D&c Retail Senior Strategic Planning and Analysis

**Responsibilities**:

- The Real Estate Mgmt Sr Manager supports the acquisition, disposition and restructuring of all Citi Corporate Real Estate interests globally.
- Supporting the development of long term Citi plans and strategies as well as short-term tactical real estate strategies for Citibank.
- Responsible for performing financial analysis of real estate alternatives to senior management in making informed decisions in the best interest of shareholders.
- Provide analytical support to Citi Realty Services (CRS) Regional seniors and to prepare appropriate Real Estate Project Expenditures Proposal (PEP) for senior management approval.
- Objective is to optimize portfolio utilization, to rationalize Citi real estate footprint for front and back office, to consolidate intra city premises, and to transfer to Center of Excellence (COE) and/or lower-cost Locations where appropriate.
- Perform real estate analysis and feasibility study from a cash flow and earnings perspective and integrate them with market research and outlook.
- Work with preferred real estate brokers in the collection of market data.
- Liaise with CRS local, and regional team as well as IT, Citi Security & Investigative Services (CSIS) and business partners to understand headcount, front and back office space requirements, citiworks implementation and to develop long term real estate strategies in various countries.
- Intensive research and data gathering for various transactions.
- Complex financial modelling of major strategic initiatives that may include strategic planning of Citi real estate portfolio.
- Utilizing Net Present Value (NPV) and payback analysis measures, as well as calculating US GAAP and tax impact, evaluate various real estate scenarios computing the impact to the corporation, the business units, and CRS.
- Ensure that assumptions used are reasonable and consistent with actual comparable costs, terms, and will withstand scrutiny. Build real estate and cost metrics.
- Metrics will be reviewed to track key internal performance index and trending of cost reduction efforts.
- Ensure analysis accurately reflects compliance with CRS A&P Manual and Corporate Accounting Policies (with respect to capitalization policies, sublease loss reserve accounting treatment, etc.), and that regulatory and tax issues are identifies and surfaced on a timely basis.
- Review and Prepare Real Estate Project Expenditure Proposals in compliance with Citi’s PEP Policy as required.
- Prepare presentation decks of real estate alternatives with short term and long term financial impact.
- Deliver accurate and timely reports to regional and/or division management.

**Qualifications**:

- 6-10 years relevant experience
- Exeperience in global real estate industry and in analytic fields Excellent analytical, communication, and PC skills with emphasis on excel spreadsheets and pivot tables Experience in developing complex financial models Proficiency in Microsoft Office (Word, advanced PowerPoint, basic-intermediate Excel, basic Access) Efficient and effective working under pressure and deadlines. Ability to interact effectively with all levels of management and with various functional experts Organization & communication ability. Demonstrate strategic planning and change management. Writing, graphic and presentation skills

**Education**:

- Bachelors degree, potentially Masters degree

This job description provides a high-level review of the types of work performed. Other job-related duties may be assigned as required.

***THIS POSITION BELONGS TO THE DESIGN AND CONSTRUCTION RETAIL TEAM.**

**KEY RESPONSIBILITIES**

The role requires a thorough understanding of Program Management and passion for the optimization of processes, continuous improvement, and strategic risk analysis criteria. The primary objective of the role is to drive solutions and analysis to manage the Retail portfolio, by overseeing the administrative, compliance and management of information processes. As so to identify risks and propose on-time action plans.
- Creation, analysis, and validation of Management and Internal Reports (MOR, Weekly, Business Office Report and other critical presentations). Some of these reports have internal information not for outsourcing knowledge.
- Management of compliance Metrics as CAP’s Closures and tasks follow up. Knowledge and study of existing CAP’s to generate strategies by analyzing if the existing processes and templates are obeying the CAP’s needs to avoid non-compliance. Internal information not for outsourcing knowledge.
- Compliance support between the GCO and CRS, looking for the needs and areas of opportunity by reviewing the whole process (End to End Process) by using Lean Process and Waste Analysis tools and improving these processes and its templates. This End-to-End Process Deck must be updated and reviewed constantly.
- Follow up on the GCO Metrics as the GCO Program Tracker, GCO Monthly Report, Re-baselines, Exceptions a