Senior Financial Analyst

JLL•Washington, DC

18d•$110,000 - $140,000•Hybrid

About The Position

JLL is seeking a Senior Transaction Analyst to support our team for a major client portfolio. This role will work in our Denver or San Francisco office location with a minimum of three days in-office presence required. As a Senior Transaction Analyst, you will lead analytical support for Transaction Managers in executing lease transactions for key clients. You will report directly to the Hiring Manager while managing operational and administrative processes. The Senior Transaction & Strategy Analyst serves as a subject matter expert who independently manages sophisticated analytical processes, provides strategic insights, and delivers high-value transaction support. Individual will work across both the Strategy Team and Transaction Team integrating processes and initiatives. To excel in this position, you will need knowledge in commercial real estate transactions, superior analytical capabilities, and the ability to work with minimal supervision while interfacing directly with clients, tenants, and periodically landlords. Your expertise in creating comprehensive market analyses, financial models, and support in developing strategic recommendations will be essential to the team's success.

Requirements

Bachelor's degree (business, finance, economics, or related field preferred)
Proven analytical expertise with both qualitative and quantitative information
Meticulous attention to detail while maintaining strategic perspective
Superior verbal and written communication skills
Expert proficiency with MS Office Suite, particularly Excel
Exceptional organizational and project management abilities
Knowledge of real estate terminology, transaction processes, financial modeling and basic strategy initiatives
Strong organizational skills, and ability to manage numerous various initiatives and projects concurrently
Demonstrated leadership and initiative in problem-solving
Advanced ability to prioritize competing demands in a dynamic environment
Proven ability to work both independently and lead team initiatives
Willingness to take on new challenges, responsibilities and assignments
Candidates must be authorized to work in the United States without sponsorship.

Nice To Haves

3 – 5+ years of relevant experience
Comprehensive knowledge of commercial real estate fundamentals
Expertise with complex commercial lease structures
Proficiency with CoStar and other specialized real estate databases
Real estate license a plus
MBA

Responsibilities

Strategic data management and oversight across client and internal systems
Support in development of requests for proposals, letters of intent, and other transaction materials
Advanced financial analysis including NPV, IRR, cash flow modeling, and lease rate optimization
Development and support in financial modeling for various scenario planning / strategic plans
Resolve financial model issues, address improvement concepts and ensure operating accurately
Development and support on lease versus buy analysis
In-depth market research, competitive analysis, market survey development, analysis and quality assurance
Detailed and consistent proposal comparisons and recommendations
Implementation of quality assurance protocols for transaction materials
Support- implementation and execution of process improvement initiatives
Budgeting, and Forecast support via internal JLL tools
Support for closing out transactions in JLL systems, tracking of payments
Understand the client’s key business drivers, focus the team to ensure those priorities are aligned with our deliverables.
Help to ensure that the account team is high performing and efficient.
Improve team performance by being a self-starter and presenting new ideas.
Learn and understand the clients’ processes, Presentation development, design & executive storytelling
Business Intelligence (PowerBI, Tableau) skills for data visualization
Holistic strategic analysis integrating multiple capital planning variables
Framework development and creative problem-solving
Strategic translation role synthesizing cross-functional inputs
Time allocation signal showing 50%+ strategy work