What are the responsibilities and job description for the Portfolio Analyst II - Real Estate position at Principal Financial Group?
Principal Real Estate Investors, a top-10 global real estate manager with over $85B in assets under management, is the dedicated real estate investment group within Principal Global Investors. With over 60 years of real estate investment experience our comprehensive, specialized capabilities across all four quadrants of commercial real estate - private equity, public equity, public debt, and private debt - gives us a unique perspective on real estate space and capital markets.
As a Portfolio Analyst II, you’ll join the dedicated portfolio management team. In this role, you’ll provide analytical, reporting, and other support within a real estate investment team. Responsibilities include sensitivity and variance analysis of annual operating budgets and business plans, asset valuation models, portfolio diversification measures, performance returns and attribution and other asset/portfolio metrics as directed by the team. Responsibilities include investment and capital deployment review, sensitivity and variance analysis of annual operating budgets and business plans, asset valuation models, portfolio diversification measures, performance returns and attribution, client reporting and other asset/portfolio metrics.
- Portfolio Analysis: Develop extensive knowledge of the assets and provide analytical support regarding business plans and investment strategies including portfolio performance, diversification measures, sensitivity analysis, variance analysis, ESG initiatives and other relevant financial analysis.
- Information Management and Reporting: Ensure a coordinated flow of quality information reaches portfolio managers, consultants and clients. Assist in the reporting of economic and statistical portfolio reports as required by consultants and clients, regulatory agencies and others. Provide quality control of portfolio management information.
- Portfolio Research: Conduct ongoing and special project research. This includes but is not limited to in-depth reviews and analysis of the portfolio, acquisition and disposition candidates and real estate investment environment and emerging macro trends in real estate supply and demand.
- Market knowledge: Continue to develop understanding of real estate market/ portfolio dynamics.
We’re looking for someone with:
- Bachelor's degree in finance, real estate, accounting, business, mathematics, statistics, data science or related field.
- 2 years of analytical experience. Will consider candidates with less experience who have worked as an analyst or completed an internship in Commercial Real Estate.
- Strong analytical, organizational, interpersonal and communication skills (oral and written).
- Success in this position requires attention to detail, quantitative analytic skills, teamwork and effective decision-making.
- Ability to work effectively with others in a deadline driven environment while managing multiple priorities is essential.
This position may be subject to SEC restrictions on personal political contributions.
Additional Information:Location
This position must be located in Des Moines, IA, Chicago, IL or Nashville, TN.
Work Authorization/Sponsorship
At this time, we're not considering candidates that need any type of immigration sponsorship (additional work authorization or permanent work authorization) now or in the future to work in the United States? This includes, but IS NOT LIMITED TO: F1-OPT, F1-CPT, H-1B, TN, L-1, J-1, etc. For additional information around work authorization needs please use the following links.
https://www.uscis.gov/working-in-the-united-states/temporary-nonimmigrant-workers and https://www.uscis.gov/green-card/green-card-eligibility/green-card-for-employment-based-immigrants
Investment Code of Ethics
For Principal Global Investors positions, you’ll need to follow an Investment Code of Ethics related to personal and business conduct as well as personal trading activities for you and members of your household. These same requirements may also apply to other positions across the organization.
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