Financial Analyst/Project Associate
Company Profile: Biggins Lacy Shapiro & Company, LLC (“BLS”) is a leading consulting firm known for
its expertise in developing innovative public financing strategies that
influence corporate location decisions, and assisting companies and
institutions in redeveloping Brownfields and other surplus properties. Our work
focuses on the location strategies of global companies and the economic
development objectives of nations, states and cities. As such, our work deals with a range of
complex corporate and public policy issues that can make a difference in the
success of our diverse corporate clients and of their host communities.
BLS is adding to its research,
analytic and project management team to fuel growth and serve our diverse
corporate and public sector clients. The
preferred location for our new associate is Chicago, IL.
Position Description: BLS is seeking individuals who will work
as part of a team to prepare complex and sophisticated discounted cash flow and
other financial analyses to support strategy and transactions for a broad range
of real estate and other investment projects.
Our preferred new team member also will support the overall
implementation of economic development projects, including research,
negotiations, client presentations and project implementation. BLS team members
work in a fast-paced and strategy-oriented environment, with the opportunity to
cross-train across the full range of our consulting specialties, and work on
interesting and high-profile projects.
Job Responsibilities:
- Perform NPV analysis and cost comparisons (“gap analysis”)
- Quantify economic development incentive values and timing
- Gather necessary community and site data to analyze and/or
identify preferred properties including information on logistics, labor,
utilities, taxes and demographic data.
- Interact with economic development organizations,
utilities, government officials, property owners, real estate brokers and
others as needed to obtain the required data.
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Research economic development incentive
legislation and identify comparable past incentive transactions
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Assist in other administrative and marketing projects
as needed
Qualifications
The ideal candidates must have:
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Two to four years relevant experience as a
financial analyst, investment banking associate, appraiser, or other financial
analytic role in project finance or commercial real estate.
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Demonstrated competence in project and real
estate financial analysis (including discounted cash flows, IRRs, NPVs, debt
and equity structures) and, in particular, in-depth familiarity with financial
models in Excel.
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In addition, candidate should have solid working
knowledge of working knowledge of Microsoft Power Point and Project programs.
Additional software skills to be applied include commercial and open-source GIS
applications, such as ESRI or MapInfo.
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Strong organizational, written and oral
communication skills, attention to detail, creativity, initiative and ability
to multi-task in a fast-paced environment are essential. Experience in
commercial real estate, project finance or related fields is preferred.
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Undergraduate degree in business administration,
civil engineering, finance, public administration, real estate, urban planning,
accounting or a related field. MBA or
comparable advanced degree will be valuable but not required.
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Familiarity with related disciplines will be an
advantage – including state and local land use and development approvals,
market research and demographics.
BLS is ready to
train and develop talented people with strong work ethic, analytic curiosity
and focus on objectives.
CONTACT: Tracey Hyatt Bosman,
312-924-2490, tbosman@blsstrategies.com