Location - McLean, VA, Bethesda, MD, or Baltimore, MD. *On a case-by-case basis, we will consider other Clark regional offices around the United States.
Summary - Align Capital Solutions ("Align") is a real estate advisory firm dedicated to exploring, identifying, and executing creative and innovative financial structures that result in better outcomes for their customers, and ultimately, result in better projects for communities. Our institutional, public, and non-profit clients are interested in creating assets to meet their needs, but the current standard financing approaches are limiting their ability to do so.
Align was established for the sole purpose of bringing private sector financial expertise to challenging social infrastructure projects. Our relationships with key debt and equity providers, we will help our clients create long-term assets that meet their risk and return goals through creative financial solutions along with turnkey solutions. As a Senior Analyst, you will gain firsthand knowledge of how the capital markets influence financial decision-making for both public, private and public-private-partnership (P3) investments. As a startup, Align will afford you the opportunity scale a business that has unlimited reach as we work to deliver assets that are integral to our everyday lives.
Align leverages its partnership with Edgemoor, a pioneering developer of public buildings and social infrastructure with over 20 years of experience. Working as a Financial Advisor to Edgemoor, Align provides quantitative and qualitative analysis on various design, build, finance, operate and maintain (DBFOM) social infrastructure projects in the US.
Align is also affiliated with the Clark Construction Group, a $5 billion general contractor whose expertise features projects of all sizes and levels of complexity - from hospitals and airports to roads and educational facilities. With the increased emphasis on the physical needs of the community, and government investment in infrastructure, we believe that Align is poised for considerable growth and will be a real estate advisory leader in the marketplace.
Responsibilities • Work with Align team members to prepare written and oral responses to requests for solicited as well as unsolicited proposals • Lead due diligence on prospective commercial real estate and social infrastructure investments with a lens to both debt and equity capital stacks; real estate market fundamentals; state and local property tax legislation; as well as Federal financing programs • Create and update financial models that capture a variety of capital structures; including both taxable and tax-exempt financial structures for a Project • Engage with third parties such as conduit issuers, underwriters, lenders, rating agencies, and legal advisors to achieve an optimal project financing structure • Assist in the review and management of all relevant Project contracts and documents related to finance requirements • Write investment memorandums summarizing the key macroeconomic assumptions of each Project • Regularly track deal activity in the P3 market.
Basic Qualifications • Bachelor's degree from a top-tier university with coursework in Business Administration, Accounting, Finance and/or Economics • 2-5 years of relevant work experience at an Investment Bank, Commercial Bank, Private Equity firm, Public Private Partnership development firm; Financial Advisory Firm, Consulting firm, or Non-Profit developer • Demonstrated ability to manage multiple projects and priorities to conclusion within agreed upon deadlines • Demonstrated ability to work independently; take initiative with work with minimal supervision • Dedication to building a career in the financial advisory industry; willingness to take the Series 50 exam (if required) within 12 months of hire date • Advanced in Microsoft Word, Excel, and PowerPoint. • Willing to work in the office in either our McLean, VA Bethesda, MD, or Baltimore locations (*see note above about regional offices*)