What are the responsibilities and job description for the Acquisition Associate position at Keller Augusta?
Job Description:
The Associate will be tasked with providing support to senior transaction professionals in evaluating, underwriting, and executing new investment opportunities in the digital infrastructure sector, predominantly data center real estate. A successful candidate will have exceptional real estate financial modeling skills, the ability to communicate and build relationships across geographies, an analytical mindset, and be able to contribute to multiple workstreams simultaneously with limited supervision. The firm was recently founded by four data center industry pioneers, a dynamic which requires flexibility, accountability and professionalism to succeed.
Responsibilities:
- Perform initial review of investment opportunities and discuss relevant factors with deal leads and the firm’s partners
- Provide analytical support on data center acquisitions and development projects including equity and debt structuring, returns analysis, and promote calculation
- Assist senior management in preparing investment committee memos
- Assist with due diligence efforts and activities
- Assist in the preparation of company valuations and financial models
- Create and maintain industry-specific business development presentations
- Conduct industry and company-specific research
Qualifications:
The candidate should possess the following qualifications:
- Bachelor’s degree required, with a concentration in accounting/finance preferred
- 2-4 years of relevant work experience, specifically underwriting, required
- Experience working in real estate private equity, capital markets brokerage and/or investment banking preferred
- Exceptional financial modeling skills required
- Advanced Argus Enterprise skills preferred
- Highly analytical with an ability to problem solve independently
- Strong interest in the digital infrastructure space; prior exposure to the data center or digital infrastructure sectors preferred but not required
- Proficient working knowledge of Microsoft Excel/Word/PowerPoint and Adobe Acrobat
- Outstanding written and oral communication skills and strong interpersonal attributes
- Ability to work as part of a dispersed team across US geographies
- Initiative, integrity, and creativity with an intense focus on detail and a commitment to excellence
