Principal Business Analyst - Accounting, Treasury, People & Culture

Link Logistics Real Estate ("Link") is a leading operator of last-mile logistics real estate. Established by Blackstone in 2019, the company connects consumption, technology, and the supply chain across its portfolio, which spans more than half a billion square feet. With more than 5 percent of U.S. GDP flowing through our spaces, we leverage our scale, proprietary data and insights, and foundational focus on sustainability to drive success for our customers' businesses and deliver value for our stakeholders. Link Logistics strives to be the most equitable and inclusive industrial real estate company in the business. We put our people, customers, and communities first and find ways to make a conscious, positive impact where we live and work, prioritizing diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI) across our workforce to deliver an optimal employee experience. Every day, we work to reinvent and lead our industry forward by thinking bigger and challenging the status quo.

Because we believe that good business must be synonymous with doing good, strong environmental, social and governance practices are foundational to our identity as a firm. These practices include setting ambitious goals to combat climate change, partnering with local nonprofits, and prioritizing internal diversity, equity, and inclusion efforts. We seek to use our position, ideas, and influence to drive progress in our industry and the wider world. At Link, we give our customers space to grow-and we give people space to grow, too.

Link Logistics is seeking an experienced Principal Business Analyst to support product management functions for our Accounting, Treasury and People & Culture teams. This role involves working on product development, system implementation, and platform operations projects. The business analyst will serve as the primary liaison between the Accounting, Treasury, People & Culture and Technology teams. Key responsibilities include defining new product features, configuring and customizing SaaS platforms, and specifying multi-system integration requirements. Additionally, the business analyst will contribute to the product management team by providing input and ideas for both short- and long-term product roadmaps.

WHO YOU ARE:

• Knowledgeable & Analytical. Your background includes a combination of Accounting/Finance/Treasury and Technology and you are comfortable with financial concepts, specifically the routines related to a full cycle monthly close in the real estate industry. You're skilled at gathering requirements, data collection & analysis, problem solving, process documentation, and identifying areas for improvement.

• Technology Skills. You've got a solid proficiency in writing SQL queries. You're also comfortable working with relational database concepts and have a knack for quickly mastering new software. You're familiar with how data can flow between systems via integrations/APIs.

• Business Liaison. You're comfortable collaborating with business partners and third-party vendors to gather needs, review viable solutions, test new functionality, and track post-implementation results.

• Strong Communicator. You proactively and consistently communicate to keep your stakeholders apprised of status and you demonstrate your ability to interact with all levels both within and outside the organization. By delivering clear communication, you help to ensure that projects stay on time, deliverables meet budget, and key stakeholders are aware of project statuses.

• Passionate. You are driven by our Core Competencies: Customer Focus, Instills Trust, Collaborates, and Drives Results. You are resourceful, ask smart questions, challenge the status quo, and regularly seek to understand.

WHAT YOU'LL DO:

• Work closely with teammates and business partners to lead conversations to analyze and document business requirements for projects and software customizations or configurations. You'll then translate those business requirements into technical requirements for implementation.

• Deliver proactive communication on status, timing, and deliverables to your team and business partners.

• Implement new technology and evaluate upgrades. You'll present new features to business partners, test new functionality, and assist with the creation of training documentation.

• Manage an application including documenting the backlog requests, reviewing priorities with business partners, gathering requirements and creating test cases for backlog.

• Document data relationships and write basic SQL statements. You'll analyze and compare datasets and look for trends, issues, or areas for improvement.

• Implement and manage standard testing procedures for system changes. Create, review and execute test plans and validate that it meets the business and technical requirements. Responsible for proper tracking of test results.

• Provide assistance to Tech Support to review issues reported from users. Compare data from multiple sources to reconcile discrepancies, determine cause of errors and establish procedures to correct them.

• Develop and maintain testing, training and product support materials.

• Challenge the status quo. Be willing to look at processes with fresh eyes and questions on whether there's a better way.

• Coordinate customer input and feedback activities, including steering committees, user groups, and ongoing communication.

QUALIFICATIONS:

• A Bachelor's degree with an emphasis in Business, Accounting, Finance, or Computer Science with previous business analysis and/or project management experience is preferred.

• 7-10 years relevant Accounting/Finance/Treasury/Human Capital Management, business analysis and/or consulting work in related fields is highly preferred.

• Key competencies: requirements gathering, data analysis, conceptual thinking, problem solving, customer focus, managing work efficiently, relationship management, strong written and verbal communication skills.

• Experience in managing simultaneous complex tasks from inception to successful completion

• Familiarity with Yardi, real estate technology, human capital management technology, business intelligence platforms, data warehouse technology, enterprise integration architecture, and analytical reporting tools and concepts

$135,000 - $150,000 represents the presently anticipated base compensation pay range for this position at Link. Actual pay may vary based on various factors, including but not limited to location and experience.

Link provides a variety of benefits to employees, including health insurance coverage, retirement savings plan, paid holidays, paid time off.

The direct compensation and benefits described above are subject to the terms and conditions of any governing plans, policies, practices, agreements, or other materials or documents as in effect from time to time, including but not limited to terms and conditions regarding eligibility.

EEO Statement

The Company is an equal opportunity employer. In accordance with applicable law, we prohibit discrimination against any applicant, employee, or other covered person based on any legally recognized basis, including, but not limited to: veteran status, uniformed servicemember status, race, color, caste, immigration status, religion, religious creed (including religious dress and grooming practices), sex, gender, gender expression, gender identity, marital status, sexual orientation, pregnancy (including childbirth, lactation or related medical conditions), age, national origin or ancestry, citizenship, physical or mental disability, genetic information (including testing and characteristics), protected leave status, domestic violence victim status, or any other consideration protected by federal, state or local law. We are committed to providing reasonable accommodations, if you need an accommodation to complete the application process, please email People@linklogistics.com.