Senior Analyst, Real Estate Advisory

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AECOM is seeking a Senior Analyst, Real Estate Advisory to support economic and financial analysis of real estate development projects for public, private, and institutional clients. The role will be based in Chicago, IL; Arlington, VA; or New York, NY, or Los Angeles, CA. The Economics + Advisory Practice has three core disciplines: Sustainable Economics, Economic Development & Urban Policy, and Real Estate Advisory. Our Real Estate Advisory team helps clients pursue real estate development that achieves civic goals, often for public or institutional clients. That includes making decisions about market demand, feasibility, and financial requirements as well as social impact, economic development, and public benefits. We pull ideas into focus and sharpen the boundaries of a preliminary plan or concept for regional and place-based economic development, urban revitalization, real estate, tourism, and culture.

Collaborating with other disciplines, our team develops strategies that respond to the market, attract financing, and enable implementation. We address challenges through clear communication, creative thinking, and structured, impartial analysis. Our global experience and comprehensive, integrated approach help us understand how multiple factors influence value and feasibility. It’s not just about the market, but also project design, public policies and regulations, site conditions, mitigation requirements, development and financing costs, phasing, and implementation challenges.

The Senior Analyst will work as part of a multidisciplinary team to lead discrete technical tasks, including developing and implementing quantitative analytical approaches; conducting data analysis, economic and financial modeling, literature reviews, and stakeholder interviews; developing graphics and presentations to communicate key findings; and writing sections of client deliverables and proposals. The position requires the ability to work closely with managers to balance multiple projects and deadlines, delegate appropriate tasks to more junior staff, and communicate clearly with both clients and other team members.

With an Americas practice, we are seeking candidates that can learn the nuances of new markets and develop subject matter expertise in a specific focus area. Potential focus areas include Joint Development, Urban Regeneration, Public Private Partnerships, Mixed Use Development and Brownfield Redevelopment.

The successful candidate will have some experience in a few of the following topics: market and financial feasibility analysis; economic development strategies for redevelopment; fiscal and economic impact analysis; public-private partnerships and transaction support; affordable housing finance.

Minimum Requirements

• Bachelor's Degree in Real Estate, Finance, Economics, Business, or Planning or related field +4 years of work experience in real estate development, real estate consulting, financial consulting, or in a related field

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience with ArcGIS and other spatial analysis tools
• Experience developing cashflow models from scratch in Excel reflecting capital asset investments and returns
• International experience appreciated
• Master's Degree in a related field
• 7+ years' experience preferred
• Experience leading discrete technical tasks, presenting and developing content for client deliverables and proposals, interviewing project stakeholders, and presenting professional work at meetings
• Experience utilizing economic and real estate data sources such as CoStar, municipal open data portals, ESRI Business Analyst, On The Map
• Demonstrated experience navigating and thriving in a multi-disciplinary work environment

Additional information:

• AECOM is proud to offer a comprehensive benefits program to meet the diverse needs of our employees. Depending on your employment status, AECOM benefits may include medical, dental, vision, life, AD&D and disability benefits, paid time off, leaves of absence, voluntary benefits, perks, wellness and global well-being, and global EAP, Business Travel and Service Awards programs.
• Offered rate of compensation will be based on individual education, qualifications, experience, and work location. The salary range for this position is $90,000 - $120,000.
• Sponsorship is available
• Relocation is available

With infrastructure investment accelerating worldwide, our services are in great demand, and there’s never been a better time to be at AECOM! Join us, and you’ll get all the benefits of being a part of a global, publicly traded firm – access to industry-leading technology and thinking and transformational work with big impact and work flexibility.

AECOM provides a wide array of compensation and benefits programs to meet the diverse needs of our employees and their families. We also provide a robust global well-being program. We’re the world’s trusted global infrastructure firm, and we’re in this together – your growth and success are ours too.

As an Equal Opportunity Employer, we believe in each person’s potential, and we’ll help you reach yours.

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