Manager, Property Tax

Link Shipping Transportation & Trade Ltd.; Chicago (IL); On-site; USD 90,000 - 150,000; Full time

Job summary

Link Logistics Real Estate, a leading operator of warehouses and last‑mile logistics real estate, seeks a Property Tax Manager to lead daily operations across US and Canada. You will oversee tax appeal management, analyze valuations, and coordinate with consultants to ensure timely filings and accurate tax outcomes.

You’ll also drive budgeting, compliance, and data integrity across portfolios. The role emphasizes mentorship of staff, cross‑functional collaboration with leasing and accounting,

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in real estate, finance, or related field is required.
• 8+ years of property tax experience across multi-jurisdictional real and personal property taxes.
• Knowledge of real estate operations, closing documents, due diligence, and jurisdictional tax requirements.
• Supervisory experience preferred and ability to mentor staff.

Responsibilities

• Lead tax appeal management for multiple US and Canadian jurisdictions with timely filing and consultant coordination.
• Analyze real and personal property valuations, liabilities, and trends; prepare action plans with consultants.
• Lead budgeting and forecasting for property tax with a 10-year cash and accrual model.
• Ensure compliance administration, filings, and documentation with auditors and third parties.
• Manage acquisitions/dispositions tax analyses and integrate properties into tax databases.

Skills

Analytical skills

Communication

Project management

Mentoring/leadership

Relationship management

Education

Bachelor's degree in real estate/finance

CMI designation and advanced property tax coursework

Tools

Excel

Database management software

AI tools

Job description

Link Logistics Real Estate ("Link") is a leading operator of warehouses and business parks, specializing in last-mile logistics real estate. Established by Blackstone in 2019, the company connects consumption, technology, and the supply chain across its portfolio, which spans half a billion square feet. We leverage our scale, proprietary data and insights, and foundational focus on sustainability to drive success for our customers' businesses and deliver value for our stakeholders. We put our people, customers, and communities first and find ways to make a conscious, positive impact where we live and work. Every day, we work to reinvent and lead our industry forward by thinking bigger and challenging the status quo.

The Property Tax Manager is responsible for leading daily property tax operations for assigned jurisdictions, including real and personal property tax analysis, appeal support, accounts payable oversight, compliance administration, budgeting and forecasting, transaction support, reporting, consultant coordination, and process improvement in a deadline-driven, penalty-oriented environment. The Manager also leads projects, partners with internal and external stakeholders, and trains, mentors, and directs staff as needed.

Appeal / Real Estate Tax Management

• Serve as primary contact and oversee tax appeal management for several US and Canadian jurisdictions. This includes tax and value analysis, appeal monitoring, consultant communication, and working directly with Assessors and/or property tax consultants to ensure all filing-related deadlines are met and property tax matters are resolved.
• Conduct and oversee timely analysis of real and personal property tax valuations, assessments, tax liabilities, and related trends, exposures, and action plans with third-party consultants.
• Distribute financial information to external consultants.
• Review property tax refunds and consultant fees to ensure accuracy and update software system.
• Research tenant property tax billing issues, payment application errors, refund matters, jurisdictional requirements, and other ad-hoc property tax inquiries.
• Prepare or review tax proration and re-proration calculations, variance analyses, and special handling matters upon request by tenants or internal leadership.
• Lead or support department projects and process improvements, including software implementations, workflow standardization, shared file organization, database enhancements, and portfolio management initiatives.
• Provide property tax related support and assistance to internal teams including property management, lease accounting, and leasing.
• Train, mentor, and direct analysts, specialists, coordinators, or support staff as needed, particularly during peak cycles, to ensure accurate, consistent, and timely delivery of property tax work.

Budgeting/Reporting

• Lead the preparation and review of property tax budgets and forecasts for assigned jurisdictions, including a 10-year cash and accrual model.
• Maintain the budget and cash forecast file in real time with to ensure all property tax projections are accurate.

Compliance

• Supervise real estate and abatement compliance administration, including coordination with third-party service providers, review of required filings, maintenance of support files, and communication with auditors.
• Verify all mandatory forms are filed accurately and timely and ensure all properties are compliant with local jurisdictions.

Transaction Management

• Provide analysis and review related to acquisition projections and underwriting, including document review, jurisdictional research, identification of tax issues, and integration of acquired properties into department systems.
• Administer dispositions by obtaining closing documentation, coordinating with internal departments and outside consultants, updating tax databases and work files, and ensuring proper disposition procedures are completed.

Database Management

• Maintain accurate data in multiple database systems on a timely basis.
• Assist with onboarding new properties to ensure all critical data is captured.

Skills, Education, and Experience

• Bachelor's degree in real estate, finance, or related field required; equivalent experience may be considered. CMI designation and advanced property taxation coursework preferred.
• 8+ years of property tax experience required, including experience with multi-jurisdictional real and personal property tax processes, budgeting, compliance, appeals, acquisitions, dispositions, and/or accounts payable administration.
• Database management, AI application, and extensive Excel experience.
• Knowledge of real estate operations, closing documents, due diligence, legal documents, jurisdictional tax requirements, and property tax systems.
• Strong analytical, organizational, communication, project management, follow-up, and relationship-management skills; Demonstrated leadership, mentoring, collaboration, and process-improvement capabilities. Supervisory experience prefer