About the Role
The Senior Analyst will be a key member of Digital Realty's Global Hyperscale Team (GHT), responsible for executing the global hyperscale investment strategy, including leasing and development initiatives. This role supports hyperscale portfolio growth through comprehensive financial analysis and cross-functional collaboration, partnering with various stakeholders to gather market insights, evaluate investment opportunities, and build data-driven business cases for strategic decision-making.
Responsibilities
- Underwrite deal economics and perform detailed financial analysis of prospective hyperscale leases and build-to-suit developments.
- Partner with the VP of Acquisitions and VP of GHT on underwriting and evaluating potential transactions and investments.
- Complete comprehensive lease abstracts summarizing critical terms and track deal trends.
- Build and maintain a hyperscale market information database tracking executed deal terms, development pipelines, construction and operating budgets, market refresh data, and leasing activity.
- Contribute to Investment Committee requests supporting deal approval and capital allocations.
- Respond quickly to unexpected issues and shifting priorities using sound judgment and understanding of company policies and compliance requirements.
- Produce ad hoc reports and support broader investment-related initiatives as needed.
- Work independently to complete underwriting, financial modeling, and analysis within required timelines.
- Manage multiple deliverables concurrently, ensuring effective prioritization and strong attention to detail.
Requirements
- 8+ years of experience in finance or commercial real estate.
- Bachelor’s degree with a strong academic record.
- Advanced proficiency in Excel.
- Argus proficiency is preferred.
- Ability to independently gather information and complete underwriting in a timely manner.
- Strong ability to prioritize and manage multiple assignments.
- Solid understanding of real estate finance fundamentals, including discounted cash flow modeling and financial reporting.
- Working knowledge of Yardi and Excel-based financial modeling.
- Strong written, verbal, and presentation communication skills.
- A collaborative team mindset with enthusiasm to learn and adapt.
- Ability to think strategically, analyze data sets, and produce thoughtful, detailed analysis.
- Exceptional organizational skills and a high level of attention to detail.
- Ability to operate in a fast-paced, deadline-driven environment with a strong sense of urgency.
- Flexibility, initiative, and willingness to exceed expectations.
- Ability to quickly learn and master new software tools.
- Openness to receiving and applying constructive feedback.
- Willingness to travel periodically for training or site visits as needed.
Skills
- Advanced Excel proficiency
- Argus proficiency
- Real estate finance fundamentals
- Discounted cash flow modeling
- Financial reporting
- Yardi knowledge
- Excel-based financial modeling
- Written communication
- Verbal communication
- Presentation communication
- Strategic thinking
- Data analysis
- Organizational skills
- Attention to detail
- Software tool mastery
Location
- New York, NY
- Boston, MA
- Dallas, TX
- Austin, TX
- San Francisco, CA
Work Type
- Full-time
Experience Level
- 8+ years of experience
Education Level
- Bachelor’s degree
Salary/Compensations
- $120,000 - $170,000 annually
Benefits
- Medical insurance
- Dental insurance
- Vision insurance
- Life and AD&D insurance
- 401(k) match
- Disability benefits
- Wellness benefits
- Education benefits
- Employee stock purchase plan
- Paid time off
- Holidays
About the Company
- Digital Realty brings companies and data together by delivering the full spectrum of data center, colocation, and interconnection solutions.
- PlatformDIGITAL®, the company’s global data center platform, provides customers with a secure data meeting place and a proven Pervasive Datacenter Architecture (PDx®) solution methodology for powering innovation and efficiently managing Data Gravity challenges.
- Digital Realty gives its customers access to connected data communities with a global data center footprint of 300+ facilities in 50+ metros across 25+ countries on six continents.
