Fund Strategy & Finance Analyst

LMFM is looking for a Fund Strategy & Finance Analyst/Associate to join its growing real estate investment management business. This is a cross-functional position that will be working closely with the entire team, including senior leadership, and will encompass a variety of roles ranging from strategy, fundraising, investor relations, portfolio management, and fund operations. We are seeking a dynamic, versatile team player who can bring a broad mix of hard skills (e.g., financial modeling & analysis, valuations, etc.) and soft skills (e.g., storytelling & presentation building, investor relations, etc.) to all interactions.

Areas of Responsibilities:

Financial Modelling

• Lead preparation of quarterly asset valuation models, ensure accurate cash flows by collaborating with team members, present results to senior leadership, and respond to questions on valuations and assumptions.
• Maintain the fund model for each managed fund, including the roll up of individual asset models combined with the fund-level waterfall.
• Perform variance analysis and identify relevant trends and themes as it relates to variances.

Financial & Fund Reporting

• Prepare and compile quarterly fund reporting packages by collaborating with acquisitions, asset management, accounting, and fund administrators. Ensure accurate and timely delivery to investors.
• Manage data and maintain data integrity within the quarterly investor reports and annual investor meeting.
• Oversee quarterly financial reviews with fund administrators and oversee annual audit preparation work with auditors, including responding to inquiries and providing required data.
• Collaborate with accounting, tax, fund administrators, and legal to maintain a tracker of all reporting requirements and ensure compliance with financial regulations and reporting requirements as well as answer ad hoc requests from lenders, investors and other stakeholders.
• Maintain a tracker and ensure satisfaction of all fund reporting requirements and financial regulatory compliance requirements as well as answer ad hoc requests from lenders, investors and other stakeholders.

Investor Relations & Fundraising

• Create investor decks and presentation materials for fundraising purposes.
• Support the analysis of investment track record calculation.
• Manage the legal and financial aspects of closing new fund investments in coordination with internal legal, external legal, fund administrators and other key stakeholders.
• Assist with ad hoc investor information requests.
• Calculate capital call and distribution amounts by investor, and review notices to be sent to investors.
• Assist with annual K-1 reporting and tax return information requests.

Portfolio Management & Strategy

• Assist with special projects and presentations for senior leadership, including gathering data, formulating analyses and analytics, and explaining trends and results.
• Provide portfolio investment information to aid in the completion of business forecasts and other planning deliverables.
• Manage and monitor fund cash balances and oversee third-party fund administrator’s cash payment processing.
• Identify opportunities to design new and/or refine existing analyses and processes to improve the business’ operational capacity over time, including automation of reporting from various internal software platforms and creation of financial and operational reporting dashboards.
• Assist with onboarding new software platforms and maintaining data accuracy in onboarded software.

Job Requirements:

• Self-motivated and proactive with an established track record of getting things done effectively and independently.
• Extremely versatile, accustomed to “wearing many hats” and shifting between them.
• Ability to work in a dynamic environment that requires execution of recurring deliverables as well as projects and initiatives in support of a growing business.
• A team player, able to work in an entrepreneurial environment, balance changing priorities, and meet deadlines.
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills. Confidence presenting to large group of individuals.
• Strong organizational skills and attention to detail.
• Strong financial modeling skills (Excel).
• Strong Microsoft PowerPoint & Microsoft Word skills.
• Bachelor’s degree in real estate, business, or finance preferred, but not required.

Years of Industry Experience Required:

• 2-4 years of experience in one or more of the following areas, preferably with a focus on real estate: fund/portfolio management, asset management, finance, investment banking, or fund advisory,
• Real estate private equity or fund background preferred, but not required.