Retail Asset Strategy & Leasing Analyst

Jobtailor; San Diego (CA); On-site; USD 90,000 - 130,000; Full time

Job summary

Jobtailor in California seeks an Asset Management Analyst to analyze properties, leases, and portfolio performance to support value-enhancing strategies. The role requires modeling cash flows, valuations, and lease economics, plus preparing clear recommendations for senior leadership and assisting with negotiations and documentation.

Ideal candidates have 2+ years in CRE asset management, strong Excel skills, and familiarity with lease agreements and market data. California license preferred.

Qualifications

• 2+ years of commercial real estate asset management experience.
• Bachelor's degree in real estate, finance, economics, accounting, business, or related field, or equivalent professional experience.
• Demonstrated experience building or reviewing real estate financial models.
• Working knowledge of cash-flow analysis, valuation, NPV, IRR, lease economics, and sensitivity analysis.
• Ability to analyze financial statements, client credit, lease economics, property information, market data, and transaction alternatives.
• Experience preparing clear written recommendations, presentations, and financial exhibits for business decisions.
• Advanced proficiency in Microsoft Excel; strong PowerPoint and Word.
• California Department of Real Estate Salesperson license preferred.
• Experience with retail, net lease, sale-leaseback, or corporate real estate portfolios preferred.
• Exposure to lease renewals, amendments, assignments, subleases, early terminations, or lease restructuring preferred.
• Experience supporting negotiations with clients, brokers, landlords, or other transaction counterparties preferred.
• Familiarity with letters of intent, lease agreements, reciprocal easement agreements, CC&Rs, surveys, and site plans preferred.
• Experience preparing materials for senior management, an Investment Committee, or another formal approval body preferred.
• Exposure to investment sales, ancillary revenue arrangements, or property-level capital decisions preferred.

Responsibilities

• Analyze properties, leases, client performance, store-level profitability, credit considerations, market conditions, and portfolio factors to support value-enhancing strategies.
• Evaluate lease renewals, assignments, subleases, amendments, early terminations, capital requests, and other negotiated client matters.
• Conduct property, market, and competitive research to compare renewal, re-leasing, repositioning, and disposition alternatives.
• Build and maintain financial models and perform cash-flow, net present value, internal rate of return, lease-economics, valuation, and sensitivity analyses.
• Validate analytical inputs and document assumptions, methodologies, data sources, sensitivities, information gaps, risks, and value opportunities.
• Develop recommendations and financial exhibits for Asset Management leadership, senior management, and Investment Committee review.
• Manage analytical and execution workstreams for lease transactions, ancillary revenue opportunities, and selected dispositions.
• Support letters of intent, business terms, approval materials, and transaction documentation.
• Participate in discussions and negotiations with clients, brokers, and counterparties under the guidance of the assigned Asset Manager.
• Track open issues, approvals, dependencies, documentation, economics, timing, probability, and next steps through transaction completion.
• Escalate material risks, unresolved issues, and changes in transaction economics with a recommended path forward.
• Coordinate with Legal, Property Management, Lease Administration, Predictive Analytics, Research, Acquisitions, Development, Finance and Accounting, and other partners.
• Ensure approved business terms are accurately reflected in transaction documents and internal systems.
• Evaluate cell tower, billboard, and other third-party ancillary revenue opportunities.
• Assist with selected property dispositions, including valuation, market analysis, broker input, due diligence, alternatives, and expected financial outcomes.
• Present analytical findings and recommendations and build relationships with clients, brokers, consultants, appraisers, buyers, and internal partners.

Skills

Financial Modeling

Cash-Flow Analysis

Valuation

Lease Economics

Real Estate Asset Management

Investment Analysis

Client Credit Analysis

Transaction Documentation

Property Valuation

Negotiation Support

Data Validation

Education

Bachelor's in Real Estate

California RE Salesperson License

Equivalent Professional Experience

Tools

Excel

PowerPoint

Word

Job description

Jobtailor in California seeks an Asset Management Analyst to analyze properties, leases, and portfolio performance to support value-enhancing strategies. The role requires modeling cash flows, valuations, and lease economics, plus preparing clear recommendations for senior leadership and assisting with negotiations and documentation.

Ideal candidates have 2+ years in CRE asset management, strong Excel skills, and familiarity with lease agreements and market data. California license preferred.