Asset Management Analyst

About The Company:

GAIA Real Estate is a vertically integrated investment firm with offices in New York City and Miami. Since its founding in 2009, GAIA has owned and operated approximately 20,000 residential units across 87 properties, totaling around $4 billion in transactions. The firm invests significant partnership capital alongside its investors and operates across major U.S. markets.

GAIA co-founded MILAS, a South Florida development and investment platform dedicated to revitalizing and elevating emerging urban neighborhoods through high-quality residential projects.

Position Summary

GAIA Real Estate is seeking a highly motivated Asset Management Analyst to join its Miami office. This role offers a unique opportunity to gain hands-on experience within a vertically integrated real estate investment platform. The Analyst will be an integral part of the Asset Management team, responsible for maximizing the performance of the firm’s national multifamily investment portfolio—including garden-style, mid-rise, and high-rise properties.

The position requires close collaboration with GAIA’s acquisitions, accounting, investor relations, construction management, and property management teams. Training will take place in New York City, and occasional travel to properties and other GAIA offices is expected.

Key Responsibilities

• Assist with multifamily asset management duties including financial modeling (primarily Excel-based analyses), project management, cash management, and property valuation analysis.
• Provide operational guidance and financial oversight to third-party property management, marketing, and leasing teams based on each property’s strategic plan.
• Ensure assets are operated in line with business plans, operating agreements, and loan documents.
• Monitor and assist with managing property-level capital projects and value-add initiatives.
• Prepare investor, lender, and internal reports on an ad-hoc, monthly, quarterly, and annual basis.
• Conduct ad-hoc analyses in Excel to evaluate trends, property metrics, and performance indicators.
• Collaborate with the construction and property management teams to establish annual capital and operating budgets and assist with reforecasts.
• Support asset management in communications with lenders, institutional investors, vendors, and contractors.
• Update sell/refinancing/hold analyses on portfolio assets.
• Assist with underwriting, due diligence, and closing processes for acquisitions and dispositions.
• Organize and maintain asset management files and documentation.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree required, preferably in Finance, Accounting, Real Estate, or related field.
• 1–2 years of relevant real estate finance, investment banking, or private equity experience (multifamily experience preferred).
• Advanced Excel proficiency and strong quantitative/financial modeling skills; Argus experience a plus.
• Strong analytical, problem-solving, and communication skills.
• Excellent time management, writing, and presentation skills.
• Ability to manage multiple priorities and meet deadlines in a fast-paced environment.
• Strong interpersonal skills and ability to work collaboratively with cross-functional teams.
• High integrity, strong work ethic, and attention to detail.
• Familiarity with Yardi or other revenue management systems is a plus.