Vice President, Investor Relations

Acadia (NYSE:AKR) headquartered in Rye New York Acadia Realty Trust (NYSE:AKR) is an equity real estate investment trust focused on delivering long-term profitable growth via its dual core and investment management platforms.

Our energized team is accomplishing this goal by building a best-in-class location-driven core real estate portfolio with meaningful concentrations of assets in the nations most dynamic urban and street-retail corridors including those in New York Chicago Los Angeles San Francisco Washington DC Dallas and Boston. At the same time we manage opportunistic and value-add investments through our investment management platform.

Position Overview

Acadia is seeking a Vice President of Investor Relations to build lead and operate the Companys investor relations function. Reporting directly to the Executive Vice President and CFO this is a high-visibility senior role that will serve as the primary steward of how Acadia communicates its strategy financial performance and competitive positioning to public market investors sell-side analysts and the broader financial community.

The ideal candidate is a seasoned real estate finance professional with a deep understanding of public REIT capital markets a track record of building institutional investor relationships and the experience and operational discipline build a best-in-class IR department from the ground up. This individual will work closely with the CEO CFO and senior leadership team to shape and deliver the Companys investor narrative.

Key responsibilities include but are not limited to the following:

Department Leadership & Infrastructure

• Build and lead Acadias investor relations department including establishing processes systems and workflows that support a best-in-class IR function for a publicly traded retail REIT.
• Develop and maintain the IR calendar including earnings cycles investor conferences roadshows and regulatory filing cadences.
• Select and manage IR technology platforms (e.g. CRM earnings call software webcasting targeting tools) to ensure institutional-quality operations.

Investor & Analyst Engagement

• Serve as the primary day-to-day point of contact for buy-side investors sell-side analysts and prospective shareholders; field inbound inquiries with accuracy and appropriate judgment.
• Build and deepen relationships across the institutional investment community.
• Plan coordinate and lead non-deal roadshows investor conferences property tours and investor days managing all logistics materials and on-site execution.
• Develop and maintain a comprehensive investor targeting strategy identifying under-penetrated institutions and coordinating outreach in partnership with the CEO and CFO.
• Travel to 46 multi-day investor conferences per year plus additional travel for property tours roadshows and other investor events.

Earnings & Financial Communications

Lead all aspects of the quarterly earnings process including:

• Draft and refine the earnings press release.
• Prepare CEO and CFO scripts and Q&A preparation materials for earnings calls.
• Manage all earnings call logistics.
• Draft the Annual Shareholder Letter in partnership with the CEO ensuring it reflects the Companys long-term vision and strategic priorities.
• Develop and maintain investor presentation materials fact sheets and other communications that clearly articulate Acadias investment thesis portfolio quality and competitive differentiation.

Strategy & Market Intelligence

• Monitor and analyze sell-side research consensus estimates peer company filings and communications and broader REIT market trends; synthesize findings for senior management.
• Track shareholder ownership changes through 13F analysis and other tools; maintain a current understanding of the shareholder base composition and evolution.
• Provide ongoing intelligence to leadership on how the market is valuing Acadia relative to peers including NAV analysis implied cap rate assessments and stock performance attribution.
• Advise the CEO and CFO on investor sentiment messaging strategy and communication opportunities serving as the Companys voice to the market and the markets voice to management.

Governance & Compliance

• Manage the IR section of the Companys website ensuring all disclosures press releases filings and presentation materials are current and accurate.
• Coordinate with Legal and Finance to ensure investor communications comply with SEC Regulation FD NYSE listing standards and applicable securities laws.
• Support preparation of the Annual Report proxy statement and other public filings as they relate to investor-facing messaging.

Required Qualifications

• Bachelors degree required; MBA CFA or equivalent advanced qualification strongly preferred.
• Minimum 710 years of experience in investor relations equity research real estate investment banking or public REIT finance with direct exposure to public capital markets.
• Demonstrated experience in retail real estate or REITs with a working knowledge of key REIT metrics (FFO AFFO NAV cap rates same-store NOI leasing spreads occupancy).
• Proven track record of building and maintaining relationships with institutional buy-side investors and sell-side analysts.
• Exceptional written and verbal communication skills; ability to distill complex financial and operational information into clear compelling narratives.
• Strong financial modelling and analytical capabilities including fluency in REIT valuation methodologies.
• Advanced proficiency in Microsoft Office (Excel PowerPoint Word); experience with IR platforms such as Bloomberg FactSet Q4 or comparable tools along with interest and experience working with AI technologies.
• High degree of professional integrity discretion and sound judgment particularly in managing material non-public information and Reg FD compliance.
• Ability to travel to conferences investor events and property tours as required (approximately 2025% travel).

Preferred

• Prior experience building or materially restructuring an IR department at a publicly traded company.
• Existing relationships within the REIT-focused institutional investment community.
• Experience working directly with C-suite executives on capital markets strategy and investor messaging.
• Familiarity with SEC disclosure requirements NYSE listing rules and proxy advisory firms (ISS Glass Lewis).

Compensation & Benefits

The base salary compensation range for this role reflects the wide range of factors considered in making compensation decisions including skill sets experience and training certifications and other business needs. A reasonable estimate of the current base salary range for this position is $200000 $250000.

Employees may also be eligible to participate in an annual discretionary bonus program and long-term incentive awards subject to the rules governing such programs whereby an award if any depends on individual and organizational performance.

Acadia Realty is an Equal Opportunity Employer - Acadia Realty is an Equal Opportunity Employer - Veteran/Disability