Director – Real Estate Advisory

Ankura

Director/Senior Director at Ankura delivering real estate advisory services. Focus on valuation, market analysis, and client presentations within a hybrid work environment.

Posted 4/28/2026full-timeHouston • Texas • 🇺🇸 United StatesSeniorWebsite

About the role

Key responsibilities & impact

Review/Prepare valuation reports which includes gathering sale and lease comp data to support concluded DCF values.
Model cash flows (rent rolls, operating expenses, capital expenditures, market leasing assumptions) for quarterly interim valuation updates.
Review third-party appraisal reports as part of the valuation management process, provide consolidated review comments on third-party valuations, comparing to the recent transactions, other appraisal reports, market conditions, and various market reports.
Set procedures for workflow with internal and external stakeholders.
Conduct market research through interviews and gather information related to real estate supply, demand, pricing, and investment parameters
Analyze economic, financial, and market data
Review/prepare valuation reports and prepare presentations for team and clients.

Requirements

What you’ll need

Undergraduate Degree, with a specialization in Real Estate, Finance, or related field.
5+ years of prior valuation experience focused on commercial real estate.
Experience with financial modelling for commercial property types (Office, Industrial, Retail and/or Multifamily).
Strong proficiency in Excel and CRE-related software (ARGUS/RockportVAL)
Strong project management skills: setting team/client deliverable goals, managing deadlines, communicating at-risk tasks.
Interest in continuing relevant advanced degree and/or professional certification (appraisal trainee state certified appraiser, multiple states preferred, MAI)
Ability to travel as needed

Benefits

Comp & perks

Health insurance
401(k) matching
Professional development opportunities

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Hard Skills & Tools

valuationfinancial modelingcash flow analysismarket researchdata analysisDCF valuationlease comp dataoperating expensescapital expendituresmarket leasing assumptions

Soft Skills

project managementcommunicationteam collaborationdeadline managementanalytical thinking

Certifications

Undergraduate Degree in Real EstateUndergraduate Degree in Financeappraisal trainee state certified appraiserMAI