Financial Analyst

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Job Title
Financial Analyst


Job Description Summary
The selected candidate will support brokerage professionals providing corporate real estate services to local Toronto-based and multi-market private companies & public corporations.


This position will report into our Occupier Financial Advisory organization. The Financial Analyst maintains proprietary Excel models of market data and prepares financial comparisons for C&W’s brokerage, consulting and investment divisions. The role includes preparing financial analysis of the projected costs associated with lease renewals and relocations, involving the comparative assessment of various leasing alternatives, lease vs. ownership, build-to-suits, and own vs. sale/leaseback. The Analyst may also prepare investment analysis in relation to asset acquisitions and dispositions.


Job Description
Job Description:

• Prepares complex pre-tax cash flow analyses, lease comparisons, lease restructures, lease vs buy, acquisitions/dispositions, strategic real estate alternatives, subleases, sale leasebacks, cancellations/buyouts, relocations, build-to suits, and other strategic real estate alternatives
• Makes recommendations to brokers and other service line professionals
• Provides knowledge and analytical skills covering a broad range of real estate products and transactions structures including lease comparisons, lease restructures, lease vs buy, sale-leaseback’s, cancellations/buyouts, acquisitions/dispositions, strategic real estate alternatives, subleases, relocations, and build-to-suits
• Reads, abstracts and analyzes complex legal real estate related documentation to include leases, financing/loan agreements, mortgage documents, partnership agreements, and corporate financial statements for relevant financial information that will impact the assignment
• Prepares clear, concise, and presentation ready documentation and spreadsheets that support and explain the basis of the analyses for use ...