Financial Analyst, Capex
Post Real Estate Group · Beverly Hills, CA · 3 wk ago
HybridFinance$105k–$115k/yrOther
Duties & Responsibilities
- Monitor CapEx expenditures, reconcile project budgets, and ensure compliance with established financial controls and approval processes.
- Develop and maintain project-level and portfolio-level CapEx forecasts.
- Analyze budget-to-actual performance and identify key drivers of project cost variances.
- Support annual capital budgeting and long range capital planning initiatives.
- Monitor committed costs, purchase orders, contracts, and actual expenditures throughout the project lifecycle.
- Affiliate in forecasting project cost-to-complete estimates and anticipated budget impacts.
- Evaluate the financial impact of change orders and scope modifications.
Reporting & Analytics
- Prepare weekly, monthly, and quarterly CapEx reporting packages for leadership and stakeholders.
- Develop and maintain dashboards, KPIs, and data visualizations used to monitor project and portfolio performance.
- Track project financial performance metrics including budget utilization, forecast accuracy, cost variances, and capital deployment trends.
- Analyze historical spending trends and provide recommendations to improve forecasting accuracy and capital allocation decisions.
- Support preparation of executive presentations, capital requests, and project funding analyses.
Project Support & Cross Functional Collaboration
- Partner closely with Construction, Asset Management, Development, and Accounting teams to ensure accurate project financial reporting and cost tracking.
- Review and track purchase orders, change orders, pay applications, and project financial documentation.
- Affiliate with monthly and quarterly close processes related to capital expenditures.
- Affiliate with project closeout activities, including final budget reconciliation and financial reporting.
- Maintain project financial data and reporting systems to ensure accuracy and consistency.
Qualifications
- Bachelor's degree in Finance, Accounting, Business, Economics, Construction Management, Real Estate, or a related field preferred.
- 2–5 years of experience in construction finance, project controls, capital projects, real estate development, financial analysis, or related fields preferred.
- Strong understanding of budgeting, forecasting, cost controls, and financial reporting.
- Experience reviewing project budgets, change orders, pay applications, and construction cost reports preferred.
- Advanced proficiency in Microsoft Excel, including pivot tables, lookups, financial modeling, and data analysis.
- Strong analytical, quantitative, and problem-solving skills.
- Experience working with large datasets and reporting tools.
- Experience with Power BI, Tableau, or similar business intelligence platforms preferred.
- Experience with Yardi, Entrata, Banner, Procore, or similar construction and real estate systems preferred.
- Strong attention to detail and organizational skills.
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
- Ability to manage multiple priorities and deadlines in a fast-paced environment.
- Strong interpersonal skills and ability to collaborate effectively across departments.
Core Competencies
- Financial Analysis
- Budgeting & Forecasting
- Project Cost Controls
- Variance Analysis
- Capital Planning
- Data Analytics
- Strategic Thinking
- Problem Solving
- Time Management
- Cross Functional Collaboration
Tools & Software
- Advanced Microsoft Excel
- Procore
- Power BI
- Tableau
- Yardi
- Entrata
- Banner
- Microsoft Office Suite
- Financial Reporting and Business Intelligence Platforms
Compensation + Benefits
- Salary: $105,000 – $115,000 base salary with the opportunity for performance-based bonuses.
- Benefits package includes medical, dental, vision, Life/AD&D, 401(k) with company match, paid time off, and holidays.