Investment Analyst

Prudential Financial, Inc. is a multinational financial services leader with operations in the United States, Asia, Europe, and Latin America. Leveraging its heritage of life insurance and asset management expertise, Prudential is focused on helping individual and institutional customers grow and protect their wealth. The company's well-known Rock symbol is an icon of strength, stability, expertise and innovation that has stood the test of time. Prudential's businesses offer a variety of products and services, including life insurance, annuities, retirement-related services, mutual funds, asset management, and real estate services. For more information, please visit www.prudential.com Position: The Atlanta office of Prudential Mortgage Capital Company is actively seeking highly-motivated, recent(or-soon-to-be) graduates from top undergraduate programs for placement as Investment Analysts to work with its Portfolio Surveillance group. Business Group: Prudential Mortgage Capital Company (PMCC) is a leading full-service commercial mortgage lender providing clients access to a broad range of real estate capital sources and lending programs. Prudential Mortgage Capital Company originates a wide variety of commercial mortgage investments for Prudential's internal accounts, institutional investors, and for purchase by other third party capital sources (such as Fannie Mae, FHA, etc.) The firm's products include permanent fixed-rate and floating-rate loans, interim/bridge loans, mezzanine and high-yield loans, and various other structured mortgage products. PMCC website: http://www3.prudential.com/businesscenter/realestate/pmcc/home/welcome.html Portfolio Surveillance Description: Investment Analysts within the Portfolio Surveillance group will focus on 1) monitoring PMCC's General Account, Fannie Mae, and third party account portfolios for potential risks,2) identifying nationwide market trends for core property types, and 3) presenting high risk loans to portfolio managers. Responsibilities will include detailed analysis of property level cash flows, market analysis, and modeling. Portfolio Surveillance Responsibilities: - Provide regular feedback to portfolio managers regarding portfolio performance and market/property trends. - Participate on certain investment committee calls and provide guidance as to how deal umderwriting compares with observed portfolio performance. - Participate in monthly meetings with portfolio managers to review high risk loans. - Recommend loans that should be assigned to the special servicing group. - Interact and coordinate workflow with international outsourcing team. - Value properties elegible for release or substitution as described in the loan documents. - Conduct sensitivity analysis as requested by portfolio managers. - Recommend changes to PMCC's internal web based data collecting application. Requirements: - Bachelor's degree from a top undergraduate program, with an analytical focused major preferably in finance, economics, real estate or engineering. - Strong quantitative skills and established analytical ability. - Demonstrated interest in commercial real estate. - Computer proficiency with a strong working knowledge of Microsoft Excel and ability to learn new and proprietary applications. - Excellent communication skills. - Strong organizational skills and attention to detail with ability to manage multiple projects simultaneously. - Ability to work both independently and as an integral member of the surveillance team. - Prior experience in the real estate and/or finance field is preferred. Benefits of the Position: The chosen candidate will benefit from a broad exposure to all aspects of Prudential's commercial real estate lending business. Highlights include: - Development of modeling and analytical skills. - Experience with multiple real estate capital sources and lending programs. - Development of strong credit, underwriting, and real estate valuation skills. -Exposure to all commercial property types (multifamily industrial, retail, office, hotel); and exposure to various real estate markets across the United States. - Direct interaction with senior management and clients. The Prudential Insurance Company of America and its affiliates, Newark, New Jersey are Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action Employers and are committed to diversity in our workforce. Prudential is not seeking assistance or accepting unsolicited resumes from search firms for this employment opportunity unless contracted with Staffing. Agencies must work with Staffing as the primary point of contact and follow the Prudential application process to be considered for business. Regardless of past practice, all resumes submitted by search firms to any employee at Prudential via-email, the Internet or directly to hiring managers at Prudential in any form without a valid written search agreement in place for that position will be deemed the sole property of Prudential, and no fee will be paid in the event the candidate is hired by Prudential as a result of the referral or through other means. Note: Any search agreement entered into with Prudential before January 2004 is null and void. Search firms are essential to the recruitment and staffing efforts at Prudential and we value the partnerships we have built with our preferred vendors. For this reason, Prudential has established and regularly maintains a preferred vendor list. Please note that even preferred vendors need to have a written search agreement signed by the Director, Recruiting Programs, Staffing at Prudential in place for the specific position in order for a fee to be paid for any candidate referrals.