17 sep
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Smart Pro Connect
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Ciudad Juárez
17 sep
Smart Pro Connect
Ciudad Juárez
**Acquisitions Analyst - Commercial Real Estate**
**Location: CDMX**
**Working Hours: Monday-Friday, 7AM-3PM**
**Employment Type: Full-Time**
**About the Role**
We are looking for a highly analytical, detail-oriented Acquisitions Analyst to join and support our commercial real estate acquisitions and investment team.
We are looking for someone with genuine commercial real estate underwriting and financial analysis experience who can take new investment opportunities from initial receipt through preliminary underwriting and prepare them for senior-level investment 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 and organize key property, tenant, financial, leasing, and investment information.
- Spread historical financial statements, including T-12 operating statements, budgets, and prior-year financials.
- Review and spread rent rolls, including rents, lease expirations, rent increases, options, reimbursements, and other lease information.
- Prepare preliminary commercial real estate underwriting models.
- Populate and maintain existing Excel acquisition models accurately and consistently.
- Calculate and analyze key investment metrics, including: NOI, Cap Rate, Price per Square Foot, Occupancy, Yield on Cost, Cash-on-Cash Return, Debt Yield, DSCR, IRR, Equity Multiple
- Make preliminary underwriting assumptions relating to rents, expenses, vacancy, tenant improvements, leasing commissions, capital expenditures, financing, and exit assumptions based on established guidance.
- Identify inconsistencies, unusual financial items, missing information, and potential underwriting risks.
- Research comparable property sales and market rents.
- Conduct market research covering demographics, competition, surrounding retail, tenant locations, traffic, property taxes, zoning, and other relevant factors.
- Research tenant credit, ownership, company size, locations, and other relevant information.
- Assist with preliminary lease review and abstraction of important business terms.
- Prepare concise deal summaries and investment briefs highlighting the opportunity, investment thesis, property fundamentals, assumptions, risks, and outstanding questions.
- Assist with preliminary due diligence and organize findings.
- Maintain organized electronic deal files and documentation.
- Communicate with brokers when necessary to request missing information or clarify deal details.
- Track outstanding items and ensure opportunities continue moving through the acquisition process.
The primary focus will be commercial real estate, particularly retail and office properties, although assignments may occasionally include other property types, real estate credit opportunities, or preferred equity investments.
**Requirements**:
- Prior commercial real estate underwriting experience is strongly preferred.
- Advanced proficiency in Microsoft Excel and financial modeling.
- Strong understanding of commercial real estate financial statements and rent rolls.
- Ability to understand and calculate NOI, cap rates, debt metrics, IRR, equity multiple, and other investment returns.
- Excellent attention to detail and numerical accuracy.
- Strong analytical and research skills.
- Ability to work quickly without sacrificing accuracy.
- Strong written and spoken English communication skills.
- Ability to follow established underwriting methodologies and templates.
- Good judgment when identifying missing information or assumptions that require further review.
- Ability to manage multiple active acquisition opportunities simultaneously.
- High level of ownership, accountability, and responsiveness.
- Ability to work independently while maintaining strong communication with the investment team.
**Preferred Background**
- Commercial real estate investment firm
- Private equity real estate firm
- Real estate investment sales/brokerage team
- Commercial real estate lender
- Real estate advisory or investment firm
- Similar investment or financial organization
**Technology & Tools (**Essential):
- Microsoft Excel - Advanced proficiency
- Microsoft Word
- Adobe Acrobat / PDF review
- Google Search / Internet research
- Google Maps / Google Earth
**Nice to Have**:
- CoStar
- Crexi
- LoopNet
- CompStak
- Placer.ai
- Similar commercial real estate data platforms
- AI tools for research, document review, data extraction, and workflow efficiency
**What We're Looking For**
We are looking for someone who can take ownership of an opportunity once it enters the pipeline and, with limited direction, return it organized and substantially ready for senior-level review.
You will not be expected to make final investment decisions. Your role will be to perform the analytical, research, underwriting, and organizational work that enables senior investment professionals to mak
📌 Acquisitions Analyst - Commercial Real Estate (Ciudad Juárez)
🏢 Smart Pro Connect
📍 Ciudad Juárez