Real Estate Analyst-Hybrid- Journeys

Job Summary:

The Real Estate Analyst is responsible for supporting the Real Estate Team through data management, reporting, and strategic analysis & composition. This position will collaborate with many departments within GCO including senior leadership to develop reports and analytical insights that lower costs and improves efficiencies in the lifecycle for the real estate projects (New Stores, Renewals, Capital Investments, etc.)

Essential Job Functions:

  • Store Projects – utilize analytical methods and techniques to identify insights that improve real estate capital decision making. Use predictive analytics to forecast impacts to the business and conduct ad hoc analysis for completed projects to identify opportunities for process improvement and/or cost reduction.
  • Analytical Models, Reporting & Dashboards – develop, maintain, and be the subject matter expert for Real Estate models, reports, and dashboards. The reports and dashboards will focus on operational and management reporting to track trends and changes that impact the business. Be able to understand significant drivers for sales, cannibalization, other impacts to the store and conduct analog comparisons. Work closely with the leadership team to develop these reports/models and drive insights.
  • System Support – support the various Real Estate and Property Management systems – includes but not limited to system testing, user training, designing user interface changes and evaluating the impact to the tools. Will require collaboration with internal IT and external vendors to ensure high operational standards and efficiencies.
  • Limited travel – may include conferences, limited market/store visits

Knowledge and Skills:

  • Education Required: Bachelor’s Degree in Finance, Real Estate, Economics, or similar
  • Experience Required: 3+ years of relevant experience
  • Technical Requirements: MS Office, Database/Data Management
  • Preferred: Experience with GIS/Geo-spatial tools (ESRI), facilities management tools (Lucernex, CoStar, etc.), and analytical tools such as SAP, Alteryx, and Tableau
  • Strong interpersonal skills, motivated, work efficiently in a fast-paced environment

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