Associate, Production Support

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Debt Associate – JLL 

What this job involves: 

Join JLL's dynamic debt placement team as a Debt Associate, where you'll be exclusively focused on placing debt and equity for commercial real estate transactions. This role offers comprehensive involvement in every stage of the transaction lifecycle, from initial underwriting through successful closing. You'll work in a high-energy, team-focused environment while developing your expertise in commercial real estate finance and building valuable industry relationships. As a key contributor to JLL's capital markets platform, you'll leverage market insights and financial modeling expertise to help clients make strategic decisions about their business plans and capital structures, while collaborating closely with Producers and maintaining strong communication across all stakeholders. 

What your day-to-day will look like: 

• Prepare comprehensive debt and equity offering memorandums for commercial real estate transactions, including research, financial modeling, and executive summary composition 

• Develop complex financial models for commercial real estate transactions and utilize market and JLL data/comps to accurately underwrite deals 

• Manage due diligence processes and drive marketing and closing activities for each transaction from start to finish 

• Maintain constant communication with Producers, market participants, and clients throughout the transaction lifecycle 

• Review and analyze real estate documents (leases, loan documents, appraisals) to identify potential issues or concerns 

• Build and maintain a strong client network through meetings, events, and involvement in real estate trade organizations 

• Participate in weekly office meetings to discuss deal flow, status updates, market conditions, and new client leads 

Required Qualifications: 

• Bachelor's Degree in Real Estate, Finance, Accounting, or related discipline (or equivalent combination of education and experience) 

• 2+ years of experience in financial analysis environment, with mortgage or commercial real estate industry experience preferred 

• Excellent organizational, interpersonal, quantitative, writing, and communication skills 

• Ability to interface effectively with clients, including top-level executives 

• Strong research, analytical, and problem-solving capabilities with ability to analyze qualitative and quantitative information 

• Self-motivated, team-oriented professional with strong time management skills to prioritize deadlines 

• Independent worker with a collaborative team player attitude 

Preferred Qualifications: 

• Intermediate working knowledge of Outlook, Excel, and Word software applications