DWS Summer Internship - Real Estate - Chicago

Application swill remain open until
Monday October 5th at6.59pm EST.We reserve the right to close or extend the application window as required.

At DWS we’re capturing the opportunities of tomorrow. Join our leading global asset management firm and make an impact on individuals, communities and the world. Whether collaborating to discover innovative solutions, exploring your curiosity or developing new skills – at DWS, we support you in achieving your goals. Invest in your future!

The DWS Internship offers a unique and exciting opportunity to gain a wide range of practical experiences through individual projects, speaker sessions, and networking events. With strong support from mentors and managers, you will be challenged to grow while gaining valuable insights into the world of Asset Management. This is an excellent way to determine whether a career in Financial Services & Asset Management meets your personal aspirations.

Subject to performance, successful interns may be offered a place on the DWS Graduate P.A.C.E. Program the following year.

With a platform and approach to real estate investing developed over 50 years, DWS Real Estate is ranked among the world’s largest real estate managers. Our mission is to deliver superior long-term, risk-adjusted returns, yield-generating opportunities, preservation of capital, and diversification. We seek competitive, sustainable returns through a disciplined investment process and take a rigorous life cycle approach to identify, implement and monitor investment themes and tactics.

• Compile DCF underwriting in both Argus and Excel to assist with multi‐year planning, hold‐sell decisions, financings, leasing, and value‐add strategies
• Prepare Investment Committee presentations for financings, leasing, and dispositions
• Analyze leasing opportunities and sensitivities via ARGUS, NPV analyses, and market research
• Proactively identify opportunities to provide additional analysis/recommendations to add value to your respective AM/PM
• Lead external appraisal process and complete internal valuations, while working across several in‐house departments, including transactions and research
• Support the transition of newly acquired properties from the Transactions group and the Portfolio / Asset Management group
• Develop in-house tools for both, commercial and residential assets, to increase efficiency
• Review of Asset Management reports for purposes of confirming NRA, occupancy, carrying value and net operating income
• Prepare annual property business plans and review of quarterly reporting
• Prepare Annual Investment Plans and development of Hold/Sell or MAP Recommendations

• Proactive, coachable, accountable, and personable
• Organized/disciplined, works with urgency, able to manage multiple priorities in a fast-paced environment
• Strong work ethic, intellectual curiosity, and critical thinking abilities
• Attention to accuracy and detail
• Effective communicator with strong social/relationship building skills
• Ability to work as part of a team and independently
• Relevant coursework, internship or work experience in Real Estate would be beneficial, but isn’t essential
• Ability to effectively leverage AI tools to enhance financial analysis, improve reporting efficiency, and generate insights
• Strong excel and analytical modeling skills
• A genuine interest in contributing to a strong, positive, and collaborative team culture

The salary range for this position is $100,000. Posted salary ranges do not include incentive compensation or any other type of renumeration.

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