Senior Financial Analyst

Sunstone Real Estate Advisors, the largest national brokerage firm focused exclusively on manufactured housing & RV communities, seeks a talented Senior Financial Analyst to join our growing Capital Markets team based out of San Diego, California.

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The Senior Financial Analyst will work collaboratively with Sunstone Capital Advisors' leadership team on tasks ranging from analyzing client's individual assets and portfolios, interfacing with lenders and owner/operators, conducting market research, procuring loan request quotes, and coaching/training junior team members, to creating broker opinions of value (BOV's) + offering memoranda (OM's), and other marketing materials.

The Senior Financial Analyst possesses a high-level understanding of commercial real estate underwriting and fundamental metrics, excellent Excel and analytical skills, strong communication skills gained over the course of 2-3+ years' experience in a CRE loan brokerage or lending environment, and a desire to move into production in the near term.

A day in the life of a successful Senior Financial Analyst includes, but is not limited to:

• Reviewing and analyzing financial statements, rent rolls, proforma projections, and other materials for the purposes of property, portfolio, and loan underwriting and analysis

• Performing detailed market research and gathering and reviewing comparable data

• Modeling different financing scenarios depending upon the profile of the transaction

• Partnering with the Executive Managing Directors, Underwriters, Operations team, Brokers, Clients, and other internal/external stakeholders on the evaluation of potential opportunities

• Communicating with capital sources, buyers, and sellers to achieve ideal outcomes for the firm's clients

• Managing the team's transaction pipeline, xhyhwjd forecasting, and coordinating team activities to ensure a smooth and successful execution

The ideal Senior Financial Analyst possesses the following skills & experience:

• 2-3+ years' experience in a similar CRE Analyst role, ideally in a banking, Agency lending, or investment sales or debt/equity brokerage environment

• An intimate understanding of the life of a commercial loan or sale from origination through successful closing

• The ability to work independently, and as a member of a collaborative, multidisciplinary team of internal + external stakeholders