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Private Equity Associate

Tobin Capital Group
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TOBIN CAPITAL GROUP

 

Perpetual Growth, Unbounded Excellence

 

Note: Applications must be submitted through LinkedIn and the Google Form at https://forms.gle/Z1Kak7hWtC2qpcUX6. Apply by 6/13/2026.

 

Position: Private Equity Associate – San Francisco, CA. Mandatory 5 Days in Office.

 

Compensation & Benefits: Up to $150k, subject to experience, and carried interest across multiple funds. Full benefits (including 100% employer contribution on health insurance).

 

Background: Tobin Capital Group (TCG) is a Stanford Graduate School of Business-founded, tech-enabled real estate private equity firm and operating company. As part of its ethos, TCG leverages cutting edge technology, such as Claude, in all workflows. TCG owns and operates ~$450M in real estate. TCG has launched its second fund and aims to 5x its real estate portfolio within five years.

 

TCG is Committed to Providing the Associate:

  • Meaningful Investing Experience: You will source potential deals, develop investment theses, lead key diligence workflows, and grow our portfolio
  • Broad Exposure: You will contribute to all aspects of a rapidly growing real estate portfolio with a world-class team
  • Powerful, Cutting Edge Toolkit: You will receive access to tools and systems at the forefront of technological development
  • Mentorship: You will receive 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 pre-emptively provide owners with offers to side-step the traditional broker-led process

 

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
  • Conduct on-site tours of acquisition targets and nearby competitors to develop in-depth understanding of property condition and competitive landscape
  • 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 to identify key value drivers and risks
  • Analyze rent rolls, historical financials, operating expense benchmarks, and occupancy trends
  • Analyze historic demographic data and growth dynamics

 

Due Diligence Coordination

  • Lead and 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 and provide insights / comments to VP and CEO
  • Interface with legal counsel, lenders, and sellers to facilitate an efficient diligence and closing process

 

Investment Committee & Closing Support

  • Prepare Investment Committee memoranda and presentation materials; present findings and recommendations independently as required
  • Manage closing checklists, condition satisfaction, and coordination across all transaction parties through to a successful close
  • Support post-close asset management activities and collaborate with operations team

 

Qualifications:

Education: Bachelor’s Degree. Major Agnostic, Emphasis on Demonstrated Excellence.

 

Experience: 2+ years of Private Equity, Investment Banking, Financial Consulting, or Real Estate 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 on a global scale.
  • Willingness to work with, integrate, & leverage the most 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).