Financial Analyst

Franklin Street is currently seeking a Financial Analyst to join our team in Tampa, FL.

The ideal candidate must possess 1-3 years of experience in real estate investment and valuation. Experience with debt and equity originations preferred. An Undergraduate degree in Finance, Economics, Business, Accounting, or a related field is required. Advanced proficiency in MS Excel and knowledge of the entire MS Office Suite is required.

Position Overview:

The Financial Analyst will support our team to enable them to reach a high level of production and provide exceptional value to our clients. Financial Analysts will partner with broker/agents to perform detailed analysis of commercial investment properties.

• Prepares detailed financial analysis for investments in multiple real estate asset classes.
• Upgrades complex financial models and improves upon existing templates.
• Assembles comprehensive investment packages and proposals of all types.
• Coordinates and collects market research and data to determine appropriate rents, expenses, and vacancy assumptions for new underwriting and/or presentation materials.
• Proactively collects, catalogs, and previews various trade areas and geographies to identify strategic investment opportunities.
• Updates and maintains internal database.
• Proactively researches and stays abreast of industry changes.
• Provides documentation of investment issues and root causes for future issue avoidance.
• Performs analysis of historical and current comparative property-specific data to economic metrics, along with current micro and macro market conditions, to determine financial underwriting and presentation assumptions to present to clients along with the decision logic needed in order to make recommendations.
• Performs other duties as assigned.

Requirements

• 1-3 years of experience in real estate investments and valuation. Experience with debt and equity originations preferred.
• An undergraduate degree in Finance, Economics, Business, Accounting, or related fields is required.
• Mid-level proficiency in MS Office suite (most specifically advanced Excel and Outlook) and related software required.
• Ability and diligence to read through offering memorandums, and understand and extract critical information.
• Experience in cash flow forecasting, financial analysis, and real estate pro forma modeling.
• Ability to work well with groups under pressure when superiors give you big projects on short notice for pitches to private and institutional partners and clients.
• Desire to volunteer to be outside of comfort zone to learn new things.
• Expository writing skills.
• Understanding of how to create basic interactive maps using Google, Bing, etc.
• Fluent with basic real estate concepts for all major property types, strong grasp of financial terms and principles necessary in real estate underwriting (IRR, NPV, Return on Equity, etc.)
• Ability to learn and comprehend capital markets related to private equity or investment banking.
• Ability to take direction but work independently or as part of a team.
• Proactive thinker with a detail-oriented approach to problem solving.
• Strong attention to detail, organizational skills, and the ability to meet time-sensitive deadlines.
• Ability to multi-task and adjust priorities in a constantly changing, fast-paced environment.

About Franklin Street:

Franklin Street is a family of full-service real estate companies focused on delivering value-added solutions to meet clients' evolving needs. Through a collaborative philosophy of leveraging the resources, expertise, and experience of each of its divisions—Real Estate, Capital, Insurance, Property Management, and Project Management—Franklin Street offers unmatched value and optimal solutions for clients nationwide.

Make your next career move with Franklin Street. With seven lines of business and nine offices across, that perfect opportunity you've been looking for is here. We believe in hiring a mix of experienced and new talent to join our team of professionals. Whatever your expertise, wherever you are on your career path, Franklin Street is your destination for success.

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Franklin Street offers competitive salaries, medical – including additional discounts, dental, and vision benefits, disability, and life insurance, 401(K), paid time off, and holiday pay. We also love working together to help the community through our company-sponsored philanthropy events.

Must be able to successfully pass pre-employment (post-offer) drug screen and background check.

Franklin Street and Lighthouse HR Services is an Equal Opportunity Employer: Race, Religion, Color, National Origin, Citizenship, Sex, Sexual Orientation, Gender Identity, Age, Disability, Ancestry, Veteran Status, Genetic Information, or any other classification protected by law.