Analyst - Office

About Us
Together, we will enable exceptional outcomes for our properties, people, partners and communities.
Across a diversified portfolio of office, logistics, retail and residential assets, we understand the nuances of each sector and market. Our dedicated team of specialists combine commercial acumen with creative execution to provide solutions for the spaces we manage.
We outsource a number of important functions to our valued stakeholders, enabling our team to focus on areas that have the highest value to our customers, our investor stakeholders and the users of our spaces. The management team is supported internally by a dedicated shared services team, known as Revantage ANZ.
We adopt environmentally sustainable practices because we believe it's the right thing to do, we also see it as a win/win outcome. We've chosen this approach in order to create a culture considerate of the communities we operate within - actively supporting our customers and building managers to maximise the benefits and returns of their sustainability efforts.

Our Values
**Achievement**: We work hard with a focus on excellence
**Relationships**: We care about our people and our partners
**Accountability**: We own our actions and decisions
**Diversity**: We are inclusive, respectful and value difference
**Teamwork**: We celebrate our successes & embrace the opportunity to learn

Role Summary
Primary Objective

**The Analyst is responsible for**:

- All facets of analysis and asset management reporting in the Office sector and day to day analysis of portfolio investment management strategies
- Property level responsibilities include forecasting income, leasing, capex, opex and specific refurbishment scenarios, asset valuations, analysis and collation of performance metrics
- Portfolio level responsibilities include monthly, quarterly and ad hoc reporting, as well as assisting in the preparation of asset strategies and asset updates
- Supporting the effective execution of the disposal and acquisition of Office assets
- Living the culture of 151 Property in all internal and external interactions
- Assist in embedding new systems and technology across the business (Anaplan and Power BI) and implementing process improvement initiatives

Primary Role

**The primary responsibilities of this position are**:

- A good understanding of Blackstone's strategy, objectives and performance requirements
- Assist in all analysis and reporting required for the Office Sector including management and board reporting, budgeting and any other ad hoc tasks as required by 151 Property and/or Blackstone, which are to be concise, accurate and delivered on time
- Assist in preparing and tracking budgets in conjunction with external property managers, Revantage Australia and New Zealand, Analysts and Blackstone, as required
- Assist in the process of Internal and External valuations, including reforecasting and coordinating the inputs for the Office assets
- Preparation of detailed cashflow models to assist in the analysis of assets and investments
- Assist with the strategic repositioning of Office assets to be completed on time and on budget, capitalising on user needs / market trends
- Assist in preparing properties for disposition as well as helping to execute on the disposition program to maximise investor returns
- Contribute to building and developing a specialist, high performing Analytics team that is results focused and highly accountable, capable of delivering investment outperformance for Blackstone's LPs
- Identify greater efficiencies through refined operating procedures and business improvement
- Maintain and share market knowledge (including REIT results) of the Office sector within the company (leasing, capital markets and research) to develop Office house view
- Partner with key internal stakeholders and Blackstone to build and maintain strong working relationships

Key Working Relationships
Internal

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Asset Managers, Finance team (Revantage Australia & New Zealand), Blackstone, Head of Office sector, other 151 Property team members

External
- Service providers such as JLL, property managers, valuers, technical advisors and consultants, joint owner reps, auditors and key operatives in the property marketket

**Requirements**:
Education, Competencies & Skills
- Appropriate tertiary qualification/s (eg. Land Economics, Property, Valuations, Commerce/Business)
- 2-5 years prior experience within the Property sector - (e.g. Commercial Valuations, Property/Development Analysts, Capital Transaction and valuations or Funds Management background will be highly regarded
- Possess a high financial aptitude, commercial acumen and ability to analyse financial data from budgets, business plans and valuations
- Previous involvement in a property and portfolio level budgeting process as well as the analysis and reporting of budget outputs
- Strong numerical reasoning, attention to detail and well-developed Excel financial modelling skills are essenti