Asset Management Analyst

Location

GGP Chicago - 350 N Orleans Street, Suite 300

Business

Headquartered in Chicago, IL, GGP is a leading retail real estate company with a portfolio of 95+ high-performing retail assets, encompassing over 95 million square feet of space across the United States. As an owner-operator, we’re committed to creating vibrant destinations that bring people and brands together. With a team of 1,200+ employees and a legacy of leadership in retail real estate, we’re shaping the future of the industry by delivering exceptional value to our partners and the communities we serve

If you’re ready to be a part of our team, we encourage you to apply.

Job Description

Position Summary

The Asset Management Analyst will coordinate projects and support the Asset Management Department.  This individual will perform standard, advanced and confidential duties requiring broad experience, skill and knowledge of organization policies and practices.  The person in this role will act as a resource in the areas of training, troubleshooting and independent project facilitation.

Responsibilities

• Support the asset management process, including valuation and hold/sell analysis, financing, as well as preparing major decision recommendations and presentations to key stakeholders and decisionmakers, including portfolio boards.
• Support Asset Manager with the decision-making tools for approval property-level budgets, quarterly reforecasts, development projects and leases that constitute major decisions in underlying fund or partnership documents.
• Responsible for inputs, assumptions, and outputs of business plans and quarterly return models, capitalization rates, discount rates including capital allocation decisions and related sensitivity and scenario analysis.
• Support preparation of quarterly board materials and other regular reporting for portfolio, and be key analyst supporting the portfolio management function
• Support the preparation of investment committee memorandum and present follow-on investment and disposition recommendations.
• Coordinate necessary retail research to support business plans and decision making.
• Coordinate with BPG operations team (finance, tax, compliance, legal) as appropriate
• Other duties as assigned

Qualifications

• High School Diploma or GED required
• Bachelor's Degree in Finance, Accounting, Business Administration, or Real Estate, preferred
• 1-3 years’ experience in a related field
• Investment Sales and/or Investment Banking
• Advanced Argus user preferred
• Experience and comfort building excel financial models and discounted cash flow valuations
• Ability to identify trends and give insights/recommendations for action.
• Excellent analytical and quantitative skills.
• Candidates must have strong analytical financial modeling and valuation skills.
• Project planning and self-management skills.
• Strong personality and ability to interact across cultures/geographies.
• Excellent interpersonal communication skills and the ability to forge strong working relationships