capital call notices and distribution notices

Data Management & Operations

• Maintain a standardized quarterly-updated inventory of fund co-investment and asset-level operating and financial KPIs
• Reconcile data across internal models accounting records investor reporting systems and third-party sources; work with internal teams and fund administrators to resolve discrepancies
• Identify and implement improvements to reporting processes data controls documentation and workflows including scalable systems and data-quality checks

Qualifications

• Bachelors degree in Finance Accounting Economics Business or a related field
• Roughly 35 years of experience in FP&A investment analysis fund finance valuation portfolio reporting transaction advisory or a related role; real estate or private investment management experience preferred
• Strong modeling skills covering cash flow projections distribution waterfalls IRR/MOIC sensitivities performance reporting and valuation; experience with quarterly valuations or external audits preferred
• Working knowledge of private fund structures fund accounting financial statements capital activity and partnership economics
• Advanced Excel and strong PowerPoint; experience with fund administration portfolio monitoring investor reporting or BI systems preferred
• Strong analytical skills and the ability to communicate findings clearly
• Excellent organization and attention to detail with the ability to juggle multiple deadlines
• Clear communicator who works well across functions and with outside providers
• Proactive and collaborative comfortable improving processes in an entrepreneurial setting

Required Experience:

Senior IC