Real Estate Investment Trust seeks a Financial Planning Budget Analyst to provide key analysis and consultation to help monitor the firm’s financial status of operations.

Responsibilities:

• Help monitor the company’s financial status of operations by creating and maintaining quarterly reforecast and annual budget processes that provide key analysis and consultation.
• Develop, analyze, and carry out the quarterly forecast and annual budgets.
• Contribute detailed variance analysis of the budget versus prior forecasts and actual results.
• Combine individual department budgets into operating and capital budget summaries.
• Format data and prepare preliminary analysis in preparation of the budget and assist in the presentation of preliminary and final budget documents.
• Facilitate projections related to funds availability, funds transfers and budget compliance.
• Analyze and estimate expenditures for the annual budget.
• Make informed recommendations on allocation of funds, account coding, and personnel.
• Use ARGUS to develop expenditure and revenue forecast, and prepare baseline budget and revisions as needed.
• Use computer software to prepare narrative, graphical and statistical reports, as well as to develop and maintain databases and spreadsheets.
• Consolidate all program and department budgets and ensure all funding requests are justified. 

Qualifications:

• 2-4 years of experience in financial planning and analysis at a public organization. REIT experience preferred.
• Knowledge of financial modeling, accounting and valuation.
• Proven experience developing metrics for tracking financial and operational goals.
• Understanding of contracts and interpretation of legal documents.
• ARGUS experience and MS suite skills.
• Analytical with the ability to present to management.
• Collaborative with great communication skills.
• Bachelor’s degree in Accounting, Finance, or related Business field.