Assistant Vice President, Real Estate, Corporate

Job Description:

- The Real Estate team of DBRS Morningstar is seeking a highly motivated individual with a minimum of five years of relevant experience in corporate credit analysis, research, or investment banking and a strong understanding of the Canadian real estate sector to join the team in Toronto as an Assistant Vice President.
- This position reports to the Managing Director of Real Estate & Public Finance.

About the Role
- The Real Estate team of DBRS Morningstar is seeking a highly motivated individual with a minimum of five years of relevant experience in corporate credit analysis, research, or investment banking and a strong understanding of the Canadian real estate sector to join the team in Toronto as an Assistant Vice President.
- This position reports to the Managing Director of Real Estate & Public Finance.

Job Responsibilities
- Assist with existing coverage of a broad range of real estate entities and contribute to new rating assignments.
- Contribute to new and existing rating assignments and overtime assume lead coverage of existing range of real estate entities, including real estate investment trusts.
- Perform company and industry research, financial statement analysis, prepare forecasts and assess management strategy to inform rating recommendations.
- Review legal documentation related to credit analysis.
- Prepare rating committee materials and lead rating committee presentations.
- Produce timely, high-quality rating reports, press releases and commentaries on rated entities and industry sector trends.
- Contribute to the development and refinement of existing rating methodologies.
- Attend conferences, including industry and debt capital market events.
- Develop relationships with issuers, investors, intermediaries, and other stakeholders.
- Adhere to rigorous regulatory requirements, including detailed record-keeping, training, and compliance with DBRS Morningstar policies and procedures.

**Qualifications**:

- Minimum of five years of relevant experience in real estate equity/debt research, credit, finance, banking and/or consulting within the real estate industry, preferably across a wide range of property types.
- Demonstrated knowledge of the Canadian commercial real estate industry, including strengths and challenges facing companies in different real estate asset classes and geographies.
- Strong financial statement analytical abilities with solid knowledge of IFRS accounting as it relates to real estate.
- Strong research skills, with a thorough attention to detail.
- Effective communication skills, both verbal and written.
- Strong inter-personal skills.
- Self-starter and strong team player, with the ability to meet deadlines while maintaining attention to detail and producing high quality work.
- Travel is required.
- Bachelor’s and/or Master’s degree in relevant discipline.

Nice to have
Completion of the CFA program would be considered favorably.

About Us
DBRS Morningstar is a global credit ratings business, currently with 700 employees in eight offices globally. Formed through the July 2019 acquisition of DBRS by Morningstar, Inc., the ratings business is the fourth-largest provider of credit ratings in the world.

DBRS Morningstar is committed to empowering investor success, serving the market through leading-edge technology and raising the bar for the industry. DBRS Morningstar is a market leader in Canada, the U.S. and Europe in multiple asset classes.

DBRS Morningstar rates more than 2,600 issuers and 54,000 securities worldwide and is driven to bringing more clarity, diversity of opinion, and responsiveness to the ratings process. DBRS Morningstar’s approach and size provide the agility to respond to customers’ needs, while being large enough to provide the necessary expertise and resources.
- If you received and accept an offer from us, we require that personal and any related investments be disclosed confidentiality to our Compliance team (days vary by region). These investments will be reviewed to ensure they meet Code of Ethics requirements. If any conflicts of interest are identified, then you will be required to liquidate those holdings immediately. In addition, dependent on your department and location of work certain employee accounts must be held with an approved broker (for example all, U.S. employee accounts). If this applies and your account(s) are not with an approved broker, you will be required to move your holdings to an approved broker._