Real Estate Strategy Leader — Finance & Planning

Salesforce, Inc.; San Francisco (CA); On-site; USD 143,000 - 217,000; Full time

Job summary

Salesforce, Inc. is seeking a Real Estate Strategy Senior Manager to lead the finance aspects of portfolio strategy across the global office footprint.

You will partner with Real Estate, Finance, and Transactions to convert scenarios into deals and maintain a long-range plan, using AI to accelerate modeling and reporting. You will build financial models, test proposals against business cases, and provide clear guidance on ROI, NPV, IRR and payback, guiding leadership decisions in a fast-paced,

Qualifications

• 5+ years of experience in corporate finance, FP&A, real estate finance, investment banking or consulting.
• Expert financial modeling skills, including scenario and sensitivity analysis, DCF, ROI, NPV and IRR
• Experience building and maintaining long-range plans or multi-year forecasts
• Strong working knowledge of lease economics and lease accounting, and how real estate decisions flow through the P&L and balance sheet
• Proven track record of partnering closely with Finance teams and deal or transaction teams to deliver results
• Hands-on use of AI tools to speed up modeling, analysis and reporting, and to reduce manual work
• Experience building business cases and recommendations for senior executives
• Ability to lead cross-functional work and influence stakeholders across Finance, Accounting, Transactions and operating teams
• Ability to think strategically while staying hands-on and detailed in a fast-paced, ambiguous environment
• Bachelor's degree in Finance, Accounting, Economics or related field

Responsibilities

• Finance partner to FP&A, Controllership and Accounting; align on assumptions, budget and quarterly outlook and reflect real estate into plans.
• Model deal terms and support negotiations with clear financial guidance.
• Build and maintain a comprehensive long-range plan for the global portfolio.
• Develop financial models for portfolio scenarios including expansions, renewals, and exits.
• Quantify P&L, cash flow, capex/opex and balance sheet impacts; compute ROI, NPV, IRR and payback.
• Apply lease accounting knowledge; ensure outputs reflect impacts of exits, renewals, and terminations.
• Develop REWS portfolio scorecard and metrics with Finance; monitor results and root-cause metrics movements.
• Lead prioritization and delivery of high-visibility initiatives end to end with accountability for outcomes.
• Use AI tools to speed up modeling, automate reporting, and draft executive materials.
• Build dashboards and interactive scenario tools for leadership to explore tradeoffs.
• Prepare complex analyses and recommendations for senior leadership and stakeholders.

Skills

5+ years experience

Financial modeling

Long-range planning

Lease accounting

AI tooling

Cross-functional partner

Business case development

Strategic thinking

Education

Bachelor's degree in Finance/Accounting/Economics or related field

Tools

Tableau

AI platforms

Job description

Salesforce, Inc. is seeking a Real Estate Strategy Senior Manager to lead the finance aspects of portfolio strategy across the global office footprint.

You will partner with Real Estate, Finance, and Transactions to convert scenarios into deals and maintain a long-range plan, using AI to accelerate modeling and reporting. You will build financial models, test proposals against business cases, and provide clear guidance on ROI, NPV, IRR and payback, guiding leadership decisions in a fast-paced,