Transaction Analyst

Job description

About JLL –

We’re JLL. We’re a professional services and investment management firm specializing in real estate. As a Fortune 500 company, we help real estate owners, occupiers and investors achieve their business ambitions. We have nearly 300 corporate offices across 80 countries, with a team of more than 86,000 individuals.

If you’re looking to step up your career, JLL is the perfect professional home. With us, you’ll have a chance to innovate with the world’s leading businesses, put that expertise into action on landmark projects, and work on game-changing real estate initiatives. You’ll also make long-lasting professional connections and be inspired by the best. We’re focused on opportunity and want to help you make the most of yours. Achieve your ambitions—join us at JLL!

What this job involves

We are seeking an Transaction Management Analyst to join a high-volume and successful brokerage sales team in our Chicago office to provide high level support often handling a large amount of details relating to confidential complex real estate transactions. Primary responsibilities will be to support tenant representation brokers and help manage deal transactions, customize marketing materials, client interaction, new business activities, and moderate financial management.

ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS

·  Perform financial analyses, including cash flow projections with complex lease and financing structures, and sensitivity analyses.
·  Create Excel-based analytical tools including macro-enabled financial models.
·  Assist with the preparations of presentation and pitch materials for new business pursuits.
·  Assist with preparation of client deliverables and presentations which influence and provide impact for the client.
·  Gather and evaluate economic, demographic and real estate market data for input into client deliverables and valuation models.
·  Read and review real estate documents (i.e. leases, environmental and engineering reports, appraisals, etc.) and prepare abstract reports for clients and prospective clients.
·  Organize historical client contact/activity.
·  Client interaction and engagement
·  Point of contact for tracking, management, reporting.

OPERATIONAL RESPONSIBILITIES

·  Prepare documents including Request for Proposals, Letters of Intent, customer and prospect correspondence, reports, account invoices, etc. with direction from brokers and/or knowledge of company policies, procedures and best practices
·  Create and edit presentations, tour books, and client deliverables for prospect/client meetings with Adobe InDesign and Microsoft Software
·  Assist with gathering research information and completing market surveys, including gathering building information, maps and pictures, CoStar data, and building tour books and surveys
·  Assist on team mapping needs and coordinate with GIS team to provide custom client map deliverables
·  Organize and participate in periodic client team meetings and/or calls
·  Update and maintain company Contact Relationship Management database to track prospects, clients and deal information
·  Process deal file paperwork, gather and label required documents, obtain necessary approvals
·  Manage all listings on brokerage listing services including CoStar
·  Create and maintain building stack sheets in Excel
·  Building commission calculations for each deal to create invoices

MARKETING AND RESEARCH TASKS

·  Assist in the preparation to produce large marketing presentations through PowerPoint, often with a short lead-time and in conjunction with the marketing team
·  Support the marketing team in the preparation of flyers, brochures and email distributions
·  Gather building information and comp information via Costar and internal database

Sound like you? To apply you need:

EDUCATION AND EXPERIENCE

·  Bachelor's degree preferred
·  Excellent academic credentials
·  1 – 3 years of experience in commercial real estate

 CERTIFICATIONS AND LICENSES KNOWLEDGE, SKILLS, AND ABILITIES

·  Ability to multitask - Strong ability to multi-task with multiple projects and deadlines in a “high-volume” fast paced environment
·  Time management - Ability to manage time well and be self-motivated, without direct supervision
·  Strong verbal and written communication - Able to provide ongoing input and updates to team through thoughtful and detailed information
·  Analyze qualitative and quantitative information
·  Self-motivating with a willingness to work 50 plus hours a week
·  Work successfully under pressure; resourceful self-starter
·  Computer proficiency (Excel, PowerPoint, Word, Adobe Creative Suite)
·  Strong proofreading and editing abilities
· 
Current real estate license or plan on obtaining upon hire

What you can expect from us

We’re an entrepreneurial, inclusive culture. We succeed together—across the desk and around the globe. We believe the best inspire the best, so we invest in supporting each other, learning together and celebrating our success.

Our Total Rewards program reflects our commitment to helping you achieve your ambitions in career, recognition, well-being, benefits and pay. We’ll offer you a competitive salary and benefits package.

With us, you’ll develop your strengths and enjoy a career full of varied experiences. We can’t wait to see where your ambitions take you at JLL.

Apply today!

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