Financial Analyst - Capital Markets

About You

You are a high achiever looking to thrive in a fast-paced environment. You take pride in your own work but are comfortable collaborating with a team of highly motivated individuals. You can communicate clearly and concisely with teammates and clients, and you enjoy strong company culture and camaraderie. You can navigate multiple corporate functions, including global lines of service and corporate centers of excellence. You possess strong interpersonal skills and are willing to take on diverse tasks to achieve the team’s common goal. You value personal and professional growth and are ready to take the next step in advancing your career.

If this sounds like you, well, then you will love the culture at Avison Young!

Avison Young is a global commercial real estate brokerage and advisory firm, offering transaction, management, financial and consulting services. We’ve designed our corporate structure to best serve our clients by enhancing collaboration across our organization.

Real estate can have an enormous positive impact on people’s lives - and we’re in the business of making spaces and places work better for people. Our purpose is to create real economic, social and environmental value as a global real estate advisor, powered by people.

We care about each other and we have each other’s backs. This makes Avison Young a great place to be a client, and a great place to work. We support the whole person and their complete wellness - economic, mental and physical - because what’s best for our business comes from our people bringing their whole selves to work.

Of course we love it here, but outsiders think we’re pretty great too! Avison Young has been recognized as one of Canada's Best Managed Companies for the 15th year in a row, with a Platinum Club designation!

We are currently seeking an individual to work alongside two of the principals within Avison Young Edmonton’s Capital Markets & Land Sales division. This individual is an intelligent, assertive, and ambitious person who wants a long-term successful, dynamic career on a commercial real estate investment sales team. The expectation for this position is that the successful candidate joins as a financial analyst and takes on increasing deal related responsibilities.

• Underwriting commercial real estate investment deals (industrial, retail, office, hotel and development properties)
• Analyzing investment returns, yield metrics, scenario analyses, and profitability of commercial real estate investments
• Preparation of Confidential Information Memorandums, pitchbooks, listing proposals, brochures and other marketing material as needed
• Commercial tenant lease reviews including analysis of lease terms and special options impacting financial and non-financial terms affecting property investment characteristics
• Analyzing leverage and impact of debt financing on property cash flows and return metrics incorporating conventional mortgages, vendor-take-back financing, second mortgages, and other non-conventional financing
• Preparation of reports, proposals, contracts, letters, documentation, and invoicing - including confirming required details and collecting relevant documents and signatures
• Creating and populating data rooms for deals
• Interaction with prospective purchasers and vendors
• Maintain and grow contact database
• Develop networking and clien relationship management skills to help successfully navigate a due diligence process between buyers and sellers
• Build a detailed, personal knowledge of the greater Edmonton commercial real estate market (i.e., property types, building classes, areas of the city, zoning, land titles, lease and sale comparables)
• Recent post-secondary graduate ideally with 1-3 years of experience in real estate or a related field
• Proficiency with Microsoft Excel and PowerPoint
• Knowledge of ARGUS software is preferred
• Ambitious self-starter with a high degree of self-confidence and motivation
• Exceptional organizational and time management capabilities
• Effective and concise communicator
• Creative, straight-forward thinker who seeks out and embraces new challenges
• Good overall business acumen, strong values and integrity
• An ability to set realistic goals with consistent execution

On-Site

Avison Young practices as an equal opportunity employer in all services locations around the world. We are committed to building and maintaining a workforce diverse in experience, skills and knowledge with uniformity in service excellence, commitment and integrity.

The firm maintains a strict policy to ensure employment opportunities are equal and do not discriminate based on race, color, religion, creed, age, sex, gender, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, national origin, citizenship, disability, marital and civil partnership/union status, protected veteran or military service status, or any other elements protected by law.

Avison Young welcomes and encourages applications from people with disabilities. Accommodations are available upon request for candidates during the recruitment process. For those requiring assistance, information relating to the need for accommodation and accommodation measures will be addressed confidentially.

Avison Young is committed to employing the best talent with the most fair and equitable recruitment practices. Apply with us TODAY!