About the Role
The Finance & Operations Analyst will support Brio’s loan servicing and onboarding team, facilitating day-to-day operations for a diverse portfolio of complex debt investments secured by commercial real estate. This client-facing role demands meticulous attention to detail, a sense of urgency, and a proactive approach to tasks such as onboarding, funding, remittance approval, and portfolio analytics.
Responsibilities
- Review asset collection information from servicers for accuracy and alignment with system accrual; follow-up on missing payments and confirming reasonableness for any accrual breaks.
- Compare credit facility lending invoices to the system of record and resolve any discrepancies with accrual prior to release of payment.
- Approve and book monthly and quarterly servicer remittance information into system.
- Obtain and review payoff information prior to repayments. Ensure timely repayment to the financing counterparty and receipt of net remittance, record payoff activity within the system.
- Obtain approvals and prepare wire memos for borrower draws, counterparty expenses, and intercompany funds movement.
- Reconcile daily cash activity to the activity recorded into system.
- Attend new loan pre-close meetings with Blackstone team, review legal documentation, and fully onboard new asset and liability positions into the system.
- Review complex loan modification and maturity extension documentation and record new terms in the system.
- Interact directly with servicers, Blackstone asset managers, and financing counterparties.
- Review and coordinate work performed by BREDS offshore operations team and integrate into Brio workflows.
- Help facilitate KYC requests from servicers and financing counterparties.
- Prepare monthly and quarterly investment portfolio analytics for senior management.
- Participate in bi-weekly team calls and weekly investment vehicle meetings with the broader Blackstone team.
Requirements
- Bachelor's degree in finance, accounting, real estate, or a related discipline (CPA a plus)
- 2–3 years of loan servicing experience, gained within commercial real estate, portfolio accounting, or public accounting
- Experience across real estate finance structures — senior loans, mezzanine loans, intercreditor agreements, securitisations
- Strong contract review and negotiation experience, with the ability to interpret and simplify complex legal and credit documentation
- Advanced proficiency in MS Excel, with working knowledge of Word, Adobe, and standard email/office tools
- Proven ability to manage time-sensitive, high-volume transaction workflows with exceptional attention to detail and accuracy
- Strong written and verbal communication skills; comfortable liaising directly with servicers, asset managers, and financing counterparties
- Excellent organizational and project management skills, able to juggle multiple transactions and deadlines at once
- Self-motivated, proactive, and personally accountable, taking ownership of tasks with minimal oversight
- Adaptable and decisive, able to reprioritize quickly as deals and market conditions shift
- Team player who can both contribute and lead in a fast-paced, results-driven environment
- Candidates must hold the right to work in the UK.
Skills
- MS Excel
- MS Word
- Adobe
- Email/office tools
Location
- London, UK
Work Type
- Hybrid
Experience Level
- 2-3 years
Education Level
- Bachelor's degree
Benefits
- Salary Sacrifice Pension Scheme
- Private medical insurance
- Service holidays
- Birthday Leave
- Discretionary bonus scheme
About the Company
- In 2025, Blackstone established Brio Real Estate (“Brio”) as a portfolio company focused on real estate credit. Brio is a specialized global commercial real estate asset services platform that supports Blackstone’s Real Estate Debt Strategies business (“BREDS”) across the globe.
- Brio is a sophisticated real estate credit solutions provider that enhances value for investors and supports BREDS across key functions, including asset management, transactions, capital markets, surveillance, portfolio management and legal & compliance.
- Brio provides critical infrastructure and capabilities for BREDS to allow for effective investments and management of its global portfolio.
- Blackstone is the world’s largest alternative asset manager with more than $1 trillion in assets under management.
- Blackstone’s scale, with roughly 12,700 real estate assets and over 240 portfolio companies, enables them to invest in dynamic sectors positioned for long-term growth.
- The firm seeks to deliver compelling returns for institutional and individual investors by building strong businesses that deliver lasting value.
- Blackstone’s global investment strategies focus on real estate, private equity, infrastructure, life sciences, growth equity, credit, secondaries and hedge funds.
Equal Opportunity
- visa sponsorship will not be applicable for this role.
