Real Estate Strategy Sr. Analyst

Job Summary

As a member of the Enterprise Real Estate Strategy & Reporting team, you will play a key role in supporting the Real Estate organization through advanced analytics, workflow automation, and dynamic dashboarding. This role directly supports Real Estate leadership by delivering insights, tools, and reporting that drives investment decisions and cross-functional alignment. The Real Estate Strategy Senior Analyst will report to the Director Enterprise Real Estate Strategy and will collaborate closely with stakeholders across Real Estate, Construction, Property Management, and other enterprise teams. The ideal candidate is naturally curious, solution-oriented, and comfortable working with large datasets to answer complex business questions. Success in this role requires strong analytical and technical skills, effective communication, and the ability to manage multiple shifting projects and priorities.

Responsibilities

• Synthesize complex strategic problems into clear, actionable plans and work with cross-functional teams to drive successful execution.
• Collaborate with internal stakeholders (e.g., Finance, Construction, Operations, Marketing) to align real estate analysis with enterprise goals.
• Build executive-ready presentations and reports that communicate key insights and recommendations effectively.
• Lead or contribute to ad hoc analyses by leveraging store performance data, investment data, financials, and other key metrics.
• Drive visibility and actionable insights into store and market performance through dynamic reporting and strategic storytelling.
• Contribute to supporting current and new Real Estate strategies using performance driven data and analytics to better understand our current network, potential growth in both markets and business models/strategies, competition, etc.
• Analyze real estate portfolio and support development strategies and plans to achieve long-term operational and financial goals (optimization, cost savings and improved ROI).
• Identify process inefficiencies and recommend automation or enhancements; contribute to the development and implementation of scalable solutions.
• Conduct fact-based analysis of store network and competitors using both internal data and third-party resources.
• Develop automated workflows in Alteryx to streamline recurring analyses and improve team efficiency.
• Design, maintain, and enhance Power BI dashboards to support real estate strategy and executive decision-making; build new views as business needs evolve.
• Assist with training new team members during learning sessions.
• Perform additional tasks as assigned.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree required. Major in business administration, analytics, finance, real estate, or similar field preferred.
• 3+ years work experience with analytics, GIS, market research, business analytics, or finance.
• Intermediate Microsoft Excel and PowerPoint proficiency.
• Proficient in data analysis using various tools and statistical packages.
• Ability to distill complex datasets into compelling visualizations and presentations for business stakeholders.
• Technical aptitude to learn and understand the latest tools and use them to make recommendations and understand large and complex datasets.
• Highly organized with the ability to manage multiple projects, meet tight deadlines, and continually prioritize and re-prioritize tasks as new projects are assigned.
• Strong analytical skills and strong attention to detail.
• Comfortable working independently and in cross-functional teams.

Preferred Qualifications

• 2+ years working with a national or international retailer.
• 3+ years relevant work experience with analytics, real estate, or finance.
• Advanced Microsoft Excel proficiency, including knowledge of lookups and pivot tables.
• Experience with Power BI, Alteryx, GIS Systems, Smartsheet and Google Earth.
• Experience working with SharePoint as a user.
• Knowledge of retail site selection principles and competitive trade area research.