Senior Analyst, Property Tax

Chicago, IL, United States

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.

The Senior Analyst, Real Estate Tax is responsible for assisting the Real Estate Tax team in all aspects of the property tax function for an assigned portfolio of properties, including appeal management, budget preparation, database maintenance, and various compliance responsibilities. They serve as an internal customer representative for property tax questions and requests, interface with third-party consultants, attorneys, and appraisers, and manage database applications for accounts payable and appeal tracking.

RESPONSIBILITIES:

Appeal Management

Help oversee property tax appeal management for an assigned portfolio of properties throughout the U.S., including working with third party service providers to ensure all properties are thoroughly reviewed and timely appealed and all filing related deadlines are met.

Perform property analyses as basis of comparison for third-party service provider appeal recommendations using various approaches to value as well as uniformity analyses.

Track, review, and process property tax refunds.

Review and process consultant invoices; maintain consultant invoice database.

Work with state and local officials to resolve ad hoc property tax matters.

Assist with research projects on topics including, but not limited to, jurisdiction tax policies, property re-parceling, and customer escalations.

Database Maintenance

Ensure assessment, appeal, and tax savings records are accurate, complete, and updated in internal database and appeal summaries on a timely basis.

Verify accuracy of tax information and provide additional research when necessary to ensure data integrity.

Assist with onboarding and offboarding of new properties to ensure all critical data is captured using transaction reports and closing materials.

Maintain accurate data in multiple database systems.

Provide tax bill review support as need to ensure all bills are processed timely and accurately.

Budgeting

Complete annual property tax budgets and re-forecasts for assigned portfolio of properties.

Update the budget and cash forecast file to ensure accuracy of all projections.

Assist with the preparation of budget and re-forecast reporting summaries.

Assist senior staff and the investments team with pre-acquisition property tax projections.

Compliance

Assist in personal property, abatement, and income and expense compliance administration.

Verify all mandatory forms are filed accurately and timely by outsourcing service providers.

Communication

Communicate with third-party service providers in various jurisdictions across the US., including distributing property/portfolio financial information, ensuring appeal and compliance deadlines are met, challenging appeal recommendations where appropriate, and obtaining guidance on budget assumptions.

Respond to internal teams’ property tax related questions and requests.

Assist with resolution of tax bill, assessment, and refund issues with internal team as well as local and state assessors, boards of review, and tax collectors.

Assist with various aspects of property tax function reporting.

QUALIFICATIONS:

Bachelors degree in Accounting, Business Administration, Finance, or related field

Minimum of 3-7 years’ experience in property tax consulting

Experience with property tax compliance, tax analysis and research

Database management experience

Knowledge of real estate tax operations

Strong organizational, multi-tasking, and follow up skills

Ability to work independently while also functioning as a team player

Detail-oriented and ability to communicate with internal and external customers on a professional level

Intermediate to advanced computer skills in Microsoft Office Suite

EEO Statement

The Company is an equal opportunity employer. In accordance with applicable law, we prohibit discrimination against any applicant, employee, or other covered person based on any legally recognized basis, including, but not limited to: veteran status, uniformed servicemember status, race, color, caste, immigration status, religion, religious creed (including religious dress and grooming practices), sex, gender, gender expression, gender identity, marital status, sexual orientation, pregnancy (including childbirth, lactation or related medical conditions), age, national origin or ancestry, citizenship, physical or mental disability, genetic information (including testing and characteristics), protected leave status, domestic violence victim status, or any other consideration protected by federal, state or local law. We are committed to providing reasonable accommodations, if you need an accommodation to complete the application process, please email [email protected].

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