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LKQ Corporation · 2 months ago

Sr Real Estate Analyst

3102 Nashville, TN - Regional

Full-time

Hybrid

Senior Level

5+ years exp

LKQ Corporation is seeking a Senior Real Estate Analyst to join their Corporate Real Estate team. This role involves managing portfolio data systems, supporting transaction execution, and delivering strategic insights across North America while ensuring data integrity and alignment with operational priorities.

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Responsibilities

Assist with full-cycle deal execution, including site selection, financial modeling, documentation, and coordination with internal and external stakeholders

Maintain and optimize the real estate platforms (LeaseQuery, Finance360, SharePoint, CBRE tools), ensuring data accuracy and accessibility for reporting and compliance

Enforce documentation standards, decision logs, and audit trails to support internal controls and portfolio transparency

Partner with CBRE to manage deal milestones, mitigate risk, and ensure timely execution across the transaction pipeline

Develop analytics and presentation materials for capital planning, transaction strategy, and leadership briefings

Collaborate with Finance, Supply Chain, Lease Administration, and Business Units to integrate real estate decisions with broader operational goals

Maintain records related to lease payments, facility issues, and landlord communications, ensuring consistency across systems

Support special initiatives that reinforce process rigor, portfolio governance, and internal communication standards

Assumes other duties as assigned

Qualification

Real estate analyticsFinancial modelingExcel proficiencyTableauData managementCommunication skillsProblem-solvingProject management

Required

Bachelor's Degree required

5+ years of experience in real estate analytics, operations, or transaction management (industrial sector preferred)

Preferred

Advanced proficiency in Excel (pivot tables, lookups, modeling; VBA/macros a plus) and Tableau

Proven success managing structured data and deal flow across systems and departments

Ability to add, subtract, multiply, and divide in all units of measure, using whole numbers, common fractions, and decimals

Ability to compute rates, ratios, and percentages and to draw and interpret graphs

Frequent use of Outlook, Word, Excel, graphics, etc

Ability to create, maintain, and incorporate functions into Word documents, Excel spreadsheets, databases, and PowerPoint presentations to support business objectives

Regularly uses moderately complex oral and written skills

May train others in functional areas, interact with colleagues, and deliver presentations to departmental or middle management

Problems are varied and complex, requiring analysis or interpretation of the situation

Problems are solved using knowledge and skills, general precedents, and practices

Decisions generally affect one's job or the assigned functional area

Results are defined; sets personal goals and determines how to achieve results with few or no guidelines to follow

Supervisor/manager provides broad guidance and overall direction

Handle multiple tasks or projects simultaneously with moderate complexity