Associate, Portfolio Strategy

TITLE: Analyst/ Associate, Portfolio Strategy Group, India

DEPARTMENT: Brio Portfolio Strategy Group

REPORTS TO: Vice President, Brio Portfolio Strategy, 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 execute portfolio management and reporting processes

for the BREDS portfolio. The portfolio spans Opportunistic, Core+ and Core capital sources for

commercial and residential real estate debt in public and private markets. This role offers the

opportunity to work across BREDS strategies and contribute analysis and insights that support the

broader business.

The role will focus on data governance, data management, and business systems support for the

Portfolio Strategy group, while contributing to data workflow improvements and the use of technology

to enable effective reporting and insights.

WHAT YOU’LL DO

Data Governance & Data Management

 Support maintenance of business data dictionaries, metadata repositories, and business

glossaries.

 Assist with data lineage, source-to-target mapping, and data ownership documentation.

 Participate in data quality reviews, analyze data discrepancies, identify root causes and

coordinate issue resolution with business and technical teams.

 Track data governance decisions and maintain supporting documentation for system

functionality, business rules, calculations, and workflows.

 Support creation & maintenance of business & user-friendly documentation for data assets,

processes & systems via Confluence pages, user guides, and training materials.

 Assist with user acceptance testing (UAT) and validation of system enhancements, releases &

implementation.

 Coordinate and facilitate communication with business users, internal stakeholders, IT teams

and external partners or vendors to troubleshoot data-related issues.

 Provide support for business-critical applications and data platforms.

 Support project planning, tracking, and coordination activities.

Reporting, Analytics

 Support reporting and dashboard initiatives, with high focus on AI and automation tooling to

develop recurring and adhoc reports providing valuable insights for business stakeholders.

 Perform data validation and reconciliation activities.

 Maintain and deliver recurring and ad hoc reports for business stakeholders, ensuring outputs

remain accurate, timely, and aligned with evolving business needs.

Documentation & Knowledge Management

Stakeholder Engagement

 Partner with Asset Management, Portfolio Strategy, Finance, Operations, and Technology

teams.

 Gather business requirements and translate them into actionable work items.

Present findings and recommendations to stakeholders.

Portfolio Reporting

• Synthesize portfolio performance, activity, and composition into executive-level insights for

the Brio and BREDS leadership teams and external clients.

• 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

• Partner with Brio Asset Management and other teams to support monitoring of credit

positions within funds and contribute to a consistent, global approach to strategy, analysis,

and reporting.

• Collaborate with internal stakeholders to develop value-added portfolio analysis and

communicate relevant insights on strategies and underlying assets.

Key Priorities / Focus Areas

• Create and maintain tools that support oversight of portfolio performance and inform

decisions intended to enhance fund returns and mitigate risk.

• Develop dynamic models to evaluate portfolio impacts under various sensitivities and

provide analysis that supports return optimization and relative 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

• Strengthen portfolio oversight by embedding governed data and AI-enabled workflows into

analysis, reporting, and decision-making processes.

Process Improvements / Infrastructure Uplifts

• Document business requirements for reporting and process changes, ensuring clarity and

alignment across business areas and reducing redundancies

• Assess existing workflows, identify bottlenecks and redundancies, and redesign processes to

improve efficiency, control, and scalability.

• 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 Business, Information Systems, Data Analytics, Finance, Computer Science,

or related field; CA and / or CFA a plus

 Advanced skills in Excel and experience Snowflake, SQL, Power BI, Sigma, Tableau, or similar

analytics platforms preferred

 Knowledge of data governance and data quality practices, cloud data platforms and enterprise

reporting environments, preferred.

 2-5 years of experience in business analysis, data management, reporting, or systems support 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

 Experience in developing board presentations and reports for senior leadership

 Experience contributing to process improvements and the implementation of 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 proficiency in Microsoft PowerPoint and Word, with the ability to produce polished

presentations, reports, and documentation for senior stakeholders.

 Robust attention to detail

 Growth mindset with a strong commitment to continuous learning and self-improvement

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