Senior FP&A Analyst, Commercial Real Estate

Company Summary

EQ focuses on the experience of its 29 million square feet - how space feels, activates and performs to amplify the human experience. We're proud to work hand-in-hand with more than 1,500 customers of all sizes, from Fortune 100 companies to emerging startups, to bring humanity back to the workplace. Our diverse team of 160+ professionals is responsible for creating inspired office environments in major cities across the country including Chicago, New York, Los Angeles, San Francisco and Seattle. As a U.S. office portfolio company wholly owned by Blackstone's real estate funds, we have the resources to lead the changes happening in the work space. Explore your space for greatness at .

What We Value:

Our vision, centered around our customers’ success, is to drive humanity into the workplace and beyond.

Our mission is to help companies attract, retain, and inspire talent by creating effective workplaces. We create spaces for greatness to happen - where people feel welcomed.

Our teams are dedicated to being responsible and giving members of our communities. We are invested in making the best decisions with the resources we consume, and we are committed to the well-being of our team members, tenants, and surrounding neighborhoods. We strive to build economic health in communities by regenerating urban spaces, preserving local culture, and driving humanity into our workplaces.

Summary:  

The Sr FP&A Analyst, Commercial Real Estate is a core member of EQ’s Finance Team which sits at the intersection of the business and field operations of our major market office portfolio and the sophisticated asset management team of Blackstone. This person will work with a small team of collaborative financial professionals where initiative and innovation are encouraged. 

The incumbent will participate heavily in the annual budget and quarterly reforecasting processes that involve planning, supporting budgeting and forecasting tools, determining financial goals and related guidance, communicating process and guidance to teams in the field, and reporting on results to field teams and senior management.  This person will focus on providing the data and analysis to support the weekly, monthly, and quarterly reporting processes in addition to serving as a partner as the business looks to modernize the presentation and extraction of data, shortening the time to insight.  This person is a strong communicator and influencer with an ability to bring people together. 

The duties include preparing monthly financial analyses and reports, supporting/collaborating to complete annual budgets and reforecasts, sourcing and compiling market data, gathering data for and reviewing quarterly board materials, and ad hoc analysis and reporting. 

Responsibilities:  

• Work closely with the multiple teams around EQ to ensure cross-unit collaboration and to support the asset management, property management and leasing efforts 
• Build and maintain financial models and run company/fund/portfolio-level analytics on an ongoing and ad-hoc basis 
• Understand and master various financial systems and processes to provide support and training as needed 
• Analyze monthly financials for opportunities to make action-oriented conclusions to improve financial and operational results 

• Work with large quantities of data and master ability to analyze and audit results 
• Participate in the preparation of data and materials for the quarterly board meeting with Blackstone

Qualifications: 

• The ideal candidate will convey a passion/curiosity for real estate investment, constantly work to identify, scale, and automate repetitive functions, be coachable, and have a strong desire to learn and grow in the field. 
• A minimum of 3 to 5 years work experience in the accounting, finance, or commercial real estate fields 
• Bachelor’s degree in accounting, economics, finance, real estate, or STEM 
• A strong work ethic, with an ability to work in a dynamic and demanding work environment to meet critical deadlines 
• Exceptional analytical skills with a deep knowledge of and mastery of Excel and overall technical curiosity 

• Strong accounting and finance knowledge 
• Proficiency with Excel and PowerPoint: efficient database sourcing, utilization of standard Excel functions (sumif/s, v/hlookup, index/match, indirect, pivot tables, data tables, filters, and keyboard shortcuts) to aggregate and summarize data, creation of graphs in proper context of data presented, use of best practices for insuring data integrity, design of executive/board level presentation quality outputs 
• Programming/Microsoft Power Suite (PowerBI, PowerApps), Python, SQL or other computer languages preferred 
• Preferred experience working at a Financial Services firm or publicly traded REIT 

• Meticulous attention to detail 

EEO Statement

Our company is proud to be an equal opportunity employer.  We celebrate diversity and are committed to creating an inclusive environment for all employees.  Our employment decisions are based on individual qualifications, job requirements and business needs without regard to race, religion, marital status, sex, sexual orientation, gender/gender identity or gender expression, age, disability, citizenship status, national origin, pregnancy, veteran status or any other legally protected characteristics. We are committed to providing reasonable accomodations, if you need an accomodation to complete the application process, please contact us.