Principal Analyst, Corporate Real Estate - FINRA

The Principal Analyst, Corporate Real Estate is responsible for analyzing nationwide real estate strategy and utilizing subject matter expertise to provide recommendations to Corporate Real Estate (CRE) senior leadership, which align with FINRA’s evolving workplace and workforce strategy Manage FINRA’s lease management program, to include partnership with FINRA’s real estate brokers to understand changing local market conditions, enterprise-wide; conducting impact analysis on FINRA’s workplace strategy; providing recommendations on early notification options; and compliance with lease terms. Additionally, this role conducts predictive analytics for FINRA’s workplace strategy and develops and recommends management reporting for department stakeholders and senior management with relevant metrics. This is an individual contributor role with some supervisory functions and is expected to work under limited supervision.

Essential Job Functions:

• Independently conduct predictive analytics for all Corporate Real Estate-related data across the enterprise; identify and track metrics relevant to the workplace strategy; and provide thorough and measured recommendations based on in-depth analyses.
• Manage, own, and develop various executive management reports, including the Corporate Real Estate executive dashboard, and serve as an expert resource on CRE data for FINRA’s Management Committee.
• Liaison on all corporate-wide lease matters.
• Provide impact-analysis and lease recommendations for FINRA’s workplace strategy.
• Partner with Finance and Corporate Real Estate to oversee the building operations month end close, budget, forecasts, and variance analyses.
• Responsible for analyzing lease agreements, tenant improvement allowances, and other rent concessions to evaluate total rents of multiple potential locations.
• Ensure key milestone dates, such as early termination and extension notices, etc. and monitor lease compliance are accurately tracked by third party brokerage group.
• Serve as the primary contact for operating expense reconciliations leases and third-party audit vendor.
• Performs review of recommended sole-source requirements and conducts market analyses. Selects appropriate method of procurement (i.e. simplified acquisition procedures, sealed bidding, negotiations).
• Serves as contract administrator on awarded contracts. Conducts post-award conferences. Negotiates required changes to contract terms/conditions to protect the agency. Resolves issues/problems related to the contract. Performs cost/price analysis on change order proposals and analysis of delivery requirements.
• Develop and recommend, compelling and logically structured, management reports and metrics that illustrate Corporate Real Estate’s workplace strategy for key business stakeholders and leaders across FINRA.

Education/Experience Requirements:

• Bachelor’s degree in Finance, Business Administration, or related field or a combination of education and relevant work experience.
• Minimum of seven (7) years of relevant work experience. Corporate real estate experience highly preferred.
• Excellent analytical and project management skills.
• Proficiency with PowerBI or similar reporting tool, Excel, and PowerPoint.
• Proven ability to work independently, while operating in a fully collaborative environment, to influence and achieve desired outcomes, at all levels of the organization.
• Strong oral and written communication skills.
• Strong knowledge of MS Office Suite.
• Experience with various real estate software such as FM Systems, a facilities management application, preferred.

Working Conditions:

• Hybrid work environment.
• Extended hours and travel, as needed.

For work that is performed in CA, CO, HI, MN, VT, IL, Jersey City, NJ, NY, NY, MD, Washington DC, and WA the chart below outlines the proposed salary range for the corresponding location. In addition to location, actual compensation is based on various factors, including but not limited to, the candidate’s skill set, level of experience, education, and internal peer compensation comparisons.

CA: Minimum Salary $106,400, Maximum Salary $200,200

CO/HI/MN/VT*: Minimum Salary $92,500, Maximum Salary $166,800

IL*: Minimum Salary $101,800, Maximum Salary $183,900

Jersey City, NJ/NY, NY: Minimum Salary $111,000, Maximum Salary $200,200

MD/Washington, DC: Minimum Salary $106,400 Maximum Salary $191,800

WA: Minimum Salary $92,500, Maximum Salary $191,800

*Including positions performed outside the state but reporting to an office or manager in that state.

Candidates can expect salary offers that range from the minimum to the mid-point of the salary range. FINRA provides full pay ranges so that the candidate can consider their growth potential while at FINRA.

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To be considered for this position, please submit an application. Applications are accepted on an ongoing basis.

The information provided above has been designed to indicate the general nature and level of work of the position. It is not a comprehensive inventory of all duties, responsibilities and qualifications required.

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Employees may be eligible for a discretionary bonus in addition to base pay. FINRA provides comprehensive health, dental and vision insurance.  Additional insurance includes basic life, accidental death and dismemberment, supplemental life, spouse/domestic partner and dependent life, and spouse/domestic partner and dependent accidental death and dismemberment, short- and long-term disability, long-term care, business travel accident, disability and legal.  FINRA offers immediate participation and vesting in a 401(k) plan with company match and eligibility for participation in an additional FINRA-funded retirement contribution, tuition reimbursement and many other benefits. 

Time Off and Paid Leave*

FINRA encourages its employees to focus on their health and wellness in many ways, including through a generous time-off program of 15 days of paid time off, 5 personal days and 9 sick days (all pro-rated in the first year). Additionally, we are proud to support our communities by providing two volunteer service days (based on full-time schedule). Other paid leave includes military leave, jury duty leave, bereavement leave, voting and election official leave for federal, state or local primary and general elections, care of a family member leave (available after 90 days of employment); and childbirth and parental leave (available after 90 days of employment). Full-time employees receive nine paid holidays.

*Based on full-time schedule

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