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The Real Estate Finance & Analytics team is looking for a VP to support the Global Blackstone Real Estate Opportunistic Platform (“BREP”). The core focus of the group is to evaluate, analyze, and summarize portfolio investment valuation results for BREP. In addition to valuations, the team is responsible for performance and attribution reporting for internal and external purposes, as well as the forecasting and planning for investments across active funds. The team is also called upon to handle a variety of ad hoc and recurring analyses related to fundraising, reporting, and global investor relations.
Job Description:
The BREP Real Estate (“RE”) Finance Group performs analyses and financial reporting of RE results and strategic business initiatives.
- Engage directly with various teams including, Asset Management, Portfolio Management, Deal Professionals and Global Accounting teams in preparing quarterly reporting, analyzing performance, etc.
- Manage the production of FP&A forecasts, facilitate senior team reviews and coordinate the submissions for the global opportunistic real estate business
- Drive strategic automation projects and assist in enhancing the group’s reporting processes, procedures and analytics
- Review / calculate fund level key performance metrics as well as sensitives (i.e. IRRs, track records)
- Coordinate consolidation of various reporting across the global platform
- Review / prepare presentations and memorandums for senior management
- Aid in the preparation of RE strategic plans and business analysis
- Support Blackstone’s Corporate Finance and Investor Relations teams during the quarterly earnings process as well as on an ad hoc basis in dealing with clients and investors
- Involvement with Blackstone SEC financial reporting – preparing and reviewing deliverables for quarterly filings
- Perform ad hoc analyses to assess the impact of material market events on the portfolio (e.g. regulatory changes, macro events, etc.).
- Manage and mentor junior staff
Qualifications:
Blackstone seeks to hire individuals who work well in a team-driven working group environment, are highly motivated, intelligent, have sound judgment and have demonstrated excellence in prior endeavors.
The successful candidate must have:
- Undergraduate degree in Finance, Accounting or Economics
- Strong academic record
- 10+ years of related experience
- Experience in close-ended real estate funds, waterfalls, valuations and performance reporting
- Advanced Excel proficiency, Anaplan experience a plus
- Excellent interpersonal and communication skills, both written and verbal
- Strong leadership skills with solid business judgment
- Ability to partner across teams, summarize issues, develop recommendations and make decisions
- Strong analytical and quantitative skills and detail-oriented
- Ability to adapt to new challenges in a dynamic environment while handling multiple projects
- Possesses a strong work ethic, positive attitude and drive for excellence
- Strong desire to work in an entrepreneurial environment
The duties and responsibilities described here are not exhaustive and additional assignments, duties, or responsibilities may be required of this position. Assignments, duties, and responsibilities may be changed at any time, with or without notice, by Blackstone in its sole discretion.
Source: Blackstone Career Page
