Capital Markets Analyst

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Capital Markets Analyst

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Job Description

What You Will Be a Part Of

You will be joining a leading training program in our Capital Markets organization. Focused on creating a pathway to becoming a broker, our development program focuses on gaining deep expertise in all aspects of a capital markets commercial real estate deal.

At Cushman & Wakefield, we combine capital markets expertise with a comprehensive understanding of real estate fundamentals to execute a wide range of transactions for our clients to produce superior results. Our integrated platform combines conventional real estate advisory and brokerage with the corporate finance and capital markets expertise of an investment bank. Our immersive program includes dedicated mentorship, hands-on learning and training, and continuous career development. This program includes:

• A structured learning program designed to develop core professional skills for a successful career in capital markets commercial real estate.
• Facilitated exposure to subject matter experts and leaders in the commercial real estate capital markets space via mentorship and supervisory relationships
• A cohort of peers for knowledge sharing, comradery, and networking
• Access to successful capital markets teams and product offerings
• Exposure, knowledge, and awareness of the services performed globally by Cushman & Wakefield and how they benefit our clients

What You'll Be Doing

As a Capital Markets Analyst, you will have the opportunity to work with teams that are focused on the sale, financing and recapitalization of all major real estate product types including office, retail, industrial, and multifamily properties, as well as other specialty and alternative products throughout the Americas. We will teach you how to become a trusted advisor to our clients, and you will be trained by one of the premier commercial real estate firms in the world.

If you are interested in some or all the following activities, this is the role for you:

• Working closely with premier industry experts on investment presentations and financial analysis best practices and methodologies
• Assisting broker teams in underwriting for asset sales and debt placement across all property types
• Preparing valuation models using a discounted cash flow analyses and excel-based financial models with consideration of market conditions (both current and historical) in industry-wide tools such as Argus
• Conducting market research to analyze property and market conditions; synthesize findings in a clear, concise manner
• Leveraging a variety of research tools to understand and analyze the market dynamics, trends, and overall real estate opportunities
• Participating in client interactions to gain exposure with key executives
• Identifying client needs, prioritizing pain points, and collaborating on tailored solutions
• Conducting audits of existing financial models for accuracy of model inputs and validity of assumptions
• Reviewing contractual tenant leases to abstract key economic and non-economic data points leveraged to underwrite investment cash flows
• Developing high-level analysis summaries by identifying transaction considerations (strengths/weaknesses), trends, outliers, and logical inconsistencies
• Coordinating collection and review of due diligence materials, identifying data gaps required to complete an investment analysis
• Learning to remain resilient in an aggressive and competitive environment

Who You Are

• Dynamic. Positive in attitude and full of energy and new ideas.
• Self-Starter. Sufficiently motivated or ambitious to undertake a project on your own initiative without needing to be told or encouraged to do so.
• Detail-Oriented. Thorough, accurate, organized, and productive. You seek to understand both the cause and effect of a situation.
• Willing to Learn. Possess a desire, wish or readiness to acquire new knowledge and develop new skills. You do not want to stand in one place, but rather wish to be more qualified and keep up with the modern commercial real estate trends and tendencies.
• Accountable. Demonstrates a sense of personal accountability and urgency for achieving results

Cushman & Wakefield provides equal employment opportunity. Discrimination of any type will not be tolerated. Cushman & Wakefield is an Equal Opportunity / Affirmative Action employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, sexual orientation, gender identity, disability, protected veteran status or any other characteristic protected by state, federal, or local law.

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