Senior Financial Analyst, Global Real Estate Finance

Gap Inc.; Town of Islip (NY); On-site; USD 80,000 - 120,000; Full time

Job summary

Gap Inc. is seeking a Senior Real Estate Financial Analyst to provide strategic and analytical support across its global real estate portfolio. The role involves analyzing trends, developing investment business cases, and collaborating with various teams to drive strategic real estate decisions. Ideal candidates will have a strong financial background, advanced analytical skills, and the ability to communicate effectively with senior leaders.

Qualifications

• Minimum 3-5 years’ experience in real estate, finance, or business planning.
• Strong understanding of cash flows and investment planning metrics.
• Advanced skills in Microsoft Suite including complex formulas and pivot tables.

Responsibilities

• Analyze business and real estate trends to support portfolio actions.
• Develop business cases for investment decisions with cross-functional partners.
• Prepare and present real estate actions and investment recommendations.

Skills

Financial acumen

Detail-oriented

Communication

Analytical skills

Collaboration

Tools

Microsoft Suite

Essbase

Job description

About the Role

Gap Inc.’s Global Real Estate Finance team provides strategic and analytical support to the Gap, Inc. portfolio of brands including Gap, Banana Republic, Athleta, and Old Navy globally. We are dedicated to all brands and are responsible for making strategic investment decisions for the company’s fleet of retail stores.

We are currently seeking a Senior Real Estate Financial Analyst to contribute to strategic and analytical initiatives within the Gap Inc. global real estate portfolio. The ideal candidate has a strong financial background and a keen interest in real estate finance and portfolio management. The Senior Financial Analyst is responsible for driving strategic real estate decisions through in-depth analysis, synthesizing quantitative as well as qualitative data into coherent fact-based recommendations.

What You'll Do

• Analyze business and real estate trends to support global real estate portfolio actions, including scenario analysis to compare multiple decision factors
• Responsible for the development of business cases for investment decisions in collaboration with cross-functioned business partners
• Prepare and present real estate actions and investment recommendations to senior leaders in real estate reviews and committee meetings
• Support the development of brand real estate strategies
• Partner with finance and store operations teams to evaluate real estate transactions to include ROIC, proforma, sales forecasting, financial modeling and P&L analysis
• Manage critical dates for real estate initiatives
• Responsible for ad hoc projects, reporting and analysis as needed
• Develop and maintain effective relationships with business partners at all levels of the organization

Who You Are

Competencies

• Drives Results
• Collaborating & Influencing
• Customer Impact
• Learning Agility
• Resourcefulness

Who you are

• Minimum 3-5 years’ experience in real estate, finance, or business planning; retail and/or real estate industry experience a plus
• Strong financial acumen and understanding of cash flows and investment planning metrics (e.g., NPV, IRR, EBITDA)
• Detail-oriented self-starter with the ability to work both independently and cross-functionally managing multiple projects
• Advanced Microsoft Suite skills including the use of complex formulas, macros, pivot tables, Essbase, and PowerPoint
• Adept written and verbal communication abilities