Senior Research Analyst

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Why Colliers?

Our enterprising environment needs your expertise to facilitate Colliers’ continued growth as an industry leader. Our nimble, decentralized culture can provide you with a wealth of opportunities to learn about our business and quickly gain experience to accelerate your career.

The Senior Research Analyst provides a range of research and analytical services to support the sales and marketing efforts of the retail brokerage team.  Primarily, the Senior Research Analyst is responsible for tracking and updating proprietary retail market data, producing high quality market publications, research papers and Requests for Proposals, including the collection, analysis and write-up of market data and proposal content; in addition to assisting other senior researchers, brokers, and marketing staff in support of ongoing and ad hoc research projects.

In this role, you will…

• Manage the preparation of quarterly market reports, research publications, market commentary and forecasts, and various materials including presentations, market reports, white papers, opinion pieces, research studies, ad hoc reports, and special reports as needed.
• Plans, writes, and edits client-specific responses to Request for Proposals including the preparation of new content and gathering existing proposal content, as well as researching and resolving complex issues for customized new business development pursuits.
• Apply critical thinking and market knowledge to assist with unique client-specific research requests such as strategic planning, portfolio reviews, and highest and best use analyses.
• Responsible for collection, maintenance, and preparation of data required for writing quarterly statistical reports. Compiles and writes quarterly market reports, statistics, graphs, and charts. Additional report, article and forecast writing.
• Assist brokers with pitches and listing presentations by providing market analysis, statistics, and direct research support.
• Summarize and communicate analytic findings, insights and recommendations via executive-level summary documents and presentations.
• Utilize database knowledge and data manipulation / query tools to track market activity and maintain databases using internal and external resources.  Provide company and industry research using on-line, third-party and in-house resources.
• Read and collect relevant articles from newspapers, business magazines and on-line resources and forward to interested parties.
• Actively look for ways to improve efficiency, capability and/or quality of research processes and deliverables.
• Represent local retail research staff in regional research calls. Provide research representation and expertise in client meetings/presentations and educate and train others on the team’s capabilities.
• Internally communicate and promote Colliers research resources and capabilities to the brokers.
• Coordinate and direct the local support of national research projects on an as-needed basis.

What you bring

• Undergraduate degree required. Real Estate or Business post-secondary is an asset.
• A minimum of 3 years’ experience in a research role, industry experience an asset.
• Advanced proficiency in MS Office (MS Word, MS Excel, MS PowerPoint, and Outlook).
• Able to calculate and analyze key metrics and indicators (vacancy, absorption, inventory, deliveries, cap rates, etc.).
• Strong research and analytical skills. Experience preparing and writing research reports and/or proposals.
• Strong written and verbal communication skills.
• A strong work ethic and the ability to work as a team player.
• Advanced skillset tracking and updating multiple sets of data via Excel, Smartsheet, Access, etc.
• Resourceful, attention to detail, and strong organizational skills including the ability to multi-task, prioritize efficiently, meet tight deadlines and coordinate deadlines and responsibilities with multiple groups in projects.

Bonus skills and experience

• Commercial real estate experience
• Knowledge of intermediate MS Excel functions such as Pivot Tables and VLOOKUP’s
• Proficiency in Mapping/GIS Software
• Knowledge of/experience with resources such as: CoStar, Lightcast Labor Data, Placer.ai, ZoomInfo and MSCI (formerly known as Real Capital Analytics).
• Experience with AI tools such as Microsoft Copilot
• Familiarity with the NYC retail market

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