Senior Analyst

Overview

Firm Overview Northwood Investors LLC ("Northwood") is a leading, privately-held, global real estate private equity investment advisor that invests alongside institutional and private clients in a broad range of real estate opportunities globally, with over $9 billion of assets under management. Northwood was founded in 2006 by John Z. Kukral, the former President and CEO of Blackstone Real Estate Advisors. The Northwood team has deep experience in sourcing, executing and managing real estate transactions worldwide, ranging from office buildings and shopping centers to hotels and residential investments.

Northwood has locations in the US (Denver – headquarters, New York, Dallas, Los Angeles, and Charlotte) and professional teams in the United Kingdom, Luxembourg and Paris. For more information, visit Northwood’s website at

This position reports directly to the SVP of Portfolio Team and is responsible for supporting all aspects of portfolio management for Northwood’s investments in the US. While the role spans multiple asset classes — including office, industrial, mixed-use, retail, and hospitality — it will have a primary focus on multifamily assets. The role will interface with all departments and portfolio companies and will support performance reporting and valuation processes, internal reporting and analysis, investor reporting, asset plan creation, and the development of a financial platform.

The ideal candidate has real estate accounting, financial reporting and/or asset management experience and seeks broad exposure within a top private equity firm.

• Prepare and review quarterly valuations and support the annual asset planning process for a portfolio of assets.
• Develop understanding of asset valuation drivers, analyze changes in asset values and document findings. Prepare summary presentations and present results to senior management and investments team.
• Develop relationships with Asset & Investment Managers. Periodically visit properties and attend budget, leasing, and asset plan meetings to become familiar with all aspects of assigned properties.
• Support valuation automation projects and assist in enhancing reporting processes, procedures, and analytics. Capture relevant data points and assumptions in data repository.
• Assist in other asset performance tracking and planning processes (budgets, forecasts, recovery audits, annual roll forwards, etc.).
• Support annual asset plan process. Work closely with Asset Management and Investment teams. Take ownership for data collection, analysis, report preparation and review of asset plan presentations.

• Build and maintain valuation, asset plan, budgeting, forecasting, waterfall, cash management, debt covenant tracking, scenario analysis, and other relevant models.
• Oversee collection, consolidation, and review of monthly financial reports from operating partners. Explain budget variances and provide insights to asset management.

• Provide performance analysis and reporting to Asset Managers on a regular and ad hoc basis.
• Maintain reporting dashboards and templates for Northwood leadership with real-time performance tracking metrics.
• Support investor reporting working directly with Investor Relations, including annual investor meeting preparation, quarterly investor letters, scheduled data requests, and ad-hoc analyses.
• Prepare and oversee monthly, quarterly, and annual portfolio-level and investment-level financial reporting for investors and senior management.

• Develop a comprehensive understanding of company systems and processes; access and analyze data efficiently. Focus on data cleanliness and accuracy across all Northwood platforms.
• Maintain data marts, spreadsheets, and other information systems to ensure accurate, real-time portfolio management information for various users.
• Identify deviations between information stored in different systems and provide recommendations for improved data transfer and governance across Northwood platforms.

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