Financial Analyst**Job Description Summary**
Responsible for the day\-to\-day transaction management of a portfolio of properties on behalf of one or more national and/or global corporate services clients**Job Description**
- *About the Role:**
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- Develop, maintain, and refine **transaction‑level financial models** supporting lease acquisitions, renewals, restructures, assignments, and dispositions within the IBM GRE portfolio
- Perform **scenario analysis and option evaluation** (stay vs. relocate, renew vs. exit, restructure scenarios) to quantify cost, risk, and capital impact
- Analyze **cash flows**, comparing base case vs. projected scenarios; calculate **NPV, IRR, and payback metrics** in line with GRE decision frameworks
- Prepare **market and financial comparables** to support lease negotiations, acquisitions, and disposition strategies led by Transaction Managers
- Support **annual budgeting, forecasting, and variance analysis** for the IBM commercial real estate portfolio
- Produce **financial decks, executive summaries, and insights** for reviews with IBM GRE leadership and account governance forums
- Partner with **Transaction Managers** to identify financial inputs required to drive optimal transaction outcomes
- Work closely with the **Account Director** to support recurring and ad‑hoc reporting requirements
- Collaborate with **internal C\&W service lines** and **client stakeholders** to ensure alignment between transaction strategy and financial outcomes
- Provide financial input into **projects, initiatives, and ad‑hoc S\&T assignments** as required
- Maintain accurate and auditable **portfolio, lease, and transaction financial records** in line with account governance standards
- *About you:**
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- Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in **Finance, Accounting, Economics, or a related discipline**
- **1–2 years of experience** in financial analysis, transaction advisory, or commercial real estate support roles
- Advanced proficiency in **MS Excel**, including complex formulas and financial modelling techniques
- Working knowledge of **India commercial real estate markets** and lease structures
- Strong **analytical, communication, and stakeholder‑management skills**, with the ability to convert financial analysis into actionable insights
- Comfortable operating in a **client‑facing, account‑driven environment** supporting enterprise‑level portfolios
- *Why join Cushman \& Wakefield?**
As one of the leading global real estate services firms transforming the way people work, shop and live working at Cushman \& Wakefield means you will benefit from;
- Being part of a growing global company;
- Career development and a promote from within culture;
- An organisation committed to Diversity and Inclusion
We're committed to providing work\-life balance for our people in an inclusive, rewarding environment.
We achieve this by providing a flexible and agile work environment by focusing on technology and autonomy to help our people achieve their career ambitions. We focus on career progression and foster a promotion from within culture, leveraging global opportunities to ensure we retain our top talent. We encourage continuous learning and development opportunities to develop personal, professional and technical capabilities, and we reward with a comprehensive employee benefits program.
- *We have a vision of the future, where people simply belong.**
- That's why we support and celebrate inclusive causes, not just on days of recognition throughout the year, but every day. We embrace diversity across race, colour, religion, sex, national origin, sexual orientation, gender identity or persons with disabilities or protected veteran status.*
- We ensure DEI is part of our DNA as a global community \- it means we go way beyond than just talking about it \- we live it. If you want to live it too, join us.*
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