Director, Modeling

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Our Company

At Brookfield Properties, the foundation of our success is firmly rooted in our people.

Our company is comprised of experts across a range of specialties who share a goal of ensuring our properties are continuously evolving to meet the needs of our communities and stakeholders. To meet this goal, we hire visionary, entrepreneurial talent who help us innovate and enhance our business. We build collaborative teams who value integrity, creativity and diversity.

Our teams operate an iconic portfolio of irreplaceable properties within the world’s most dynamic markets. As one of the largest real estate services companies, we provide management and development expertise exclusively for properties owned by Brookfield Asset Management.

Job Description

Data & Analytics is a cross functional team with a focus on digital transformation across the Brookfield Real Estate Group. This highly visible team drives a broad portfolio of strategic initiatives to build scalable, end-to-end solutions that optimize the use of enterprise data assets. The Data Analytics team interacts and collaborates with business/functional leads and their teams across the organization.

We are looking for a Manager/Director to join the fast-growing Modeling team as a lead in our modeling analytics space with an emphasis on Anaplan-based solutions. The role is a key member of the Data Analytics team and will report to the VP of Modeling, working to design and guide the implementation of modeling architecture to shape our digital transformation strategy and deliver high impact projects. As a Modeling Lead, you will partner with the business stakeholders to translate business challenges into technical requirements, propose and deliver solutions through scalable technology innovation and process improvement.

Responsibilities 

• Build partnership with business stakeholders to gain in-depth knowledge of business plan and key business processes; collaborate with stakeholders to identify business challenges and inefficient processes
• Lead end-to-end technology implementation – requirement gathering, solution design, UAT and change management
• Champion creativity, continuous delivery, and build a culture of innovation
• Assume ownership of existing technologies and evaluate emerging technologies and solutions for applicability to business needs; present business cases for evaluation and lead prototyping or POCs to validate expected value
• Work closely with the user community to understand their needs and reflect that in strategic solution design
• Manage, mentor and develop junior team members
• Manage third-party consultants and contractors in the delivery of models and data projects.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Information Technology, Business, Finance or equivalent practical experience
• At least 4 years of digital implementation experience across complex solutions with at least 2 years in Anaplan
• Anaplan model builder certification
• Experience in Financial Services, Real Estate, Private Equity industries
• Anaplan Solution Architect certification, Master Anaplanner Certification
• High level of business acumen. Ability to speak in non-technical terms and translate complex problems in business terms
• Knowledge of agile methodologies and the Software Development Life Cycle
• Experience with other BI and Integration tools
• Possesses a desire to teach, and mentor others while also making significant individual contributions
• Experience in managing third-party consultants and contractors
• Strong communication and presentation skills
• Solid relationship management skills