Capital Markets Associate – Real Estate

This is a fully remote position, open to applicants in India.

📋 Description

• Underwrite and structure financing for construction, bridge, and mezzanine projects related to specific US real estate assets.

• Structure and execute debt for multifamily, commercial, and ground-up development initiatives.

• Analyze term sheets to optimize pricing, leverage, and flexibility.

• Develop capital models encompassing DSCR, LTV, LTC, IRR, debt yield, rate fluctuations, lease-up delays, and cost overruns.

• Recommend tailored capital stack strategies for projects, balancing cost, risk, and timelines.

• Act as a liaison for US lenders and institutional capital partners.

• Oversee diligence processes and facilitate financing arrangements to completion.

• Monitor the portfolio’s debt maturity ladder alongside DSCR, LTV, and LTC covenants.

• Report directly to the Capital Lead and collaborate closely with the CEO on financing strategies and scaling the real estate pipeline.

⛳️ Requirements

• 3–8 years of experience in real estate capital markets, private equity, commercial real estate lending, or investment banking.

• Required hands-on experience with US commercial real estate debt.

• Familiarity with specific US commercial real estate deals, including property, structure, calculated metrics, and underlying rationale.

• Proficiency in Excel and Google Sheets, particularly in building debt waterfalls.

• Knowledge of VBA or Power Query is highly advantageous.

• Understanding of US credit agreements, loan documentation, and institutional real estate underwriting standards.

• Ability to distill complex underwriting into executive-ready memos.

• Minimum of 6-hour daily overlap with US Central Time.

• Direct property-level underwriting experience is essential; backgrounds in loan servicing, reconciliation, back-office operations, or ratings/research without this experience are not suitable.

🏝️ Benefits

• Direct exposure to senior leadership and institutional lenders.

• Opportunity to establish the capital markets function from scratch.

• Complete ownership and autonomy to enhance underwriting and closing processes.

• Mission-driven work focused on financing wellness-oriented, nature-integrated home communities.

• Real stakes and active participation in financing growth.