CRE Financial Analyst – Lease & Investment Modeling

cw; Boston (MA); On-site; USD 71,000 - 83,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health, vision & dental insurance

Flexible spending accounts

Job summary

Cushman & Wakefield in Boston seeks a Financial Analyst to support brokerage professionals and serve local private and public companies with corporate real estate services. You will maintain proprietary Excel models of market data, prepare financial comparisons across brokerage, consulting and investment divisions, and analyze lease renewals, relocations, and related decisions.

The role reports to the Occupier Financial Advisory group and requires on-site work in Boston, with opportunities to

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in finance, accounting, real estate or related business fields.
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Responsibilities

• Prepares complex pre-tax cash flow analyses, lease comparisons, lease restructures, lease vs buy, acquisitions/dispositions, strategic real estate alternatives, subleases, sale leasebacks, cancellations/buyouts, relocations, build-to suits, and other strategic real estate alternatives
• Makes recommendations to brokers and other service line professionals
• Provides knowledge and analytical skills covering a broad range of real estate products and transactions structures including lease comparisons, lease restructures, lease vs buy, sale-leasebacks, cancellations/buyouts, acquisitions/dispositions, strategic real estate alternatives, subleases, relocations, and build-to-suits
• Reads, abstracts and analyzes complex legal real estate related documentation to include leases, financing/loan agreements, mortgage documents, partnership agreements, and corporate financial statements for relevant financial information that will impact the assignment
• Prepares clear, concise, and presentation ready documentation and spreadsheets that support and explain the basis of the analyses for use in client presentations, proposals and/or reports
• Supports C&W brokers, or other C&W professionals, with client meetings arming them with quality information to present and discuss as needed. Professional, and customer service oriented with opportunity to become client-facing over time
• Assists in the quality control effort to ensure that all client presentation materials are professional, accurate, high impact and reflect the standards of quality normally associated with C&W work product
• May assist and participate in strategy sessions in preparation for conferences with clients
• Participation in all Financial Analysis calls and meetings
• Ability to work on-site in the Boston office up to 5 days/week, to be discussed/negotiated with hiring manager

Education

Bachelor’s degree in finance, accounting, or real estate

Tools

MS Excel

Excel VBA

ARGUS

ProCalc

IFRS 16 knowledge

Job description

Cushman & Wakefield in Boston seeks a Financial Analyst to support brokerage professionals and serve local private and public companies with corporate real estate services. You will maintain proprietary Excel models of market data, prepare financial comparisons across brokerage, consulting and investment divisions, and analyze lease renewals, relocations, and related decisions.

The role reports to the Occupier Financial Advisory group and requires on-site work in Boston, with opportunities to