Link Logistics Real Estate Looking for Manager, Operations, Finance & Planning at Fort Washington, PA, United States Full Time

Job Description

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Link Logistics Real Estate (“Link”) is an industrial real estate operating platform owned by Blackstone. Link currently manages a national portfolio of high-quality, well-located industrial assets totaling over 400 million square feet throughout the United States, with approximately $1.5B in the development pipeline. Established by Blackstone in 2019 as a best-in-class logistics real estate operating platform, Link brings customers the highest quality logistics portfolio, operating at the highest standard. The company’s properties are at the center of the modern supply chain, helping its customers move products faster and more efficiently than ever before. Link’s real estate investment business operates a diverse portfolio, including an unsurpassed selection of last-mile facilities in highly sought-after urban infill locations.

Blackstone is a global leader in real estate investing. Blackstone’s real estate business was founded in 1991 and has $174B of investor capital under management. The company is one of the world’s largest property owners, owning and operating assets across every major geography and sector, including logistics, multifamily, and single-family housing, office, hospitality, and retail.

The Financial Planning Operations Manager is responsible for developing, coordinating, and executing the annual budgeting, reforecasting and accrual processes related to operating expenses, real estate taxes, property insurance and property capital for the property operations organization. This position is also the finance project lead responsible for coordinating with FP&A, Property Accounting, Construction Operations, and other disciplines within the organization to facilitate accurate and efficient property level financial planning. Position reports to the Senior Manager, Operations and Analytics.
RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Annual OPEX Budgeting: Act as main point of contact for the coordination, completion, and submittal of the overall operating expense budgeting process by the property management department.
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  Annual Capital Budgeting: Act as the main point of contact between construction operations and property management for the coordination, completion, and submittal of the overall operating capital budget.
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  Quarterly Reforecasting: Coordinate with the FP&A/accounting team to execute the quarterly operating expense and property capital reforecasting process.
• Real Estate Tax/Property Insurance Budgeting: Coordinate with Corporate Services, third-party partners and internal LINK employees to obtain Insurance and Real Estate Tax projections and allocate per property as well as provide guidance for future expense inflation periods.
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  General & Administrative Budgeting: Act as the main point of contact for general and administrative budgeting related to office locations, office supplies, and related items.
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  Property Operations Financial Reporting: Organize monthly, quarterly, and annual financial reporting related to budget to actual variances for operating expenses, real estate taxes and property insurance.
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  Property Expense Accruals: Act as main point of contact for the coordination and collection of property level expense accruals
• Special Projects: Work with FP&A, Accounting, and IT to streamline the overall budgeting process, and to procure necessary tools to facilitate efficient budgeting from the property operations team.

QUALIFICATIONS:

• 4+ years of experience with property level financial planning and reporting
• Demonstrate ability to manage budgets and reporting.
• Experience handling capital and tenant improvement projects.
• Proficiency in MS Office. Experience with Yardi strongly preferred.
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills.
• Ability to interpret documents such as leases, safety rules, plans and specifications, operating and maintenance instructions, and procedures manuals.
• Ability to speak effectively before tenants or employees of organization.
• Self-motivation, determination, and initiative in a team environment.
• Demonstrate a high attention to detail.
• Ability to multi-task effectively in a fast-paced work environment.
• BA or BS in Finance, Real Estate, Business Management preferred.

PHYSICAL DEMANDS

Nature of work requires an ability to effectively communicate and exchange information, collect, compile and prepare work documents operating standard business office equipment.

WORKING CONDITIONS

Work performed in a general office environment. May require extended hours during peak periods.

EEO Statement
Our company is proud to be an equal opportunity employer. We celebrate diversity and are committed to creating an inclusive environment for all employees. Our employment decisions are based on individual qualifications, job requirements and business needs without regard to race, color, marital status, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity and/or expression, age, religion, disability, citizenship status, national origin, pregnancy, veteran status and or any other legally protected characteristics. We are committed to providing reasonable accommodations, if you need an accommodation to complete the application process, please email [email protected]

Covid Policy

Link complies with all applicable employment and other laws. At request of many of its customers and on recommendation of public health authorities, Link seeks to hire employees who are “fully vaccinated” against COVID-19, as defined by the CDC, and requires proof of vaccination status as a condition to employment subject to applicable federal, state, and local legal requirements. Applicants and employees may request an accommodation for an exemption from the vaccination requirement if available under applicable law, including for persons with disabilities, medical conditions, sincerely held religious beliefs or any other basis required under federal, state, or local law.

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