Associate, Investments
Position Summary
We are looking for a hungry, analytical, and commercial Associate of Growth & Strategy to manage strategic growth initiatives and special projects across our two businesses, Trailborn and Castle Peak. This person will report directly to the Co-CEOs. The right candidate will draw from investment banking or private equity experience in the hospitality industry. This role works with both internal and external teams and reports to our Co-CEOs.
Responsibilities
New Acquisitions:
- Lead early-stage data collection and pipeline screening work, building financial models, analyses, and investment memos to forecast returns and drive investment decisions
- Lead in-depth market and asset diligence, with the ability to independently price risk/reward and provide conclusions and recommendations
- Responsible for due diligence and material creation through the acquisition lifecycle
- Create and coordinate analytical support for financing processes and debt capital decisions
- Lead the financial modeling of various capital structures and financing outcomes
- Oversee creation of marketing materials and interface with third-party advisorsSupport Deal Quarterbacks, Asset Management, and Development through business plan execution, across capex and strategic operational initiatives
Asset Management:
- Support Deal Quarterbacks, Asset Management, and Development through business plan execution, across capex and strategic operational initiatives
Stakeholder Reporting:
- Lead quarterly mark-to-market meeting presenting Quarterly Scorecards for each project to Investment Committee
- Responsible for maintenance and update of master models, working closely with other disciplines to synthesize inputs across the platform
- Support Capital Formation on fundraising material creation and objectives for equity
Required Qualifications
- 2+ years of real estate banking, or hotel acquisitions and development experience
- Experience managing real estate transactions with multiple stakeholders through deal lifecycles
- Detail-oriented, analytical skillset
- Strong verbal and written communication skills with ability to manage across disciplines
- Strong investment, development, and hospitality acumen
- High degree of intellectual curiosity
- Experience building complex financial models and multi-tiered waterfalls
- Resourceful problem-solver with a results-oriented approach
- Motivated, flexible and ready to dive into any issue to execute and deliver a standard of excellence across workflows
- Willingness and ability to travel
Benefits Include
- Hybrid work culture
- Paid employee health benefits
- Travel opportunities
- Company offsites