Managing Director, Rental Research - Zelman & Associates
Walker & Dunlop

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Department:
Research and Securities

Ready to bring your whole self to work every day? At Walker & Dunlop, we didn't get to where we are by hiring ordinary individuals. We got here by hiring the exceptional! WD is looking for individuals who are caring, collaborative, driven, insightful, and tenacious to join our team!

Walker & Dunlop is seeking a Managing Director in its New York City office to work directly with the founding members of Zelman & Associates, the leading housing-related research firm on Wall Street. This position will utilize the strengths of both Walker & Dunlop and Zelman to expand existing multi-family and single-family rental research and significantly broaden the insights available to market participants. Responsibilities include:

• Expand upon Zelman's deep macro housing and industry experience to enhance existing and develop new insightful rental sector research

• Implement business strategies to provide internal and external clients with strategic, research-driven insights and valuable data & analytics capabilities
• Analyze and present data that can be incorporated into underwriting and/or used to support internal expertise
• Synthesize public and private market research/data/trends.
• Interpret/use housing research to identify trends with a broader macro impact both within and outside CRE
• Work closely with key professionals in Marketing, IT, debt, and investment sales brokerage to broaden Walker & Dunlop's and Zelman's reputation in rental market research

• Integrate rental sector research with other housing-related franchises
• Conduct extensive proprietary surveys; synthesize and interpret results
• Create detailed, sophisticated financial models and valuation analyses
• Identify significant trends; anticipate, analyze, and communicate industry developments
• Oversee team responsible for timely, comprehensive, thought-provoking research reports
• Lead external communication of research conclusions with top industry executives and clients

The education and experience we're looking for:

• Bachelor's degree; preference for concentration in finance, economics, or accounting
• 10+ years of work experience in real estate-related research capabilities is strongly preferred

What skills you should have:

• Creativity and entrepreneurial spirit
• Outstanding analytical capabilities; organizational discipline; attention to detail
• Exceptional written and oral communication skills
• Highly competitive; self-starter; ambitious; team-oriented
• In-depth knowledge of financial statements; comfort with detailed modeling
• Knowledge of the multi-family sector, though it is not required
• Ability to show ownership of your work, take on challenges and acknowledge growth opportunities, and demonstrate patience when learning new processes.
• Courtesy, respect, and thoughtfulness in teaming with colleagues and other stakeholders.

About Zelman & Associates

Founded in 2007, Zelman & Associates, is led by Hall of Fame Analyst Ivy Zelman, who is widely respected for her unbiased, in-depth research, insightful analysis, and actionable advice about the housing market and related sectors. Ivy formed Zelman & Associates with her partner, Dennis McGill, a colleague at Credit Suisse, and together they have built the industry's most respected team of experts for guiding investors and business leaders toward informed, wise decisions across all areas of housing.

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