Associate Portfolio Strategy - Brio India

In 2025, Blackstone established Brio Real Estate (“Brio”) as a portfolio company focused on real estate credit.  Brio is a specialized global commercial real estate asset services platform that manages and supports Blackstone’s Real Estate Debt Strategies business (“BREDS”) across the globe.  Today, BREDS has more than $77 billion in investor capital across high yield / opportunistic real estate credit funds, a publicly traded Mortgage REIT, CMBS securities and insurance capital.  Brio is a sophisticated real estate credit solutions provider that enhances value for investors and supports BREDS across key functions, including asset management, transactions, capital markets, surveillance, portfolio management and legal & compliance.  Brio provides critical infrastructure and capabilities for BREDS to allow for effective investments and management of its global portfolio.

Blackstone is the world’s largest alternative asset manager with more than $1 trillion in assets under management. Blackstone’s scale, with roughly 12,700 real estate assets and over 240 portfolio companies, enables them to invest in dynamic sectors positioned for long-term growth. The firm seeks to deliver compelling returns for institutional and individual investors by building strong businesses that deliver lasting value. Blackstone’s global investment strategies focus on real estate, private equity, infrastructure, life sciences, growth equity, credit, secondaries and hedge funds.

JOB SUMMARY

The Associate, Portfolio Strategy in India will be execute portfolio management and reporting processes for the BREDS portfolio.  The portfolio spans across Opportunistic, Core+ and Core capital sources for commercial and residential real estate debt in public and private markets.  This role is an exciting opportunity to work across all BREDS strategies and is essential in providing insights that support the broader business.  The role will produce recurring deliverables, drive process efficiencies, and leverage technology to deliver effective portfolio strategies.

WHAT YOU’LL DO

Portfolio Reporting

• Responsible for preparing and delivering comprehensive reports and insights for the Brio and BREDS executive team and external clients, focusing on portfolio performance, activity, and composition
• Creation of presentations and other deliverables for internal and external meetings
• Work with broader Brio team and BREDS Portfolio Management to gather, coordinate and synthesize data and analytics, ensuring accurate and timely reporting
• Work in partnership with Brio asset management and other teams to oversee /manage credit positions within funds, with a focus on ensuring a consistent, global approach to strategy, analysis, and reporting
• Collaborate with all internal stakeholders, develop insightful, value-add analysis on the portfolio and ensure comprehensive understanding of strategies and underlying assets is shared

Key Priorities / Focus Areas

• Create and maintain tools to support the oversight of portfolio performance and drive accretive decision making to both enhance fund returns and mitigate risk
• Create dynamic models able to run impacts to portfolios with various sensitivities to determine optimal returns for outperformance
• Participate in business plan reviews and create portfolio-based reporting materials
• Calculate and maintain key position metrics including DSCR and other key loan metrics
• Help to benchmark internal and external portfolio performance
• Participate in data governance and help to implement AI tooling

Process Improvements / Infrastructure Uplifts

• Document business requirements for reporting and process changes, ensuring clarity and alignment across business areas and reducing redundancies
• Identify opportunities for process enhancements and enhance existing processes and operations
• Evaluate technology solutions to automate reporting processes and enhance data accuracy
• Collaborate with technology teams to ensure integration of new tools and systems

WHAT YOU’LL BRING

• Bachelor’s degree in Finance, Accounting, STEM or related field; CA and / or CFA a plus
• Advanced skills in Excel and experience with SQL, VBA or any programming language preferred
• Minimum of 4 years of experience in data analytics, portfolio management and business strategy at an asset management firm, private equity firm, lender, owner / operator, servicer, rating agency, Big 4, investment bank or broker is preferred
• Strong analytical skills with demonstrable experience in analyzing quantitative and qualitative research
• Extensive experience managing teams or resources, particularly in a remote or offshore setting; set prioritization for the team
• Experience in developing board presentations and reports for senior leadership
• Proven track record of driving process improvements and implementing technology solutions
• Excellent in clear and effective communications with the ability to engage with a diverse range of stakeholders
• Motivated to excel in a collaborative, fast-paced environment, working with competing deadlines
• Advanced working knowledge of Microsoft Excel, PowerPoint, and Word products
• Robust attention to detail

Job Applicant Privacy Notice

EEO Statement

The Company is an equal opportunity employer. In accordance with applicable law, we prohibit discrimination against any applicant, employee, or other covered person based on any legally recognized basis, including, but not limited to: veteran status, uniformed servicemember status, race, color, caste, immigration status, religion, religious creed (including religious dress and grooming practices), sex, gender, gender expression, gender identity, marital status, sexual orientation, pregnancy (including childbirth, lactation or related medical conditions), age, national origin or ancestry, citizenship, physical or mental disability, genetic information (including testing and characteristics), protected leave status, domestic violence victim status, or any other consideration protected by federal, state or local law. We are committed to providing reasonable accommodations, if you need an accommodation to complete the application process, please email [email protected]