Analyst, Real Estate Finance & Capital Markets

Job title: Analyst, Real Estate Finance & Capital Markets

Job description: Why join us?

Are you looking to join an innovative, global real estate company who builds communities and connects people to exceptional places? If so, we would love to tell you our story.

At Oxford, our culture is truly one of a kind. Across business lines and around the world, we embrace the complex and tackle opportunities with speed and agility. We are ambitious and humble, forward looking and service-focused. We get stuff done, and have fun doing it! We take great pride in contributing to the communities where we live. We believe that what is good for the environment is good for business. Together we deliver exceptional experiences to our over 2 million daily customers.

Our team is growing and we are looking for a highly motivated Analyst, Real Estate Finance & Capital Markets to join our Real Estate Finance & Capital Markets team based out of Head Office in downtown Toronto. In this role, you will report to the Senior Manager and will be responsible for debt reporting/ analytics, and onboarding/ debt management. You will be a key member of an engaged, high-reaching team—part of a world-class, winning culture that prioritizes people development and focuses on long-term growth.

Our ideal candidate is someone with 1-2 year’s of work (or co-op experience for recent grads) in accounting, looking to move into an analytical back-office support role.

As a member of this team, you will be responsible for:

Debt Reporting & Analytics (75%)

Preparation of monthly PowerBI dashboards for senior management and various internal stakeholders for the global debt portfolio

Preparation of key debt reports to internal stakeholders including the debt reconciliation to the accounting records, the debt continuity schedule and other key debt reports to Oxford and OMERS stakeholders

Conducting portfolio analysis and sensitivities such as bridging opening to ending period debt balances and monitoring interest rate movements to determine the forecasted impact on interest expense, hedging and mark-to-market positions and other debt portfolio metrics

Assist in calculating the quarterly mark-to-market of Oxford’s global debt portfolio and maintaining a live mark-to-market forecast

Working with the regional financing leads to determine assumptions to be used in the annual budget and quarterly forecasts and ensuring these assumptions are correctly entered into the system by the accounting team

Supporting the Investments and Asset Management teams on dispositions, including determining prepayment rights and calculating expected prepayment penalties upon sale

Working collaboratively with the Treasury team in maintaining a live liquidity forecast which captures the impact of expected financing activity on Oxford’s overall cash needs

Calculation of quarterly financial covenants and maintaining forward looking covenant forecasts

Process improvements and technology enhancements to develop reporting systems and tools

Responding to ad-hoc requests from Accounting, Asset Management, Investments, Strategy, and other internal teams

Onboarding and Debt Management (25%)

Reviewing relevant sections of executed debt agreements and completing onboarding procedures, including entering key details into Oxford’s debt reporting software and ensuring newly onboarded loans are correctly reflected in Oxford’s consolidated reporting

Building out financial covenant test templates, documenting lender reporting requirements, summarizing prepayment rights, and following up with financing leads, lawyers, and lenders to ensure documentation is archived

Maintaining an inventory of statistics on Oxford’s global financings such as gross financing activity, financing fees paid, and other lender relationship data

Skillsets / Qualifications:

Undergraduate degree in Business, Accounting or Economics (completion of CPA designation or actively working towards CPA designation an asset)

Proficient with Microsoft Excel and PowerPoint (basic financial modelling skills, can organize and extract key information from large data sets, confidence in building PowerPoint decks)

Exposure to Business Intelligence tools such as PowerBI or Tableau

Exposure to reviewing and synthesizing contracts

Clear, personable, and effective communication skills (both written and verbal)

Can articulate a basic understanding of accounting, finance, and debt related concepts

Self-starting personality that can work in a fast-paced, growing organization with tight deadlines

Strong documentation and organization skills and a high level of attention to detail

Our story:

Oxford Properties Group (“Oxford”) is a leading global real estate investor, asset manager and business builder. It builds, buys and grows defined real estate operating business with world-class management teams. Established in 1960, Oxford and its portfolio companies manage approximately C$70 billion of assets across four continents on behalf of their investment partners. Oxford’s owned portfolio encompasses office, logistics, retail, multifamily residential, life sciences and hotels; it spans more than 150 million square feet in global gateway cities and high-growth hubs. A thematic investor with a committed source of capital, Oxford invests in properties, portfolios, development sites, debt, securities and real estate businesses across the risk-reward spectrum. Together with its portfolio companies, Oxford is one of the world’s most active developers with over 100 projects currently underway globally across all major asset classes. Oxford is owned by OMERS, the Canadian defined benefit pension plan for Ontario’s municipal employees.

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OMERS is committed to having a workforce that reflects the communities in which we live and work. We are an equal opportunity employer committed to a barrier-free recruitment and selection process. At OMERS inclusion and diversity means belonging. How we create a sense of belonging is through our employees and our vast network of Employee Resource Groups. Whether you are passionate about gender, pride, or visible minorities, we have groups that are focused on making a difference in all of our lives.

Vaccination Policy

At OMERS and Oxford the office or worksite is our primary place of work. We are committed to providing work environments which promote the health, safety and well-being of all employees in accordance with public health regulation and guidance. Accordingly, employees are required to provide evidence of full vaccination or have an approved exemption.

Company: Omers

Expected salary:

Location: Toronto, ON

Job date: Sun, 30 Oct 2022 01:55:57 GMT

Job Source: Careerjet.ca

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