Senior Associate, Real Estate Research

Green Street seeks highly motivated candidates with relevant work experience and superior academic credentials to join its Market Analytics team. Green Street’s Market Analytics team offers the unique opportunity to help develop a product line created for direct commercial real estate investors. The Market Analytics research team typically specializes in US geographies (e.g., California markets) across the apartment, office, industrial and retail sectors.

Responsibilities

• Prepare, author, and publish a wide range of macroeconomic and market-focused reports
• Collect, organize, and analyze real estate information on markets and submarkets throughout the United States and Canada
• Build and maintain complex financial models and databases
• Become an expert of Green Street’s research methodologies and valuation framework to be able to communicate effectively with clients
• Closely follow and understand real estate market activity and the impact of news events on specific sectors, markets, and assets
• Analyze diverse data to form a cohesive macroeconomic and real estate outlook
• Demonstrate resourcefulness by seeking out new and unusual sources of information

In addition to a strong work ethic and motivation to learn, the Senior Associate position requires the following skills: meticulous attention to detail, strong financial data analysis skills, exceptional communication abilities (both written and verbal), high-level of organization, creativity and resourcefulness. Strong analytical skills and a background in finance are required. The ideal candidate will have:

• Bachelor’s degree with a focus in finance, accounting, real estate, economics, or a related field or significant experience in financial services and/or commercial real estate. Master’s degree a plus.
• 2-4 years experience in financial/economic research, commercial real estate brokerage, publicly traded real estate securities, or capital markets
• Must enjoy writing research reports and possess excellent verbal communication skills
• Expert Excel skills with VBA programming experience a plus
• The ability to multi-task effectively while maintaining accuracy
• Strong attention to detail and commitment to data integrity
• Authorization to work in the United States now and in the future, without visa or sponsorship requirements

Working Conditions: The Senior Associate will work indoors in an air-conditioned office building and must be able to remain stationary at a desk and computer for a majority of the day.

Travel Percentage: <5%

Benefits

• Comprehensive benefits package including highly competitive medical and dental insurance
• Company sponsored employee assistance program, life insurance and long term disability coverage
• Health savings accounts and flexible spending accounts
• 401(k) matching
• Vacation, sick, and personal time
• Company paid holidays and summer half day Fridays
• Cell phone reimbursements & gym stipends
• 16 weeks fully paid maternity leave & 2 weeks fully paid paternity leave

Green Street provides preeminent and actionable commercial real estate research, news, data, analytics, and advisory services in the U.S. and Europe. For more than 35 years, Green Street has delivered unparalleled intelligence and trusted data on the public and private real estate markets, helping investors, banks, lenders, and other industry participants optimize investment and strategic decisions. The firm delivers exclusive market information, conclusion-driven insights, and predictive analytics through a SaaS platform. The company is headquartered in Newport Beach with offices in Summit, New York and London. To learn more, please visit www.greenstreet.com.

The success of Green Street is directly attributable to the strength of our people. We attract high-quality applicants due to our reputation for excellence and our commitment to train and retain talent. Our collaborative work environment provides team members with opportunities to develop professionally and play a central role from day one. At Green Street, we are all about providing unique insights. A diverse and inclusive work environment where top talent can thrive, think freely and offer different perspectives makes our insights even stronger. We’re building a company culture where differences in gender, race, age, religion, ethnicity, identity, physical ability and perspectives are celebrated and valued.

Green Street is an Equal Opportunity Employer

Green Street does not discriminate on the basis of race, sex, color, religion, age, national origin, marital status, disability, veteran status, genetic information, sexual orientation, gender identity or any other reason prohibited by law in provision of employment opportunities and benefits.