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.