Analyst, Retail Expansion – Property

• Build and maintain financial models for retail store networks, including sales forecasts, market profit and loss (P&L), capital expenditure (CAPEX), and return on investment (ROI).
• Gather, clean, reconcile, and validate sales, cost, labour, freight, property, and other client data.
• Analyse store performance and financial assumptions to support decisions about store locations and expansion plans.
• Maintain financial models, deal trackers, store audit templates, work schedules, and other inputs for the company's property platform.
• Upload and validate data, test model calculations and reports, identify issues, and coordinate fixes with the platform developer.
• Update forecasts with actual store performance once locations begin trading.
• Research shopping centres, landlords, rental terms, vacancies, potential franchise partners, and competing brands across Southeast Asia.
• Compare landlord offers and lease terms, including rent, service charges, incentives, fit-out periods, and other commercial conditions.
• Prepare meeting briefs, reports, presentations, meeting minutes, and action trackers for client and internal meetings.
• Support store development by collating drawings, specifications, contractor quotes, fit-out costs, and construction schedules.
• Track project milestones, budgets, procurement timelines, and long-lead items to help identify potential delays.
• Support property acquisition, development, and renovation feasibility models, budgets, cash flow forecasts, and project reporting when retail consulting work is quieter.
• Maintain consistent templates, documentation, and trackers across projects.
• Communicate clearly with stakeholders, follow up on outstanding inputs, and flag risks or delays early.

• 3–6 years of experience in financial analysis, financial planning and analysis (FP&A), property analysis, retail analytics, or a Big 4 or consulting analyst role.
• Advanced Excel skills, including financial modelling, scenario and sensitivity analysis, formula auditing, and error checking.
• Experience building, maintaining, and reviewing financial models, with the ability to explain assumptions and calculations clearly.
• Strong data analysis skills, including cleaning, reconciling, and combining information from multiple sources.
• Understanding of retail or property economics, including sales per square metre, gross profit, rent, occupancy costs, lease terms, and fit-out costs.
• Strong written and spoken English, with the ability to prepare clear, concise, client-ready reports.
• Excellent organisational and problem-solving skills, with the ability to manage multiple projects and deadlines.
• Ability to work independently, follow up on missing information, and communicate issues proactively.
• Comfortable collaborating remotely with stakeholders across different time zones.
• Experience with multi-site retailers, franchise businesses, shopping centre operators, property companies, or retail consulting.
• Familiarity with Southeast Asian markets, particularly the Philippines, Malaysia, Indonesia, or Singapore.
• Experience with project scheduling, Gantt charts, procurement tracking, or store development programmes.
• Working knowledge of Power BI, Power Query, or SQL.
• Experience supporting SaaS platform implementation, data migration, or system testing.
• Experience with store fit-outs, construction costs, property development feasibility, or an accounting qualification would also be advantageous.

• All roles are remote, allowing you to work from home