Analyst, Acquisitions

Department / Role Overview: Amherst Residential

Amherst is revolutionizing the way U.S. real estate is priced, managed and financed in order to unlock opportunities for all market participants. Driven by data, analytics, and technology, Amherst has a 20-year history of anticipating where the next risks and opportunities are likely to emerge and designing actionable strategies for investors to capitalize on opportunities across residential real estate, commercial real estate and public securities. Amherst, along with its affiliates and subsidiaries, has more than 900 employees, $5 billion under management and approximately $15 billion under advisement and oversight.

The Amherst Residential platform provides a comprehensive suite of services to facilitate the ownership of single-family rental properties, including property management services, asset-level financing, and asset management services. With a deep understanding of and proprietary analytics on the single-family home and mortgage markets, Amherst's platform combines a unique combination of national scale with local market knowledge and execution.

The Investments team oversees the investment strategy and asset management for Amhersts $15bn real estate portfolio and is looking for underwriters who will work in a fast-paced environment, quantitatively driven environment, and is comfortable managing and streamlining various high impact projects and decisions across the portfolio. The underwriters in India responsible for acquisitions, underwriting, and ongoing asset management of a portfolio of single-family homes. This strategic leadership role involves directing the end-to-end acquisition process, rigorous underwriting, and expense management to maximize portfolio growth, operational efficiency, and investor returns.

Job Description (Primary Responsibilities)

• Underwrite and locate investment opportunities using market comparables to determine accurate rent, value, and initial bid price for a single-family asset
• Underwrite each piece of property build including rent, capex, HOA, property taxes and as- repaired values with high accuracy
• Centrally participate in the acquisition of single-family homes by tracking the assets through various phases of the deal lifecycle
• Understand the market nuances and apply them in underwriting

Desired Skills/Qualifications:

• Bachelors degree required. Specialty focus in Real Estate or Finance a plus
• 3+ years of relevant experience in underwriting, brokerage, or other real estate related disciplines
• Working knowledge of Microsoft Excel
• Top-ranked performer with a track record of success (academic, professional)
• Strong verbal and written skills to communicate effectively with internal and external professionals
• Candidate should be extremely detail-oriented and organized with a proven ability to work well in a high-intensity environment to complete tasks quickly and effectively
• Ability to prioritize multiple deadlines while delivering a high-quality product under tight time constraints
• Desire to work on a highly collaborative, fast paced team

Amhersts core values:

• Culture & Conduct: Positive attitude with high integrity. Agile in adapting to a dynamic environment with emerging datapoints. We do the right thing the right way and are accountable for our actions.
• Client-Centricity & Business Acumen: Strong Team player, multiple internal/external stakeholders management,
• Communication & Connectivity: Strong written and verbal communication skills with clients and management. Collaboration We align, contribute, and win together.
• Execution & Delivery: Self-starter, Proactive, motivated, driven personality, Excellent organizational and time management skills.
• Agility – We are nimble and responsive.
• Community – We empower and support people to create a sense of belonging for all.

Working Shift/ arrangement: US Shift (6:30 PM – 3:30AM), Hybrid working model

Work Schedule: This role follows the U.S. holiday calendar.