Sr. Analyst, Loan Brokerage

Arbor Realty Trust Inc

NY

JOB DETAILS
SALARY
$80,000–$99,000 Per Year
SKILLS
Accounting Close, Analysis Skills, Balance Sheet, Brokerage, Capital Markets, Cash Flow, Commercial Real Estate, Credit Analysis, Detail Oriented, Finance, Financial Trend Analysis, Investment Services, Liquidity, Loan Structuring, Loans, Market Analysis, Market Trend Analysis, Mortgage Lending, Pricing, Process Management, Real Estate, Rental Listings, Risk, Technical/Engineering Design, Underwriting
LOCATION
NY
POSTED
30+ days ago

Overview

Arbor Realty Trust is building a best-in-class Loan Brokerage platform and is seeking an elite Real Estate Sr. Analyst to help drive its growth. This is a high-impact role designed for technically rigorous candidates who want front-line exposure to complex deal structuring, institutional counterparties, and a high-volume transaction environment.

You will operate at the intersection of underwriting, credit, and capital markets-working directly with senior broker, originators and lenders to structure and execute debt and preferred equity placements. This role is intentionally demanding and offers accelerated exposure to live transactions, sophisticated financing structures, and decision-makers across the capital stack.

What You'll Do

  • Lead institutional-grade underwriting of commercial real estate transactions, with a focus on multifamily and structured finance executions
  • Build advanced, dynamic Excel models from scratch (cash flows, waterfalls, debt sizing, sensitivity frameworks, scenario analysis)
  • Analyze borrower credit, sponsorship quality, and capital structure with a lender's risk lens
  • Structure and position transactions for execution across a wide range of capital providers (CMBS, banks, debt funds, agencies, life companies)
  • Produce high-quality lender materials (offering memoranda, underwriting narratives, deal books) that meet institutional standards
  • Interface directly with capital providers and credit teams, managing diligence, responding to lender feedback, and driving competitive tension
  • Work on multiple live deals simultaneously in a fast-paced, execution-focused environment
  • Evaluate market dynamics, pricing, and liquidity trends to inform deal strategy and lender selection
  • Play a key role in transaction execution, including diligence, third-party coordination, and closing processes

Who You Are

  • 2-5+ years of experience in commercial real estate underwriting, credit, investment banking, or debt placement
  • Background from a bank, debt fund, or top-tier brokerage platform strongly preferred
  • Advanced Excel proficiency is non-negotiable-you can build complex models quickly and accurately without templates
  • Deep familiarity with CRE debt products (agency, bridge, balance sheet, structured finance)
  • Strong command of property-level analysis (rent rolls, T-12s, reforecasting, market comps) and borrower financials (this is the whole key)
  • Highly detail-oriented with a credit-first mindset and strong risk awareness
  • Able to operate with speed, precision, and accountability under tight timelines

What Sets This Role Apart

  • Direct exposure to high-volume, institutional-quality deal flow through Arbor's national platform
  • Opportunity to help build and scale a newly established Loan Brokerage business within a public REIT
  • Meaningful interaction with top-tier lenders and capital providers across the market
  • A meritocratic, execution-driven environment with significant learning curve and upside

 

Arbor Realty Trust, Inc. offers a competitive base salary and discretionary bonus. The starting base salary range for this position is $80,000 to $99,000. The specific compensation that will be offered is based on an understanding of the hired candidates' qualifications at the time of hire. Employees are eligible for a discretionary bonus based on employee work performance reviewed during the course of the year. The total compensation package for this position will also include other elements, a full range of medical, and/or other benefits including 401(k) eligibility and paid time off benefits.

We are proud to be an equal opportunity employer and are committed to maintaining a diverse workforce and an inclusive work environment for our associates, customers and business partners. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, color, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, age, marital status, veteran status, disability, ethnicity, pregnancy or any other legally protected status. We are committed to working with and providing reasonable accommodations to individuals with disabilities.

 

About the Company

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Arbor Realty Trust Inc

For over 20 years, Uniondale, NY-based Arbor Realty Trust, Inc. (NYSE: ABR) has been helping multifamily and commercial real estate clients achieve their financial goals by focusing on growing long-term relationships and conducting business as not simply another real estate lender, but a partner. We value our clients to such an extent that we’re more comfortable calling them partners, and their relationships with Arbor are the foundation of our business.

Founded by Chairman and CEO Ivan Kaufman, Arbor Realty Trust, Inc. is a national direct lender and real estate investment trust specializing in loan origination and servicing for multifamily, seniors housing, healthcare and other diverse commercial real estate assets. Arbor is a Top 10 Fannie Mae DUS® Multifamily Lender by volume and a Top Fannie Mae Small Loan lender, a Freddie Mac Program Plus® Seller/Servicer and the Top Freddie Mac Small Balance Loan Lender, a Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac Seniors Housing Lender, an FHA Multifamily Accelerated Processing (MAP)/LEAN Lender, a HUD-approved LIHTC Lender as well as a CMBSBridgeMezzanine and Preferred Equity lender, consistently building on its reputation for service, quality and flexibility. Arbor also offers Arbor LoanExpress, an online loan origination and processing platform designed to make multifamily financing easier and quicker for borrowers, brokers and correspondent lenders. With a multibillion dollar servicing portfolio, Arbor is a primary commercial loan servicer and special servicer rated by Standard & Poor’s with an Above Average rating. Arbor is also on the Standard & Poor’s Select Servicer List and is a primary commercial loan servicer and loan level special servicer rated by Fitch Ratings.

COMPANY SIZE
100 to 499 employees
INDUSTRY
Real Estate/Property Management
FOUNDED
1983
WEBSITE
http://www.arbor.com/