Senior Financial Analyst

About the role

JLL is seeking a Senior Transaction Analyst to support their team for a major client portfolio. This role will work in either the Denver or San Francisco office location with a minimum of three days in-office presence required.

Key Responsibilities

• Strategic data management and oversight across client and internal systems
• Support in development of requests for proposals, letters of intent, and other transaction materials
• Advanced financial analysis including NPV, IRR, cash flow modeling, and lease rate optimization
• Development and support in financial modeling for various scenario planning / strategic plans
• Resolve financial model issues, address improvement concepts and ensure accuracy
• Develop and support on lease versus buy analysis
• In-depth market research, competitive analysis, market survey development, analysis and quality assurance
• Detailed and consistent proposal comparisons and recommendations
• Implementation of quality assurance protocols for transaction materials
• Support- implementation and execution of process improvement initiatives
• Budgeting, and Forecast support via internal JLL tools
• Support for closing out transactions in JLL systems, tracking of payments
• Understand the client’s key business drivers, focus the team to ensure those priorities are aligned with our deliverables
• Help to ensure that the account team is high performing and efficient
• Improve team performance by being a self-starter and presenting new ideas
• Learn and understand the clients’ processes
• Presentation development, design & executive storytelling
• Business Intelligence (PowerBI, Tableau) skills for data visualization
• Holistic strategic analysis integrating multiple capital planning variables
• Framework development and creative problem-solving
• Strategic translation role synthesizing cross-functional inputs
• Time allocation signal showing 50%+ strategy work

Requirements

• Bachelor's degree (business, finance, economics, or related field preferred)
• Proven analytical expertise with both qualitative and quantitative information
• Meticulous attention to detail while maintaining strategic perspective
• Superior verbal and written communication skills
• Expert proficiency with MS Office Suite, particularly Excel
• Exceptional organizational and project management abilities
• Knowledge of real estate terminology, transaction processes, financial modeling and basic strategy initiatives
• Strong organizational skills, and ability to manage numerous various initiatives and projects concurrently
• Demonstrated leadership and initiative in problem-solving
• Advanced ability to prioritize competing demands in a dynamic environment
• Proven ability to work both independently and lead team initiatives
• Willingness to take on new challenges, responsibilities and assignments

Preferred Qualifications

• 3 – 5+ years of relevant experience
• Comprehensive knowledge of commercial real estate fundamentals
• Expertise with complex commercial lease structures
• Proficiency with CoStar and other specialized real estate databases
• Real estate license a plus
• MBA