Real Estate Development Financial Analyst
About The Position
At the United Center, we bring excitement to life through sports, entertainment, and community. Home to the Chicago Bulls (NBA) and Chicago Blackhawks (NHL), we've welcomed over 70 million fans and host more than 200 events annually, from premier sporting events and concerts to family shows and special industry events. In the role as Real Estate Development Financial Analyst you will help our team bring the next round of stories to life on the United Center campus. Ready to take center stage? As the Real Estate Development Financial Analyst, you’ll play a key role in supporting a wide range of projects through clear, thoughtful financial analysis. You’ll help build and update models, assist with project evaluations, and turn complex data into insights that guide decisions. If you enjoy working with numbers, solving problems, and seeing how your work supports real projects, this role offers a great opportunity to grow and make an impact.
Requirements
- 3+ years in commercial real estate finance required
- Advanced experience with Excel modeling
- Experience with presenting data to key stakeholders required
Nice To Haves
- Experience with complex financial models for underwriting commercial real estate properties preferred
- Experience with ARGUS Enterprise
- Analyst experience for a real estate development company preferred
Responsibilities
- Assist in the development and evaluation of retail, residential, office, hotel, parking, and entertainment venue models for both new construction and existing assets
- Create and maintain mixed-use proforma statements and projections, which accurately reflect current development costs and projected revenues and expenses
- Perform market research to determine/verify a project’s economics and verify assumptions in models
- Update models with actual data to evaluate the current status of various investments
- Develop and analyze existing investment models with the ability to create new models from scratch
- Assist with physical due diligence for broker partnerships, tenant applications, and other contracts
- Support team in entitlement, capitalization, underwriting, and asset management
- Prepare PowerPoint presentations with the goal of making complex financial analysis easily digestible
- Perform ad hoc financial analysis from breakeven scenarios to trending vs target budget comparisons
- Assist in other projects related to the arena and campus as necessary
Benefits
- annual performance bonus
- 401K retirement plan with company match
- paid time off
- commuter benefits
- access to our state-of-the-art gym with free fitness classes
- catered meals
- fun events
- free parking
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Mid Level
Education Level
No Education Listed
Number of Employees
501-1,000 employees
