Senior Systems Analyst, Debt

Senior Systems Analyst, Debt

Bellwether is a global advisory firm that helps businesses solve their most complex challenges and enhance enterprise value. We specialize in formulating and executing dynamic growth strategies through true partnership with our clients. Merging deep industry expertise, advanced analytical capabilities and best-in-class talent, we create value across the business lifecycle, from transaction management to operational transformation. Bellwether specializes in the management, analysis, and reporting of over $40 billion of AUM across a wide range of real estate related assets and corporate platforms in North America, Europe and Asia.

The Debt Asset Management Team is responsible for the oversight of a portfolio of commercial real estate debt investments. The Senior Systems Analyst, Debt role is an exciting opportunity to leverage one's knowledge of technology and business to drive delivery of business initiatives by bridging the gap between business requirements and technical solutions. This hybrid role will work closely with business stakeholders to analyze business needs and translate them into technical requirements for development teams to produce solutions that are feasible and scalable. This role will be a key driver in delivering solutions from design to deployment.

This hybrid role will also be responsible for supporting the asset management team in preserving and creating value in the existing portfolio across various property types. The Senior Systems Analyst, Debt will support the team by maintaining complex financial analyses, evaluating monthly operating reports, authoring quarterly portfolio and asset level reports, and interacting directly with sponsors. In this role there will be tremendous learning and growth opportunities through interactions with leading experts in the real estate investment industry.

Key Responsibilities

Asset Management Analyst:

• Assist in the proactive monitoring and management of a portfolio of debt investments across various property types;
• Review and analyze business plans, leasing activity, and monthly property operating data;
• Analyze loan draws to ensure property business plans stay in line with budget and leasing parameters;
• Liaison with borrowers and leading members of the Asset Management Team and client to review business plan execution and ensure debt covenants are met;
• Generate reporting materials to monitor the performance of investments at the asset level and support portfolio management analytics;
• Examine and report on covenant monitoring;
• Perform credit analysis of potential sponsors/borrowers;
• Support loan closing and onboarding to Asset Management function; spearhead loan repayment process;
• Perform in-depth market research, comparable sale reviews, lease analyses and sponsor diligence;
• Support asset management through review of borrower quarterly reporting and loan covenant compliance;
• Collaborate to perform due diligence throughout the closing process; and
• Play a major role in the preparation of deal memoranda and participate in deal presentations to the client.

Business Analyst:

• Translate business processes into structured technical requirements, with a focus on servicing, onboarding, and performance reporting;
• Collaborate with data engineering and Salesforce teams to align structured workflows with scalable data models;
• Map and validate data pipelines, ensuring integrity across systems that support both exploratory analysis and production reporting;
• Support Tableau reporting delivery, including recurring portfolio performance dashboards and PDF-based asset and financial reports; and
• Act as a connector between technical and business teams, ensuring logic, assumptions, and data flows are clearly communicated and documented.

Professional Experience

• 2+ years supporting cross-functional technology projects, using project management tools to drive alignment and deliver within a broader team context
• 2+ years of hands-on experience with SQL or a similar query language
• 1+ year of experience in Salesforce system design and/or administration
• 2+ years in data modeling, business process mapping, and integration mapping
• 2+ years of relevant real estate finance experience

Education/Certification

• Bachelor's degree in Information Systems, Mathematics, Statistics, or related field required.

Essential Skills & Competencies

• Job Knowledge & Technical Ability: Strong financial modeling and analytical skills with the ability to build models. Property underwriting and advanced financial modeling and analytics. Ability to interpret and analyze loan documents, leases, and management agreements. A strong technical background and understanding in data analysis, data modeling, and systems analysis. Proficiency in Microsoft SQL Server, cloud-based platforms, and databases is required. Advanced skills in scripting and programming languages, as well as reporting tools (Tableau, Power BI, or similar platforms). Familiarity with various data model types, the ability to troubleshoot and resolve errors efficiently, strong project management skills, and meticulous attention to detail are critical for success.
• Initiative & Dependability: Ability to perform responsibilities independently and proactively, solve problems, and improve processes and/or services. Self-directed, takes initiative and responsibility, ensures completion of tasks.
• Communication: Excellent verbal and written communication skills; strong listening and interpersonal skills. Highly effective at preparing and presenting information.
• Professionalism & Teamwork: Acts with honesty and integrity and maintains confidentiality, adheres to company policies. Promotes a collaborative and productive work environment. Demonstrates team building, support and respect.

Travel Requirements

• Local and/or nationwide travel to assets and client sites required on an as-needed basis, approximately 1-3 times per quarter depending on deal list.

Position Details

• Classification: Exempt
• Position Status: Regular, Full Time
• Reports To: Managing Director
• Direct Reports: No

Physical and Mental Demands

• While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to stand, sit, and walk.
• Must be able to sit at an office workstation for an extended period of time.
• May need to reach, stoop, or kneel to access items.
• Must be able to talk, hear and use wrists, hands and/or fingers frequently and repetitively to operate a computer, telephone and other office productivity machinery.
• Must frequently prepare or inspect documents, and convey details or important instructions or ideas accurately, loudly, or quickly.
• Ability to work independently, and prioritize duties to ensure timely completion. The ability to collaborate is also imperative.
• Requires active listening, critical thinking, making decisions, time management, as well as administration skills.
• Ability to interact in a courteous professional manner at all times.
• Regular, predictable attendance is required.

The physical and mental demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this position. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the functions.

Work Environment

• No hazardous or significantly unpleasant conditions (such as in a typical office).
• Moderate noise (i.e., business office with computers, phones, printers and light traffic).
• Indoor business office environment with windows; light foot traffic within work areas.

The work environment characteristics described here are representative of those a teammate encounters while performing the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

Benefits

• We offer a comprehensive benefits package that includes:
• Employer-paid Medical, Dental & Vision, with buy-up options available
• Flexible Spending Account, Health Savings Account
• Carrot Fertility Benefit - $10,000 lifetime benefit
• 401k company match 4%, immediately vested
• Generous PTO, 11 Paid Company Holidays & Paid Holiday Office Closure
• 14 weeks Maternity Leave & 12 weeks Parental Leave
• Wellbeing program offerings
• Cell phone reimbursement
• Engaging team events & holiday parties

Intent of Position Description

This position description describes the general nature and level of work required by the position. It is not intended to be an all-inclusive list of qualifications, skills, duties, responsibilities or working conditions of the job. The job description is subject to change with or without notice, and Management reserves the right to add, modify or remove any qualification or duty. Nothing in this job description changes the existing at-will employment relationship between the Company and the employee occupying the position.

Equal Opportunity Employer

Bellwether is an equal-opportunity employer

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