Analyst, Real Estate Acquisitions (Logistics)

Over the last 20 years, Ares’ success has been driven by our people and our culture. Today, our team is guided by our core values – Collaborative, Responsible, Entrepreneurial, Self-Aware, Trustworthy – and our purpose to be a catalyst for shared prosperity and a better future. Through our recruitment, career development and employee-focused programming, we are committed to fostering a welcoming and inclusive work environment where high-performance talent of diverse backgrounds, experiences, and perspectives can build careers within this exciting and growing industry.

Job Description

About Marq

Marq is a global leader in the development and operation of modern logistics facilities and manages a portfolio of approximately 2,000 properties totaling more than 600 million square feet. With a mission to deliver institutional-quality logistics facilities and a consistent, best-in-class experience to tenants around the world, Marq’s highly specialized and dedicated team provides a powerful combination of global scale with local experience. Learn more at https://www.marqlogistics.com/.

Position Summary

Our logistics acquisitions team in Newport Beach is seeking an Analyst to provide advanced financial analysis, research, and due diligence support to Marq Logistics acquisition activities in the Southwest Region to assist in expanding their industrial portfolio, which is currently over 25 million square feet*, located in the Southern California, Phoenix and Las Vegas markets. This Analyst will collaborate with various team members across different departments and groups. Responsibilities are broad and directly impact key operations of the business.

Responsibilities

• Perform advanced modeling and valuation analysis (Argus and Excel) for potential acquisitions and development opportunities
• Create discounted cash flow models used to analyze returns for potential acquisitions
• Prepare thorough and concise Investment Memos for presentation to the Investment Committee and Board of Directors
• Formulate key investment decisions based on judgment and empirical analysis of the data
• Provide and qualify informed opinions of an investment’s merits based on collecting, processing, and tracking of in-depth market information and related matters
• Comp Tracking – data entry into centralized database of comps received from industry professionals:
• Lease Rates
• Purchase Price on sale transactions, comparing against internal underwriting model to generate Cap Rates.
• Retrade/Cap Rates
• Repricing tracker
• Accurately record, save, and organize deals through Dealpath tracking software
• Ensuring Dealpath is updated weekly and confirmation with Senior Management of the list of sites for the following week’s Regional and National Pipeline meetings.
• Support associates and senior management of Ares in matters related to the successful operation of various business units
• Professionally represent Ares to the broader real estate community (ex. brokers, bankers, and other service providers)
• Creation of Investor Tour Books of Regional Assets, ensuring they are maintained and updated as required.
• Note transcripts of Senior Management deal calls with industry professionals.

Required Knowledge, Skills and Abilities

• 1-3 years applicable work experience preferred
• Proficiency in Argus Enterprise; Argus certification a plus
• Proficiency in Excel
• Financial background in real estate or finance preferred
• Bachelor’s degree with undergraduate coursework in business, finance, accounting; with a strong understanding of real estate finance principles
• Ability to comprehend, analyze, interpret, and create real estate documents including, but not limited to, LOIs, RFPs, property offering memorandums, market reports and tenant leases
• Excellent written and communication skills preferred
• Advanced PowerPoint and Word skills preferred
• Willingness and ability to travel as needed
• Ability to handle sensitive and confidential information
• High ethical standards and strong worth ethic

*Includes properties owned, under development, under control, and/or committed capital as of August 1, 2026

Reporting Relationships

Compensation

$120,000.00 - $135,000.00

There is no set deadline to apply for this job opportunity. Applications will be accepted on an ongoing basis until the search is no longer active.