Commercial Real Estate Analyst

Background and Experience
We are seeking candidates with 0 to 2 years of experience and an undergraduate degree in real estate, finance or business. The ideal candidate would have an interest in a commercial real estate career.

Candidates graduating in spring 2025 are welcome to apply to this position.

Overview
We are a Chicago-based boutique commercial real estate firm with clients and projects located in major cities nationwide. Our firm provides transaction support, investment and advisory services to top tier institutional owners of commercial real estate. Our team has executed value creation strategies for over $40 billion of parking assets and we currently have $3 billion of assets in our asset management program. Our clients own or manage Class “A” office buildings, retail centers, hotels, residential buildings, mixed-use projects and stand-alone parking structures. As the industry leader in this sector, we leverage a sophisticated, data-driven approach backed by our team's unparalleled parking, real estate and operations experience.

Currently a 15-person firm, we are growing our team and seeking a full-time analyst. The analyst will gain broad exposure to commercial real estate, parking operations, financial modeling and asset management. The analyst will work directly with some of the industry's largest, most respected real estate investment firms.

The analyst will also support our sister comany's technology intiaitves from time-to-time. Our high-growth technology company is the parking industry's leading enterprise software platform. We leverage our software platform to maximize the value of our cleints' assets.

This position is in the company's River North office in Chicago.

Responsibilities
The financial analyst’s job responsibilities include:

• Acquisitions - Model new acquisitions on behalf of Parking Advisors and its clients.
• Operations Assessment and Strategy Execution - Assist the team in executing value add operations strategies.
• Asset Management - Ongoing financial analysis and reporting for existing assets.
• Site Surveys - Perform site surveys, evaluate asset performance and generate recommendations.
• Technology Project Support - Support the ongoing implementation of this platform.

Essential Skills
The analyst will work closely with the firm’s principals and associates and will have direct contact with clients. The following qualities are required:

• Dedicated Self Starter - Have problem solving skills and follow through on project-based work.
• Communication - Have good written communication skills and communicate effectively with clients.
• Economics - Understand business principles and be skilled at interpreting and analyzing financial data.
• Analytics - Have strong Excel skills, preferably with experience in financial and economic modeling.
• Organized - Be able to prioritize and manage multiple assignments.

Industry
Real Estate

Employment Type
Full-Time. In Office.