Description
Position: Portfolio Management Analyst - Middle Market Equities
Company: Blue Vista Capital Management, LLC
Location: Chicago, IL (Downtown)
Start Date: May/June 2021
Company Overview
Blue Vista was founded in 2002 in Chicago as a real estate investment firm with a mission to invest alongside successful investors and sponsors across all property sectors in the U.S. Today, Blue Vista’s platform offers a national footprint in the U.S. and Canada, local operating expertise, and best-in-class investment strategies focused exclusively on Student Housing and Middle Market real estate with over $4.5 billion of assets under management.
The Middle Market equity platform co-invests with local operating partners in joint ventures across the U.S. targeting value-add opportunities in all property asset classes including office, retail, multifamily, self-storage, hotels and industrial.
The Opportunity
Blue Vista’s Middle Market Equity Platform is seeking to hire a real estate professional with a minimum of 1 year of relevant experience with a focus on portfolio management. The right candidate will be part of an intense, highly academic team of real estate professionals and should therefore possess a strong academic track record and a desire to work as part of an integrated investment management team. The position includes a varying and challenging set of high-level responsibilities and an opportunity for growth in an expanding, well-capitalized real estate private equity company.
Responsibilities/essential functions include, but are not limited to, the following:
- Maintain financial models to track operating performance and project asset and fund-level returns
- Build new financial models to inform strategic investment decisions
- Assist with quarterly investor reporting
- Manage quarterly fair market valuation process
- Coordinate with asset managers to draft annual budgets, conduct investment analysis, and forecast returns
- Participate in due diligence requests for prospective investors during capital raising process
- Respond to ad hoc investor requests
- Prepare presentations for investor meetings
- Track macroeconomic and market research to help contribute to Blue Vista’s internal research efforts
Qualifications Required
- Bachelor’s degree in real estate, finance, or related field
- Minimum of 1 year of relevant work experience within financial services. Real estate experience preferred
- Excellent analytical skills including a strong command of Excel
- Advanced knowledge of accounting fundamentals
- Proficiency with property valuation software (Argus Enterprise)
- Strong interpersonal and communication skills (written and oral)
- Highly motivated self-starter with a strong work ethic and the ability to work effectively as part of a team
Interested candidates should submit a cover letter and resume.
Experience
1+ to 2 years
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