Real Estate Strategy and Execution Analyst

Daily activities

The successful applicant is an individual contributor who will develop and drive to closure decisions on complex end to end strategic business cases for the company’s real estate portfolio. This includes validation of the overall feasibility at the Nokia level to changes in real estate locations while taking into consideration Business Group and Central Functions requirements. Once the strategic business cases are approved, the individual would continue to work with the Real Estate market teams on these complex cases to remove barriers that impede execution.

Main responsibilities

• Works closely inside Real Estate team with Markets and Global Functions to identify potential opportunities that could have a significant contribution to the Nokia real estate landscape
• Gathers applicable Nokia business and real estate data to develop required quantitative and qualitative analysis to build financial models for proposals
• Leads analysis of data cross-functionally to develop the end to end business cases, working with Business Groups and Central functions with a focus on Nokia’s overall interest
• Routinely presents results of financial modeling and analysis and acts as a though partner to Real Estate, Business Groups, and Corporate Functions
• Gains broad company agreement on the business cases, actively contributing to shaping Nokia’s real estate footprint
• Works with the Market teams in business case execution with a focus on removing organizational roadblocks

Our expectations:

• Minimum of 5 years of work experience in a relevant field
• Significant experience developing complex business cases, ideally in the field of corporate real estate
• Strong ability to communicate at multiple levels within the organization, including the executive level
• Results driven individual with experience managing complexity across a diverse set of environments
• Ability to communicate ideas effectively through negotiation and presentation skills
• Possesses both a strategic and execution mindset, critical thinking and strategic problem-solving skills
• Effectively prioritizes tasks, balancing multiple work streams / projects simultaneously
• Continuously meets strict deadlines, while requiring others to do the same, and producing high quality deliverables
• Superior writing and interpersonal skills; Fluency in English
• Highly proficient in Microsoft PowerPoint, Excel, and other relevant technologies
• As obtained an MBA or equivalent degree
• PMP certification would be desirable