EY GDS - Manager - Valuation - Transaction Real Estate - Adviory

GDS TAS Transaction Real Estate (TRE)

- Within TAS, TRE group is part of Valuations & Business Modelling sub-service line. Our TRE practice provides real estate analytical services and other business advisory services to developers, builders, investors, lenders and Fortune 500 companies.

- With over 500 TRE professionals worldwide (~25 in GDS TRE), no similarly positioned global professional organization can match breadth of our capabilities or depth of our resources. GDS TRE works as a strategic partner to global TRE practices, working with them to provide highly efficient and value-added services to meet our clients- real estate valuation and diligence requirements.

- As we continue to expand our team and strenGDSen our contribution to EY TRE's success and its leading market position globally, we currently have a career opportunity in our GDS TRE team for a Manager.

Responsibilities: 

- Work on and manage engagements on real estate advisory, valuation and due diligence, spread across property types

- Engagements include financial analyses, cash flow modeling, analytical model reviews, property/portfolio modeling, loan portfolio underwriting, market due diligence, asset valuations, real estate appraisals and appraisal reviews, and other general real estate advisory services.

- We are involved in analysis of a variety of property types including multi-family residential, office, retail, hotel, warehouse, industrial, mixed-use, infrastructure, and special-use properties.

- Specific engagement responsibilities will include financial and cash flow modeling, market information research, real estate documents analysis (including site/building plans, leases, appraisals, and mortgage underwriting/lending documents), market studies, and report writing

- Maintain and develop positive, productive, and professional relationships with EY offices globally

- Supervise, develop and mentor professionals at the Staff and Senior level

- Demonstrate teamwork and responsibility with engagement team members

- Manage a team of 8-10 TRE professionals

- Use current technology and tools to enhance the effectiveness of services provided.

- Identify business development opportunities and assist Partners and Senior Managers on proposals and new business opportunities.

- Stay abreast of current business and economic developments relevant to our as well as client's business

Job requirements

To qualify, a candidate must have:

- A post graduate degree in finance, economics, accounting (CA) or business with 8-10 years of related work experience. Preference to candidates with relevant advanced degree or accreditation in real estate, such as MRICS, FRICS

- A minimum of 5 years of direct experience in real estate sector such as commercial real estate loan underwriting, acquisition due diligence, real estate valuation, asset management, finance, or market research, preferably covering US & global real estate markets

- Experience in financial modeling, including experience building models in MS Excel and related software. Experience using Argus and Access desired

- Supervisory experience and ability to lead teams

- Strong analytical skills

- Excellent analytical, communication, organizational, interpersonal, and teaming skills

- Willingness and ability to travel, when necessary