11 Nov
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Offshore Minds
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India
11 Nov
Offshore Minds
India
Company Description
Offshore Minds is a commercial real estate KPO (Knowledge Process Outsourcing) firm with offices in New Delhi. We support investment firms, family offices, and boutique PE funds across the US, UK, and Australia with financial modeling, underwriting, asset management, lease administration, and accounting.
Our analysts work as an extension of our clients' in-house teams on live deals across multifamily, industrial, office, retail, and hospitality assets. AI is part of how we work every day.
Role Description
We are hiring a Commercial Real Estate Analyst to join us immediately. You will build financial models, underwrite deals, and turn property data into clear analysis that helps our US clients make investment decisions.
This is a full-time remote role on US hours (EST or CST), working directly with our senior team and our clients' deal teams. We are looking for someone who is strong in Excel, understands real estate finance, thinks through problems logically, and uses AI tools in their work every day.
Job Details
- Experience: 1 to 5 years
- Employment type: Full-time
- Location: Remote (India)
- Shift: US hours, EST or CST (night shift in IST)
- Joining: Immediate
Key Responsibilities
- Build and maintain Excel financial models for acquisitions, development, and asset management
- Underwrite deals using offering memorandums, rent rolls, T-12 operating statements, and market data
- Build cash flow projections and DCF analysis, and calculate levered and unlevered returns (IRR, equity multiple, cash-on-cash)
- Run sensitivity and scenario analysis to stress test key assumptions
- Size debt and review loan terms using DSCR, LTV, and debt yield
- Research markets: rent comps, sales comps, cap rates, and current supply
- Abstract leases and capture the key terms that drive the model
- Review and audit models: trace formulas, fix errors, and make sure every number ties out
- Prepare investment summaries, memos, and presentations that explain the numbers in plain language
- Support asset management reporting, including budgets, variance analysis, and monthly or quarterly reports
- Use AI tools daily for research, data extraction, formula building, and quality checks, and verify every output
- Work directly with US clients and our senior team on calls, emails, and deliverables
Qualifications
- 1 to 5 years of experience in commercial real estate, real estate finance, investment analysis, or financial modeling
- Bachelor's degree in Finance, Accounting, Economics, Real Estate, Business, or a related field
- Strong Excel skills: XLOOKUP or INDEX/MATCH, SUMIFS, nested IF logic, data tables, and pivot tables
- Ability to build financial models from scratch with a clean, logical structure that others can follow and audit
- Solid real estate finance knowledge: NOI, cap rates, rent rolls, operating expenses, DCF, IRR, equity multiple, DSCR, and LTV
- Strong finance fundamentals: time value of money, financial statements, cash flows, and how leverage affects returns
- Strong problem solving and logical thinking: you understand the problem before you build, and you can explain why a number is what it is
- Active, everyday use of AI tools (ChatGPT, Claude,
Copilot, Gemini, or similar) in your work, with the judgment to check what they produce
- High attention to detail and the ability to work independently and meet deadlines
- Clear written and spoken English for working with US clients
- Willing to work US hours (EST or CST) on a full-time basis
- Able to join immediately or on short notice
Preferred Qualifications
- Hands-on experience with Argus Enterprise
- Exposure to US commercial real estate across multifamily, industrial, office, retail, hospitality, medical office, or mixed-use assets
- Experience with JV waterfall models: preferred returns, IRR hurdles, and promotes
- Development modeling: construction budgets, S-curve cost draws, and construction loans
- Lease abstraction and rent roll analysis experience
- MBA in Finance, CFA (any level), CA, or a real estate modeling certification (A.CRE, REFM, ARGUS, or similar)
- Experience automating work with AI, Power Query, VBA, or Python
- Familiarity with CoStar, Yardi, or similar real estate data platforms
- Prior experience at a KPO, investment firm, lender, or brokerage supporting US clients
Why Join Us
- Work on live US commercial real estate deals across asset classes
- Get direct exposure to US investment firms, family offices, and fund teams
- Learn from a senior team with deep US CRE underwriting and modeling experience
- Sharpen your skills with modern, AI-enabled ways of modeling and analysis
- Remote role with real ownership of your work
- Grow with us as the firm expands
Hiring Process
Screening call, Excel modeling test, and a final interview with our team.
We are hiring immediately. If this sounds like you, apply now. We would love to hear from you.
📌 Commercial Real Estate Analyst (India)
🏢 Offshore Minds
📍 India