Analyst, Pricing & Underwriting

Amherst Overview

Amherst is a vertically integrated real estate investment, development, and operating platform, offering solutions across the U.S. real estate capital stack, including single-family residential (SFR), mortgage-backed securities (MBS), and commercial real estate (CRE). Amherst is headquartered in Austin, TX, and New York, NY, in the United States, with regional global offices located in India and Costa Rica. Underpinned by proprietary technology, battle-tested data and mortgagemodel, and a deep understanding of U.S. real estate markets, Amherst's vertically integrated platform seeks to provideinvestors a more efficient model to price, finance, and manage real estate with turnkey execution capabilities across the firm's debt and equity strategies in the public and private residential, commercial, and mortgage-backed securities markets.

Our Single-Family Residential (SFR) strategy has quickly scaled over the last 10 years to own and operate 40,000+ homes in 30+ markets across20 states while building a vertically integrated real estate investment and operating platform that manages approximately $18bn in assets. Across the SFR strategy, Amherst acquires, builds, renovates, leases, finances, manages, and disposes of homes on its own account andfor its investors. Outside of the SFR strategy, Amherst is engaged in various strategic initiatives and venture businesses, including commercial real estate debt and equity (all things non-SFR) and mortgage-backed securities advisory.For Further information about The AmherstGroup, kindly visit

Department / Role Overview: Amherst Residential

Amherst is revolutionizing the way U.S. real estate is priced, managed, and financed in order to unlock opportunities for all market participants. Driven by data,analytics, and technology, Amherst has a 20-year history of anticipating where the nextrisks and opportunities are likely to emerge and designing actionable strategies for investors to capitalize on opportunitiesacross residential real estate, commercial real estate, and publicsecurities. Amherst, along with its affiliates and subsidiaries, has more than 900 employees, $5 billion under management, and approximately $15 billion under advisement and oversight. .The Amherst Residential platform provides a comprehensive suiteof services to facilitate the ownership of single- family rental properties, including property management services, asset-level financing, and asset management services.

With a deep understanding of and proprietary analytics on the single-family home and mortgage markets, Amherst's platform combines a unique combination of national scale with local market knowledge and execution.

The Investments team oversees the investment strategy and asset management for Amherst's $15bn real estate portfolio and is looking for underwriters who will work in a fast-paced, quantitatively driven environment and are comfortable managing and streamlining various high-impact projects and decisions across the portfolio. The underwriters in India are responsible for retail dispositions, underwriting, and ongoing asset management of a portfolio of single-family homes. This role sits at the Analyst level and serves as the initiating point of the disposition workflow, delivering underwriting outputs that feed into various downstream disposition workstreams.

Job Description (Primary Responsibilities) Underwrite single-family assets using market comparables to determine accurate rent and valuation in support of disposition pricing, with due diligence and precision taking priority over volumeOwn assigned regions and provide market-level feedback and key insights to the disposition strategy teamDevelop a strong understanding of market-level dynamics and nuances, and translate them into underwriting decisions and regional insightsSupport ad-hoc regional analysis and market research projects related to disposition strategy

Desired Skills/Qualifications: Bachelor's degree required. Master's degree or CFA designation is a plus. Specialty focus in Real Estate or Finance preferred2+ years of relevant experience in underwriting, brokerage, or other real estate-related disciplines.

Prior real estate knowledge and experience are required; exposure to US real estate or single-family residential (SFR) is a strong plusWorking knowledge of Microsoft Excel; comfortable working with data tools more broadlyTop-ranked performer with a track record of success (academic, professional)Strong verbal and written skills to communicate effectively with internal and external professionalsDemonstrates analytical rigor, critical thinking, and attention to detail with a consistent and reliable outputSelf-starter with an adaptable mindset and the ability to work independently in a high-intensity environmentStrong time management skills with the ability to handle high underwriting volume while maintaining accuracy and due diligence as the primary standardDesire to work on a highly collaborative, fast-paced team

Amherst's core values:Culture & Conduct: Positive attitude with high integrity. Agile in adapting to a dynamic environment with emerging datapoints. We do the right thing the right way and are accountable for our actions.Client-Centricity & Business Acumen: Strong Team player ,multiple internal/external stakeholders management,Communication & Connectivity: Strong written and verbal communication skills with clients and management.

Collaboration - We align, contribute, and win together.Execution & Delivery: Self-starter, Proactive, motivated, driven personality, Excellent organizational and time management skills.Agility - We are nimble and responsive.Community - We empower and support people to create a sense of belonging for all.

Working Shift/ arrangement: 1:30 PM - 10:30 PM IST, Hybrid working model Work Schedule: This role follows the Indian holiday calendar.