Manager, Sr. Finance - Real Estate & Strategy

Office Depot • Boca Raton, FL

4d

About The Position

This position senior-level financial, analytical, and strategic support to the Real Estate and Retail Strategy organization. It is a key partner to the Real Estate Committee and business leadership, delivering financial modeling, deal analysis, and portfolio-level insight that shapes retail location decisions, lease economics and capital allocations across the store portfolio. The role owns the financial proforma process for real estate transactions and serves as a trusted advisor translating complex real estate and financial data into clear, decision-ready recommendations. The role will also support financial planning, forecasting and incorporating real estate costs into broader business unit financials.

Requirements

• Bachelor's degree or equivalent experience in Finance or Business Management
• 7 years experience in Budgeting, forecasting, and long range planning
• P&L management and variance analysis
• Capital planning and project evaluation (ROI, IRR, NPV, payback)
• Portfolio optimization and footprint rationalization
• Building business cases and presenting recommendations to leadership
• Leading or supporting cross functional strategic projects
• Ability to achieve accurate results under time pressures and manage multiple priorities effectively
• Advanced Excel and financial modeling skills, with the ability to work accurately with large, complex data sets
• Experience with Oracle Smartview and other financial reporting platforms
• Strong analytical skills, including the ability to identify trends, interpret results, and support business decision-making
• Experience supporting process improvement and automation initiatives, including some familiarity with AI-enabled tools

Responsibilities

• Own and maintain the financial proforma model used to evaluate new store openings, renewals, relocations, and closures across the ODP real estate portfolio
• Conduct lease valuations to support recommendations
• Partner with Real Estate, Legal and Store Operations to ensure proforma assumptions reflect current market, occupancy cost and site level performance
• Manage capital budgeting process for real estate projects including forecasting, spend tracking, and variance analysis
• Maintain reporting to track project level ROI
• Identify opportunities to improve efficiency, streamline workflows, and automate recurring financial processes and reporting
• Build and enhance financial models and tools that support process improvements, reporting efficiency, and decision-making
• Leverage financial systems, advanced Excel tools, and emerging technologies (including AI-based tools) to improve accuracy, reduce manual effort and enhance productivity
• Work effectively with large, complex data sets to ensure accuracy, identify issues and support reliable financial outputs
• Prepare analyses and reporting that help business partners understand performance trends and the financial implications of key decisions
• Communicate clearly and collaborate effectively with cross-functional business partners to support financial processes and operational decision-making

Benefits

• 401(k)
• competitive salaries
• incentive program

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Senior