Awm – Private Bank - Commercial Real Estate Underwriting, Dallas

Our Impact

Wealth Management 

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Goldman Sachs Private Bank

Goldman Sachs Private Bank provides competitive borrowing and cash management solutions from Goldman Sachs Bank USA that are strategically integrated with our client’s wealth management goals.  Our experienced team partners with PWAs to advise clients on new loans, refinancing and restructuring of existing loans along with overall liability management.  Our lenders and mortgage specialists provide a wide range of creative borrowing solutions against asset classes ranging from marketable securities and alternative investments, residential and commercial real estate to more tailored solutions against private assets such as aviation, fine art or vineyards.  All team members are employees of Goldman Sachs Bank, USA. 

Your Impact

As a member of the Private Bank Commercial Real Estate Underwriting team, you will play an integral role in evaluating, structuring, and executing CRE-secured credit facilities for ultra-high-net-worth individuals, families, family offices, and private investment entities. You will conduct property- and borrower-level analysis, assess key risks and mitigants, prepare credit recommendations, and partner across the Private Bank to deliver thoughtful lending solutions while maintaining a disciplined approach to credit risk.

Depending on experience and level, you will support or lead the end-to-end underwriting and execution of transactions across multiple property types and lending structures. More experienced professionals will independently manage complex transactions, lead client and credit committee discussions, provide subject-matter expertise, mentor junior team members, and contribute to underwriting standards and process improvements. 

Key Responsibilities

CRE Credit Analysis, Underwriting and Structuring

• Support or lead the underwriting and structuring of CRE credit facilities, including bridge loans, term loans, acquisition financing, construction and development facilities, and entity-level credit backed by diverse real estate holdings.
• Analyze property-level financial performance, including rent rolls, operating statements, historical performance, capital plans, construction budgets, leases, and third-party reports.
• Develop and review underwriting models incorporating net operating income, discounted cash flow, cap-rate sensitivity, debt service coverage, loan-to-value, loan-to-cost, and stress scenarios.
• Evaluate borrower, sponsor, and guarantor financial strength, including liquidity, leverage, cash flow, global exposure, and contingent liabilities.
• Assess property fundamentals and market conditions, including supply and demand, comparable transactions, tenant performance, geographic concentration, valuation trends, and interest-rate sensitivity.
• Structure or support the development of credit terms, covenants, reserves, recourse and guaranty frameworks, collateral packages, and monitoring requirements.
• Prepare high-quality credit memoranda, approval materials, risk assessments, and recommendations for senior credit committees. 

Transaction Execution and Partnership

• Partner with Underwriters, Bankers, Capital Advisors, Investors, Structured Lending, Risk, Legal, and Operations to facilitate timely credit approval and execution.
• Coordinate transaction diligence, including appraisals, environmental reports, construction budgets, leases, market studies, and other third-party reviews.
• Support or lead discussions with clients and their advisors regarding underwriting requirements, structuring considerations, outstanding diligence, and transaction timelines.
• Coordinate documentation, internal approvals, closing requirements, onboarding activities, and resolution of outstanding transaction items.
• Manage multiple transactions and priorities in a fast-paced environment while maintaining accuracy, accountability, and strong attention to detail. 

Portfolio and Risk Management

• Monitor ongoing property performance, borrower liquidity, covenant compliance, collateral sufficiency, risk ratings, and overall credit health.
• Prepare or oversee annual reviews, interim analyses, exposure summaries, covenant testing, and portfolio surveillance.
• Identify emerging risks, including property-type volatility, geographic concentration, tenant rollover, interest-rate dynamics, and construction execution risk.
• Escalate credit concerns and recommend appropriate risk-mitigation strategies.
• Ensure adherence to internal credit policies, regulatory expectations, collateral evaluation standards, and portfolio guidelines. 

Market and Asset Expertise

• Build and maintain knowledge across CRE asset classes, including multifamily, office, industrial, retail, mixed-use, hospitality, and specialty properties.
• Evaluate market trends, valuation shifts, regulatory developments, and macroeconomic factors affecting CRE performance.
• Develop materials and insights on market conditions, portfolio trends, transaction precedents, structuring norms, and key risk drivers.
• Communicate complex CRE analyses clearly to credit specialists and non-specialist stakeholders. 

Leadership and Platform Development

• Contribute to a collaborative, high-performing culture grounded in credit excellence, sound judgment, and client-focused execution.
• Identify opportunities to strengthen underwriting practices, product playbooks, workflows, controls, and credit standards.
• At the Vice President level, mentor Analysts and Associates on CRE underwriting, financial modeling, transaction structuring, and credit judgment.
• At the Vice President level, lead cross-functional workstreams and represent CRE Underwriting in credit committees, pipeline discussions, policy reviews, and product working groups.
• At the Vice President level, serve as a subject-matter expert on CRE structures, market benchmarks, underwriting requirements, and risk considerations.

Qualifications

Associate

• 3 to 6 years of relevant experience in commercial real estate underwriting, real estate finance, credit analysis, commercial mortgage lending, structured lending, or a related field.
• Strong analytical skills and proficiency in CRE financial modeling, including NOI, DSCR, LTC, LTV, and sensitivity analysis.
• Solid understanding of CRE financial statements, rent rolls, leases, valuation methods, and property operating fundamentals.
• Demonstrated ability to synthesize information and prepare clear, thorough written credit materials.
• Ability to manage multiple transactions in a fast-paced environment with strong attention to detail.
• Experience supporting ultra-high-net-worth clients, private investors, or family office structures is preferred.  

Vice President

• 7 or more years of relevant experience in CRE underwriting, commercial mortgage lending, real estate finance, structured lending, or a related credit discipline.
• Demonstrated experience independently underwriting and structuring complex CRE credit facilities.
• Advanced knowledge of CRE financial analysis, including rent rolls, operating statements, capital plans, valuation methods, market comparables, and NOI or DCF modeling.
• Demonstrated ability to negotiate credit terms and structure appropriate covenants, reserves, recourse frameworks, and monitoring requirements.
• Ability to clearly articulate complex credit considerations and recommendations to clients, senior stakeholders, and credit committees.
• Demonstrated leadership through transaction ownership, mentorship, cross-functional influence, or underwriting process improvement.
• Experience with ultra-high-net-worth clients, family offices, private investment entities, or complex real estate partnerships is preferred.

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