Blackstone is the world’s largest alternative asset manager. We seek to create positive economic impact and long-term value for our investors, the companies we invest in, and the communities in which we work. We do this by using extraordinary people and flexible capital to help companies solve problems. Our $1 trillion in assets under management include investment vehicles focused on private equity, real estate, public debt and equity, infrastructure, life sciences, growth equity, opportunistic, non-investment grade credit, real assets and secondary funds, all on a global basis. Further information is available at www.blackstone.com. Follow @blackstone on LinkedIn, Twitter, and Instagram.
Blackstone Real Estate
Blackstone is a global leader in real estate investing. Blackstone’s real estate business was founded in 1991 and has US $337 billion of investor capital under management. Blackstone is the largest owner of commercial real estate globally, owning and operating assets across every major geography and sector, including logistics, residential, office, hospitality and retail. Our opportunistic funds seek to acquire undermanaged, well-located assets across the world. Blackstone’s Core+ business invests in substantially stabilized real estate assets globally, through both institutional strategies and strategies tailored for income-focused individual investors including Blackstone Real Estate Income Trust, Inc. (BREIT), a U.S. non-listed REIT, and Blackstone’s European yield-oriented strategy. Blackstone Real Estate also operates one of the leading global real estate debt businesses, providing comprehensive financing solutions across the capital structure and risk spectrum, including management of Blackstone Mortgage Trust (NYSE: BXMT).
Blackstone Real Estate Portfolio Management
Blackstone’s Real Estate Portfolio Management Group expects analysts to value, track, analyse and report on Blackstone’s European real estate portfolio. Portfolio Management is also responsible for integrating information flows across the portfolio which involves bespoke projects as well as several initiatives involving technology and business analytics. This role involves managing and reviewing a significant number of processes and data, requiring strong analytical skills, business acumen, professionalism, good attention to detail and communication skills. You will have key responsibilities focusing on open-ended funds, operating and performance analytics across multiple sectors and be involved in a number of different assignments at once. The role will work closely with Blackstone’s asset management team along with fund management, finance, investor relations teams, and portfolio companies.
Analyst Work May Include:
- Open-ended fund reporting activities
- Portfolio and Key Performance Indicator analytics
- Involvement in portfolio and market research and data mining
- Manage various quarterly reporting processes
- Manage investor bespoke templates on the portfolio
- Assist with ad hoc internal firmwide and investor deliverables
- Tracking of disposal, operating and financial data
- Support strategic operating and data projects
- Improve processes working closely with technology team
Qualifications:
Blackstone seeks to hire individuals who are highly motivated, mature, and intelligent and have demonstrated excellence in prior endeavours. The successful candidate should have:
- Strong written and oral communication skills
- Ability to deliver compelling and concise presentations
- Strong work ethic and self-motivated
- Resourcefulness and detail oriented
- Willingness and ability to work across multiple function areas in a dynamic environment
- A high level of integrity and business acumen
Requirements
- 2+ years minimum experience
- Postgraduate or a Bachelor's degree with a major in finance, real estate, or a closely related field
- ACCA qualification is highly desirable
- Prior experience in real estate is beneficial
- Proficiency in Microsoft Excel and Microsoft PowerPoint required
The duties and responsibilities described here are not exhaustive and additional assignments, duties, or responsibilities may be required of this position. Assignments, duties, and responsibilities may be changed at any time, with or without notice, by Blackstone in its sole discretion.
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If you need a reasonable accommodation to complete your application, please contact Human Resources at 212-583-5000 (US), +44 (0)20 7451 4000 (EMEA) or +852 3656 8600 (APAC).
Depending on the position, you may be required to obtain certain securities licenses if you are in a client facing role and/or if you are engaged in the following:
Attending client meetings where you are discussing Blackstone products and/or and client questions;
Marketing Blackstone funds to new or existing clients;
Supervising or training securities licensed employees;
Structuring or creating Blackstone funds/products; and
Advising on marketing plans prepared by a sales team or developing and/or contributing information for marketing materials.
Note: The above list is not the exhaustive list of activities requiring securities licenses and there may be roles that require review on a case-by-case basis. Please speak with your Blackstone Recruiting contact with any questions.
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