Associate, Loan Originations

About Faropoint

Established in 2012, Faropoint is a pure play RE fund manager focusing on the last mile industrial sector. Having acquired more than 500 warehouses to date, it is the most active aggregator of warehouses in the US in the past five years. Our platform is built to harness the sector's fragmentation, operating through 7 regional offices with 120+ employees in vertically integrated teams enhanced by proprietary AI-driven tools, while benefiting from compelling fundamentals like constrained supply growth, reshoring, and e-commerce tailwinds.

Position Summary

The Loan Originator Analyst/Associate supports the origination team in sourcing, underwriting, structuring, and closing commercial loans. Suited to someone with 2-5 years in lending, credit, or real estate finance, with an industrial focus.

• Reports to: Director of Originations
• Location: Hoboken, NJ
• Travel: required for property tours, borrower and broker meetings, and industry events

Key Responsibilities

• Source: build your own network of industrial borrowers, brokers, and sponsors, and originate your own deals, with support from senior originators; maintain the pipeline in the CRM
• Underwrite: spread financials, build models (DSCR, LTV/LTC, debt yield), and draft credit memos
• Execute: help set terms, covenants, reserves, and pricing within credit policy; coordinate diligence, counsel, title, and closing deliverables; follow underwriting, KYC/AML, and regulatory requirements; hand off to servicing

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Finance, Accounting, Economics, Real Estate, or a related field
• 2-5 years in commercial lending, credit analysis, investment banking, or real estate finance
• Strong Excel financial modeling and working knowledge of credit metrics and loan structures
• Ability to read financial statements, leases, and loan documents
• Preferred: industrial CRE lending experience

Skills and Competencies

• Communication and client presence (critical): this is a client- and prospect-facing role; you will speak and write daily with borrowers, brokers, and sponsors, represent the firm on calls, property tours, and meetings
• Tech-forward problem solver: embraces technology and builds solutions that make underwriting and origination faster; experience vibe-coding or working with LLMs is a huge plus
• Self-starter: takes initiative, owns deals without being asked, and manages multiple deals to deadline
• Real estate fundamentals: understands core real estate principles, including valuation, leasing, market dynamics, and capital structure; industrial knowledge preferred

What We Offer

• Competitive base salary in the $90,000 - $125,000 range, commensurate with experience, plus discretionary bonus
• Comprehensive benefits package including health, dental, and vision insurance, plus unlimited PTO
• 401(k) plan with company matching
• Collaborative work environment in our Hoboken, NJ headquarters
• Direct mentorship from senior asset management leadership
• Exposure to institutional real estate asset management operations

Equal Opportunity Employer:
Faropoint is proud to be an Equal Opportunity Employer. We value diversity, and we do not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, color, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, age, marital status, veteran status, parental status, disability status, or any other status protected by local law. We believe that our work is better and our company culture is improved when we encourage, support, and respect the different skills and experiences represented within our workforce.

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