Title: Senior Manager - Real Estate Analytics
Duration: 8 months
Working hours: 37.5/week
Working Location: Toronto, ON (Hybrid - 2 days/week or 8 days/month)
 
Role Mandate:

• The Corporate Real Estate Finance team works cross-functionally with various teams to provide the business with financial support for real estate planning and transactions.
• We are looking for an experienced and collaborative Senior Manager, Real Estate Analytics to join our Finance team.
• This role is critical in supporting strategic decision-making across our real estate portfolio.
• The successful candidate will bring deep expertise in real estate accounting and financial analysis, along with strong coordination skills and ability to lead cross-functional initiatives.

Role Responsibilities:

• Receive requests from Real Estate including property information and lease terms.
• Use existing models to conduct financial analysis to review impact based on business.
• Work with the transaction team to assess the viability of strategies and execute new leases.
• Manage hand-off meetings when strategies are implemented to review outcome and financial variances.
• Lead the analysis of real estate assets, portfolios, and investments to support strategic planning and operational decisions.
• Interpret and ensure accurate financial reporting for real estate transactions in compliance with applicable accounting standards (e.g., IFRS, GAAP).
• Develop and maintain financial models to evaluate property performance, capital expenditures, and scenario analysis.
• Collaborate extensively with teams across controllership, transactions, project management and finance to consolidate insights and drive outcomes.
• Prepare executive-level presentations and reporting to support planning, performance monitoring and strategic initiatives.
• May network with industry contacts to gain competitive insights and best practices.
• Works with stakeholders to establish priorities.
• May own internal/external stakeholder relationships.
• Oversees the process to coordinate & analyze the financial and operational highlights of the business for reporting, planning and forecasting requirements.
• Influences and negotiates to achieve business objectives; ensures solutions are aligned with business and enterprise goals.
• Recommends and implements financial management solutions based on analysis of issues and implications for the business.
• Works with the business to align key performance indicators with financial forecasts/plans and initiatives.
• Assists in the development of strategic plans; assessment of opportunities; determines the financial impact of initiatives/strategic decisions.
• Identifies emerging issues and trends to inform decision-making.
• Breaks down strategic problems, and analyses data and information to provide Financial-related insights and recommendations.
• Acts as liaison between stakeholders in order to align agendas and ensure a clear understanding of the business context.
• Supports development and execution of strategic initiatives in collaboration with internal and external stakeholders.
• Builds change management plans of varying scope and type; leads or participates in a variety of change management activities including readiness assessments, planning, stakeholder management, execution, evaluation and sustainment of initiatives.
• Operates at a group/enterprise-wide level and serves as a specialist resource to senior leaders and stakeholders.
• Applies expertise and thinks creatively to address unique or ambiguous situations and to find solutions to problems that can be complex and non-routine.
• Implements changes in response to shifting trends.
• Broader work or accountabilities may be assigned as needed.

Team Structure:

• The selected contractor will work with another team member in Corporate Real Estate Finance to focus on running strategies and ad hoc requests.
• Two other team members focus on budgeting.
• The team is integrated with a variety of other bank teams and is very transparent and collaborative in nature. 

Must Have Skills:

• Typically possesses 7+ years of relevant experience and a post-secondary degree in a related field, or an equivalent combination of education and experience.
• Strong accounting background; flexible on seniority level depending on real estate experience.
• Proficient in data preparation, data analysis, and statistical tools, with advanced Excel skills.
• Collaborative and personable team player.
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills.
• Advanced analytical and problem-solving abilities.
• Strong collaboration and team skills, with a focus on cross-functional partnerships.
• Comfortable managing ambiguity in dynamic environments.
• Skilled in data-driven decision-making.

Nice to Have Skills:

• Experience in real estate accounting.
• Proficiency in data visualization tools, including Spotfire, Tableau, and Power BI.
• Background in banking and financial institutions.
• Accounting designation preferred.
• Advanced to expert-level Influence skills.

 

About Us: SPECTRAFORCE is one of the fastest-growing workforce solutions firms in the United States. As a diversity-owned business, we place human connection at the heart of everything we do, building strong relationships with both clients and candidates to fill roles successfully. Our teams in North and Central America and India serve more than 150 Fortune clients globally, leveraging custom AI technology to provide direct hire, executive search, nearshoring, offshoring, and project staffing solutions.
 
Benefits: SPECTRAFORCE offers a Group Registered Retirement Savings Plan (RRSP) Program to all eligible employees. We also offer an Employee Assistance Program (EAP) and an employee discount program, which provides exclusive access to thousands of discounts on travel, entertainment, and more. SPECTRAFORCE offers unpaid leave as well as paid sick leave, paid holidays, and paid vacation as required by law.

Equal Opportunity Employer: SPECTRAFORCE is an equal opportunity employer and does not discriminate against any employee or applicant based on race, national or ethnic origin, colour, religion, age, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, marital status, family status, genetic characteristics, disability, conviction for an offence for which a pardon has been granted or in respect of which a record suspension has been ordered, or any other prohibited grounds as identified by provincial or territorial law. Please contact Human Resources at LOA@spectraforce.com if you require reasonable accommodation. 


At SPECTRAFORCE, we are committed to maintaining a workplace that ensures fair compensation and wage transparency in adherence with all applicable state and local laws. This position’s starting pay is: $45.60/hr.