Commercial Real Estate Financial Analyst

Overview

Job Rotation Program Overview
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The Job Rotation Program is designed to develop well-rounded talent by providing employees with cross-functional exposure across BWE’s three critical areas:
Conventional Multifamily Analytics, Underwriting, and Affordable Housing Analytics. This program aims to enhance technical expertise, strategic thinking, and leadership capabilities while fostering collaboration across these businesses.

Job Rotation Program Overview
:
The Job Rotation Program is designed to develop well-rounded talent by providing employees with cross-functional exposure across BWE’s three critical areas:
Conventional Multifamily Analytics, Underwriting, and Affordable Housing Analytics. This program aims to enhance technical expertise, strategic thinking, and leadership capabilities while fostering collaboration across these businesses.

• Skill Development:
  Build proficiency in underwriting principles, and data-driven decision-making related to all forms of rental housing.
• Cross-Functional Knowledge:
  Enable Job Rotation Analysts to understand the interdependencies between risk assessment, analytics, and housing policy.
• Talent Pipeline:
  Prepare high-potential employees for future leadership roles through diverse experiences.
• Innovation &
  
  Collaboration:
  
  Encourage knowledge sharing and innovative solutions to complex business challenges.

• Recent Graduates:
  Primarily undergraduates and MBA/master’s students. We are seeking dynamic candidates with 0-2 years of experience in financial services or real estate.
• High-Potential Talent:
  Graduate Students with leadership potential, strong academic records (often 3.5+ GPA), intellectual curiosity, and key soft skills.
• Individuals with a demonstrated interest in real estate and/or real estate finance.

• Duration: 12 Months
• Rotations:
• Agency Conventional Analytics (4 months)
• Gain experience in data modeling for a wide variety of residential properties, including conventional multifamily, manufactured housing, student housing and seniors housing.
• Introduction to performance metrics and trend analysis used to evaluate financial performance.
• Learn about Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac multifamily loan programs and how BWE structures transactions to satisfy their requirements.
• Underwriting (4 months)
• Learn risk assessment, property and sponsor credit analysis, and Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac underwriting compliance.
• Partner with BWE underwriting staff in completing multifamily collateral inspections to assess risk
• Complete ad hoc financial analysis as required and apartment market reviews
• Assist in authoring investment briefs for loan committee approval.
• Gain foundational multifamily real estate underwriting experience.
• Affordable Analytics (4 months)
• Build on the experience gained with Agency Analytics, layering up to gain skills modeling debt for Affordable-specific Agency products.
• Understand federal and state housing programs, their regulatory requirements, and their community impact.
• Understand the Agencies' approach to quoting and underwriting Affordable transactions.
• Initial training modeling HUD debt transactions, for both Affordable and Conventional properties.

• Onboarding & Orientation:
  Overview of program goals, expectations, and resources.
• Mentorship:
  Each participant is paired with a senior leader in each rotation.
• Learning Modules:
  Technical training and industry education.
• Performance Reviews:
  Feedback at the end of each rotation to track progress.
• Functional Training:
  Often includes formal training, project work, departmental sessions, 1-1 training, job shadowing/going through each transaction.

If you are ready to take on a challenging and rewarding role, apply today! We encourage you to explore the career opportunities we have available here at BWE!