Job description
The Investments Associate is a deal producer responsible for driving transactions from sourcing and underwriting through diligence, structuring, and asset management. Operating within the investment team, the Associate directs analyst team and reviews AI-generated underwriting, market research, and deal documents; owns broker and counterparty relationships; and stewards execution and diligence quality. The Investments team works closely with our Development & Construction, Capital Markets, and Finance teams and should be comfortable in collaborative environments. The ideal candidate has 2-5 years of relevant real estate and financial analysis experience and has strong quantitative, analytical and communications skills, paired with fluency in modern analytical and AI-driven tools and workflows. The candidate must be a highly motivated self-starter, work both independently and in a team environment, and thrive in an entrepreneurial and fast-paced, yet disciplined and institutional company culture. Employee home office would be Orlando but would be required to work with and frequently travel to other JMA offices and projects.
Essential Job Duties & Responsibilities
- Financial underwriting, due diligence, and transaction execution
- Building, reviewing, and stress-testing financial models for project cash flows and deal capital structures
- Directing the analysts, including the AI-focused analysts, on underwriting, market-monitoring, and document-abstraction agents — defining the questions, evaluating outputs, and escalating exceptions
- Directing and supervising real estate and market research and analysis, and refining outputs into investment-grade insight
- Interfacing with brokers and other market participants to obtain information pertinent to pursuit efforts and existing assets
- Contributing to financial analysis, management, and business planning of existing assets
- Preparing presentation materials and investment committee memos for and actively participating in internal meetings
- Participating in meetings with property managers, lenders, investors, and other partners
- Coordinating with team members across Capital Markets, Development, and Finance functions to execute under deadline Ability to grow within the firm by achieving results
Education and Prior Experience
- BS/BA required. Major in Business, Finance, Computer Science, Math, or Accounting preferred
- Previous experience in quantitative fields including Business, Finance, IT, Accounting, or Statistics
- Commercial real estate experience preferred
- Desire to pursue a career in institutional real estate finance and development
Technical Skills
- Strong quantitative, analytical, and problem-solving skills
- Fluency working with AI copilots and agentic workflows — including the judgment to evaluate, stress-test, and override AI-generated outputs
- Strong proficiency in Microsoft Excel, including working familiarity and desire to improve proficiency with data analytics tools such as PivotTables, Power BI, and database management
- Significant experience with financial modeling, including complex DCF models, with the ability to both build from scratch and audit, extend, or correct models built by others — or by agents
- Basic familiarity with Argus is a plus
- Strong competency in review and analysis of financial and operating statements, including real estate and operating business P&Ls (hotel and restaurants a plus) and familiarity with key financial performance metrics and ratios
- Working familiarity with modern data tools (i.e., SQL, Python, or other) is a meaningful plus
Additional Requirements
- Ability to think and act independently to assess and prioritize new opportunities and present findings to acquisition and senior management teams
- Strong attention to detail and good organizational skills
- Strong verbal and written communication skills to present analytical information
- Self-starter and strong work ethic with willingness to work in a demanding, highly focused, and collaborative environment
- Sense of personal accountability and strong desire to make a difference
- Ability to handle complex projects and tasks and work closely day to day with the project managers and accountants.
- Ability to manage multiple priorities, multi-task, prioritize, and meet deadlines.
- Ability to read, write, speak, and understand English
- This job operates in a professional office environment. This role routinely uses standard office equipment such as computers, phones, printers.
- Strong communication skills
About JMA Ventures:
JMA Ventures is a full-service real estate investment and development firm, serving as managing partner of approximately $2 billion in existing projects spanning hospitality, leisure & resort, residential, retail, and office, including many landmark properties. Founded in 1986 and based in San Francisco, the company has established itself as one of the pre-eminent mid-size value-add real estate firms in Northern California with additional offices in Sacramento and Lake Tahoe and projects spanning the West Coast.
JMA Ventures prides itself as a dynamic, innovative, and hard-working company with in-house capabilities in the acquisition, development management, financing, leasing/marketing, and asset management disciplines, allowing it to work on every project scope from concept and entitlement through completion and operation. JMA is very creative firm that has been actively involved in opportunistic real estate for nearly four decades with a young, entrepreneurial and high-paced company culture.
Job Type: Full-time
Pay: $100,000.00 - $140,000.00 per year
Benefits:
- 401(k)
- Dental insurance
- Flexible spending account
- Health insurance
- Health savings account
- Life insurance
- Paid time off
- Professional development assistance
- Vision insurance
Work Location: Hybrid remote in Orlando, FL 32801
