Private Equity Analyst

About the Role

Tobin Capital Group is seeking a Private Equity Analyst to join their team in San Francisco, CA. This role requires mandatory 5 Days in Office.

Compensation & Benefits

• Up to $120k (base plus bonus), subject to experience, and carried interest across multiple funds.
• Full benefits (including 100% employer contribution on health insurance).
• Ability to invest fee-free, carry-free in TCG’s funds.
• Generous PTO policy, including firm-wide closures the week of the Fourth of July and between Christmas & New Year’s.

Background

Tobin Capital Group (TCG) is a real estate operating company and private equity firm, with $715M+ of assets under management. The firm is raising its second fund ($250M) and aims to 5x its real estate portfolio within 5 years. TCG emphasizes a positive, fun, and supportive Culture of Care.

TCG is Committed to Providing the Analyst

• Meaningful Investing Experience: Sourcing potential deals, developing investment theses, leading key diligence workflows, and growing the portfolio.
• Broad Exposure: Contribution to all aspects of a rapidly growing real estate portfolio and operations.
• Powerful, Cutting Edge Toolkit: Access to tools and systems at the forefront of technological development.
• Mentorship: Recurring, structured formal mentorship and feedback from peers and executive team.

Key Responsibilities

Sourcing

• Monitor and maintain proprietary sourcing systems to find deals across the U.S.
• Build industry relationships to gain access to off-market deals.
• Discover attractive, privately held assets and provide owners with offers.

Initial Screening

• Perform rapid deal screening on inbound opportunities, preparing concise investment summaries and recommendations for VP & CEO review.
• Conduct rigorous market analysis for target assets.
• Assist in on-site tours of acquisition targets and nearby competitors.
• Build and maintain screening models to evaluate pricing, return profiles, and strategic fit.

Financial Modeling & Quantitative Analysis

• Build and maintain sophisticated, dynamic acquisition models including levered/unlevered IRR, equity multiples, and scenario/sensitivity analyses.
• Model complex capital structures, waterfall distributions, financing scenarios, and joint venture structures.
• Stress-test assumptions across multiple macro and property-level scenarios.
• Analyze rent rolls, historical financials, operating expense benchmarks, and occupancy trends.
• Analyze historic demographic data and growth dynamics.

Due Diligence Coordination

• Manage all aspects of property-level and market due diligence, including physical inspection coordination, title review, environmental reports, and zoning analysis.
• Coordinate third-party vendor engagements (appraisers, engineers, environmental consultants, surveyors) and manage deliverable timelines.
• Review purchase and sale agreements, loan documents, operating agreements, and leases.
• Interface with legal counsel, lenders, and sellers.

Investment Committee & Closing Support

• Prepare Investment Committee memoranda and presentation materials.
• Manage closing checklists, condition satisfaction, and coordination across all transaction parties.
• Support post-close asset management activities and collaborate with the operations team.

Qualifications

• Education: Bachelor’s Degree. Major Agnostic, Emphasis on Demonstrated Excellence.
• Experience: 0-3 years of Private Equity, Investment Banking, Financial Consulting, Real Estate or Operating experience preferred.
• Skills:
• Proven ability to work on teams.
• Superb communication skills (written, verbal, public speaking) and emotional intelligence.
• High integrity, strong work ethic, and meticulous attention to detail.
• Ability to work in a fast-paced environment and solve dynamic problems.
• Willingness to work with, integrate, & leverage recent technological tools, such as Claude.
• Hunger to learn, bias to action, and a humble “can do” attitude.
• Outstanding analytical, quantitative, and technical skills (incl. Excel, PowerPoint, Word).