Acquisition Analyst – Commercial Real Estate

About the role

We are seeking a highly analytical and detail‑oriented Acquisition Analyst to support our commercial real‑estate acquisitions and investment team. The role involves taking new investment opportunities from initial receipt through preliminary underwriting and preparing them for senior‑level review.

Key responsibilities

• Maintain and continuously update the acquisition pipeline and deal tracker.
• Review offering memorandums, broker materials, rent rolls, operating statements and other property information.
• Extract, organize and spread historical financial statements, T‑12 operating statements, budgets and prior‑year financials.
• Prepare preliminary underwriting models, populate existing Excel acquisition models and calculate key investment metrics (NOI, Cap Rate, IRR, DSCR, etc.).
• Identify inconsistencies, missing information and potential underwriting risks.
• Conduct market research on demographics, competition, zoning, taxes and comparable sales.
• Research tenant credit, ownership and lease terms; assist with lease abstraction.
• Prepare concise deal summaries and investment briefs, organize electronic deal files and communicate with brokers as needed.

Required profile

• Strong analytical mindset with a keen eye for detail.
• Hands‑on experience in commercial real‑estate underwriting and financial analysis.
• Ability to evaluate a high volume of potential transactions and manage multiple deal stages.
• Effective communication skills for interacting with brokers and internal teams.

Required skills

• Advanced Excel for financial modeling.
• Financial modeling and underwriting techniques.
• Financial analysis of real‑estate cash flows.