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Job Description

Become a key contributor on the growing Finance team at TradeLane Properties, a company built on proven success in industrial real estate investment, development, and management. We’re looking for a detail-oriented and proactive Financial Analyst to assist with the financial operations of our portfolio of industrial assets.

In this role, you will support property and fund-level finance and accounting activities, including working with the Director of Finance on updating several key models, including the modeling of property and fund-level returns, as well as cash forecasting. This role supports various internal groups and processes, including accounting, investments, property management and investor relations. You will also be part of an active team buying, selling and financing real estate and supporting those transactions. This is a great opportunity for someone early in their career looking to grow within the commercial real estate and private equity industry.

Responsibilities:

Financial Modeling and Analysis

• Assist in the quarterly valuation process of internal assets, underwriting each asset with the latest market leasing assumptions and current leases.

• Project asset and fund level returns using Argus Enterprise and internal Excel models.

• Research current industry and market level trends surrounding cap rates, market rent growth, vacancy rates and construction costs.

• Maintain and update monthly key metrics for portfolio performance.

• Help oversee and improve all internal financial models.

Fund Level Responsibilities

• Provide fund-level return projections for fundraising and marketing presentations.

• Lead the creation of a standardized template to provide quarterly fund-level performance updates for fund investors.

Budgeting and Forecasting

• Support the creation and updates of property-level, corporate and fund budgets through collaboration with different stakeholders.

• Maintain the cash forecasting models by communicating with multiple departments to ensure accurate forecasts.

Investments Responsibilities:

• Provide administrative support across acquisition and disposition processes, including organizing files, scheduling meetings, and assisting with document preparation.

• Cross-trained to assist in tracking transaction timelines, updating internal databases, and supporting investment and leasing teams as needed.

Qualifications:

Education & Experience

Bachelor’s degree in Business, Accounting, Real Estate, Data Science, or related field required.
3–5 years of finance experience (real estate experience a plus).

Technical Skills

• Argus Enterprise and Yardi experience preferred

• Excellent modeling skills using Excel, including direct experience with the following functions:

XIRR, XLOOKUP, INDEXMATCH, SUMIFS, INDIRECT, Conditional Formatting, Text Functions, Goal Seek, Data Table

VBA/Macros

PivotTables

Data Visualization (Graphs)

Proficient in Microsoft Office Suite (Outlook, Word, PowerPoint).

Communication & Organization

Strong written and verbal communication skills.
Detail-oriented with solid time management and organizational skills.
Ability to work effectively in a team environment and independently.
This is an in-office position.

Financial Analysis

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TradeLane Properties

• 1-100 employees

Combining 75 years of experience, two publicly traded industrial REIT’s and decades of extensive value creation for shareholders, employees and customers, the TradeLane Properties founders have a proven track record of success.

With its roots in Chicago, North America’s transportation and logistics center, TradeLane Properties offers a concentrated market-based approach. Our knowledge of the city gives us an insider’s perspective on industrial real estate trends and data, from which TradeLane Properties hatches creative solutions and produces valued results.

Our goal? To build an industry leading real estate company via innovative solutions, customer service, continued integrity and transparency, and utilization of the same unique combination of entrepreneurial spirit and grounded fiduciary controls that have served us successfully to date.

We hope to grow your business alongside ours in Chicago today and to follow the trade lanes together to the next strategic market tomorrow.

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