Senior Analyst - Credit Tenant Lease Finance and Structured Debt Products

The Opportunity:

Mesirow is an independent, employee-owned financial services firm founded in 1937. Headquartered in Chicago, with offices around the world, Mesirow serves clients through capabilities spanning Global Investment Management, Capital Markets and Investment Banking, and Advisory Services. We are proud that our intentional culture results in strong employee engagement, entrepreneurship and empowerment, with ongoing opportunities for volunteerism and advancement. Mesirow has been named one of the Best Places to Work in Chicago by Crain’s Chicago Business multiple times and is one of Barron’s Top 100 RIA firms. At Mesirow, we invest in what matters: our clients, our communities, and our culture. 

As a key member of the Mesirow Financial Credit Tenant Lease Finance and Structured Debt Products team, you will have the opportunity to work in a truly independent, entrepreneurial and innovative environment, alongside industry leading experts, while benefiting from the power of our global markets platform to accelerate your career.

Our teams of professionals arrange and structure long-term financing for real estate owners and developers. As a member of this team, you will work collaboratively with our fixed income sales and trading, real estate and public finance teams in order to structure debt with optimal financing terms. Our proven experience, unique distribution capacity, diverse perspectives and turnkey approach provide our clients with a distinct advantage in the Credit Tenant Lease Finance and Structured Debt Products marketplace. To learn more about the team and recent transactions, please click here

Responsibilities:

• Underwrite and analyze commercial real estate debt transactions with an emphasis on single-tenant properties lease backed to investment grade corporate and municipal counterparties
• Perform credit analysis of corporate and municipal entities
• Review transaction operative agreements (i.e. lease agreements)
• Draft offering memorandums, pitch books, term sheets, internal memos and other communications with clients and investors.
• Manage transaction closing process, including interfacing with investors, issuers, legal counsel, rating agency, and other third parties
• Prepare pitch books and marketing material for both institutional bond investors as well as potential borrowers.
• Research and monitor trends in real estate and debt capital markets

Requirements:

• Bachelors in relevant coursework
• Minimum of 2-3 years within the financial industry (commercial real estate financings is a plus).
• Formal credit training and/or experience with corporate/municipal credit analysis is a plus.
• Experience with Bloomberg and DTCC settlement a plus.
• Series 7 and 63 licensed or ability to obtain within 6 months of hire.
• Highly proficient across MS Office Suite of products. 
• Ability to analyze financial statements and related data to assess historical financial performance, credit quality, current condition and future outlook for various credit tenant lease transactions.
• Ability to analyze quantitative and qualitative information and translate into deliverables.
• Strong professional communication and inter-personal skills, combined with the ability to succinctly express complex ideas both orally and in writing.
• Exceptional attention to detail with the ability to multi-task, work successfully under pressure, prioritizes tasks, react to changes and solve critical issues.
• Work independently and within a team to build relationships and interact effectively with business partners.

In accordance with the Illinois Pay Transparency Law, the anticipated hiring base salary for the role will be between $80,000 and $120,000 per year. However, base pay if hired will be determined on an individualized basis and is only part of the total compensation package, which, also provides the opportunity for a performance based bonus and the Mesirow benefit program.

EOE

Salary : $80,000 - $120,000