Analyst, Financial Planning & Analysis

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 Analyst, FP&A will participate heavily in the FP&A team’s technology infrastructure efforts. The Analyst will spend most of their time assisting as a business representative for internal and external project work, acting as a business tester and project participant representing FP&A, and partnering with Technology department on troubleshooting issues with Forecasting Applications. The FP&A team operates in a time sensitive and critical output environment therefore attention to detail and ability to perform under pressure is critical.

Responsibilities:

• Support the reforecasting and budgeting process and participate in various workstreams to assist with the team effort to finalize a quarterly reforecast and annual budget.
• Work closely with the teams across the organization to ensure cross-unit collaboration and to support FP&A forecasting efforts.
• Provide support for software testing, documentation, roll out, communication and assist in project management for applications that support FP&A’s forecasting process and reporting.
• Understand and master a multitude of financial systems and processes to provide support and training as needed.
• Document and update FP&A workstreams.
• Develop value add tools and assist in system and process improvement projects as needed.
• Work with large quantities of data and master ability to analyze and audit results.
• Understand the Budgeting & Forecasting systems process and play an important role in training and assisting the FP&A team during the Budgeting & Forecasting process.

Qualifications:

• 1-3 years of work experience in Accounting or Finance within the commercial real estate industry. Experience working at a publicly traded real estate or financial services firm is preferred.
• Bachelor’s degree in business, Accounting, or Finance required.
• A strong work ethic, with an ability to work in a dynamic and demanding work environment to meet critical deadlines.
• Intelligence, with a keen focus on details.
• Strong accounting and finance knowledge.
• Exceptional analytical skills with a deep knowledge of and mastery of Office 365, especially Excel.
• Prior experience with real estate budgeting/forecasting processes and systems such as Argus Enterprise or Yardi Forecast Manager.
• Oracle, SQL or another relational database applications a plus.
• Possess broad understanding of computer concepts and related business application needs.
• Familiarity with data warehouses, data lakes, snowflake.
• Excellent oral and written communication skills due to interaction with personnel at all levels.
• Knowledge of REIT performance metrics and reporting preferred.

$95,000 - $100,000 represents the presently anticipated base compensation pay range for this position at Link.  Actual pay may vary based on various factors, including but not limited to location and experience.  

Link provides a variety of benefits to employees, including health insurance coverage, retirement savings plan, paid holidays, paid time off.

The direct compensation and benefits described above are subject to the terms and conditions of any governing plans, policies, practices, agreements, or other materials or documents as in effect from time to time, including but not limited to terms and conditions regarding eligibility.

Eeo Statement

The Company is an equal opportunity employer. In accordance with applicable law, we prohibit discrimination against any applicant, employee, or other covered person based on any legally recognized basis, including, but not limited to: veteran status, uniformed servicemember status, race, color, caste, immigration status, religion, religious creed (including religious dress and grooming practices), sex, gender, gender expression, gender identity, marital status, sexual orientation, pregnancy (including childbirth, lactation or related medical conditions), age, national origin or ancestry, citizenship, physical or mental disability, genetic information (including testing and characteristics), protected leave status, domestic violence victim status, or any other consideration protected by federal, state or local law. We are committed to providing reasonable accommodations, if you need an accommodation to complete the application process, please email LinkRecruiting@linklogistics.com.