Finance/Investment Analyst

Finance/Investment Analyst Position

Washington DC/Raleigh NC/Orlando FL/West Palm Beach FL

Aventon Companies

Aventon Companies

Aventon Companies is a developer, builder and asset manager of institutional apartment properties in high growth Southeast and Mid-Atlantic markets, focusing on conventional, market-rate apartments and attainable housing. The Principals of the Company have developed 66 apartment projects with 20,000+ apartment units over the past 25 years across the Company’s East Coast footprint. Company Principals have also renovated over 22,000 value-add apartments.

Position and Responsibilities

The Finance/Investment Analyst position will report directly to the President/CIO and have the following responsibilities:

Transaction underwriting - analysis and assessment of development and acquisition projects which may include analysis of rent/opex, identification of new construction pipeline, assessment of sales comps, demographic study/analysis, real estate tax underwriting, market assessment, etc.

Financial Modeling – build out project-level financial models for apartment development and acquisition projects involving project budgeting, revenue/opex forecasting, capital structure modeling and return analysis.

Capital Markets – review of equity and debt term sheets, discussions with capital providers regarding modeling, research, DD and underwriting, monitoring loan provisions and compliance with loan and equity reporting requirements, etc. 

Deck Preparation – write decks for all development and acquisition projects for presentation to equity and debt providers, write and keep updated corporate decks, write decks for programmatic and fund capital raises, etc. 

Corporate – build out and update corporate models, monitor any corporate finance, track contingent liabilities, etc.

Asset Management – monitor, analyze and assess: lease-ups, renovation programs, revenue and expense management, third party providers (including property management), due diligence, etc.

Work Environment and Candidate Characteristics

This Finance/Investment Analyst position will be situated in the Analyst’s choice of our major offices but will work on projects across the Company’s footprint. This Financial Analyst position will require a candidate with exceptional analytical capabilities, high levels of integrity, strong work ethic, robust resourcefulness and independence exercised within the context of a highly collaborative team culture and environment.