Senior Financial Analyst, Hospitality (Acquisitions And Development)

McWhinney is a privately held full service real estate development, investment and management company with a team of highly talented associates. We are passionate about creating great places for people and providing fabled experiences. We are "evergreen," which means that we constantly strive to prosper in all phases of the real estate cycle. At McWhinney, we attract and retain the best and brightest in the industry and are constantly building our team to achieve our goals.

POSITION SUMMARY:

The ideal candidate will be intellectually curious, thrive in an entrepreneurial setting and want to be instrumental in building an excellent organization. The Senior Financial Analyst will be responsible for supporting all aspects of the deal process including, but not limited to, underwriting, market analysis, coordination of due diligence, preparation of investment memorandums and executive-level presentations, and closing logistics.

Salary Range: $80,000 - $90,000/annual

Key Responsibilities:

• Ability to perform and guide all Real Estate Analyst and Intern key responsibilities.
• Analyzes and provides recommendations on potential projects and investment opportunities, as directed.
• Authors the equity investment memorandums, finance offering memorandums, and investment committee presentations.
• Establish and manage other proactive analytics such as peer group benchmarking, analysis of macro-economic trends, etc.
• Conduct market research to identify potential target markets for new deal opportunities.
• Supporting the hospitality team in the negotiation and closing of real estate investments.
• Interacting with key investors, lending partners, third-party service providers and on-property management.
• Performs due diligence and underwriting on non-development investment opportunities, as directed.
• Develop strong intercompany relationships with other McWhinney departments.
• Attends major hotel conferences, maintaining deep hospitality network connections, and stays actively involved with continuing education through industry reading and research.

• Bachelor’s Degree in Real Estate Finance, Finance, Hospitality Management or related field
• 1-3 years of experience in a real estate development, acquisitions, finance, or asset management role; preferably with a focus on hospitality.
• Advanced understanding of financial statements with an ability to thoroughly analyze a hotel profit and loss statement.
• The ability to prioritize and handle multiple tasks and projects and the capacity to be flexible.
• Highly proficient in Microsoft office suite, including excel.
• Hotel operations experience is preferred.
• Excellent organizational skills and attention to detail.
• Strong interpersonal communication and writing.

Benefits:

McWhinney offers a competitive benefits package for full-time Associates including medical, dental, vision, life insurance, short-term disability, long-term disability, 401(k), and employee assistance plan. Additionally, we offer a generous paid time off plan that includes a week off between Christmas and New Year’s!

This job description is intended to provide a general overview of the position. It is not designed to be a comprehensive nor detailed description of all the responsibilities and accountability of the role. As an agile company, our positions can and do change based on the business need of the organization.

If you are a recruiter or placement agency, please do not submit resumes to any person or email address at McWhinney prior to having a signed agreement. McWhinney is not liable for and will not pay placement fees for candidates submitted by any agency other than its approved recruitment partners. Furthermore, any resumes sent to us without an agreement in place will be considered your company’s gift to McWhinney and may be forwarded to our recruiters for their attention.

McWhinney is committed to the principle of equal employment opportunity for all associates. All employment decisions at McWhinney are based on business needs, job requirements and individual qualifications. All applicants will be considered for employment without attention to age, race, color, sex, sexual orientation, gender identify, national origin, veteran or disability status.