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Analyst, Financial Planning & Analysis (Corporate)

Who We Are

Core Spaces (Core) is more than a real estate company, it’s a people company. Where building relationships is just as important as building properties. From researchers and architects to designers and operators, Core is made up of risk takers and dreamers who are on a mission to invent the future of living. Our six cultural values guide us every day and we strive to live them in everything we do: PUSH (Invent Better Places to Live), GRIT (We Got This), LIFT (Help Each Other Win), SHINE (Bring Your Full Self), UPHOLD (Never Break Trust), GROW (Always Get Better). Everything Core does stems from this culture of collaboration and innovation, and the drive to constantly improve the resident experience. This unique approach has led to creating spaces and services that are redefining the way people live.

What We Do

Founded in 2010, Core is a vertically integrated company, focused on acquiring, developing, and managing across the student housing and build-to-rent (“BTR”) sectors. Its residential communities feature world-class amenities, progressive design, and hospitality-driven client service. In its award-winning student portfolio, Core currently owns and/or manages over 45,000 beds – and has a pipeline of over 49,000 beds in various stages of development. Core's BTR division currently has approximately 4,000 homes under development and in its pipeline in high growth metros across the country. * For more information, visit www.corespaces.com.

*Portfolio and pipeline numbers as of Q2 2025

Benefits That Matter

• A culture that provides you with a sense of belonging
• Hybrid and remote work options to promote work-life balance
• Competitive pay that values your contributions
• Annual incentive to reward your achievements
• Generous PTO to disconnect or celebrate life milestones
• Paid 15 holidays, including your birthday, to disconnect and celebrate
• Paid Parental Leave that begins after 90 days
• Paid volunteer time off to give back to your community
• Monthly workshop weeks; fewer meetings & more collaboration
• Robust health plan options that begin within at least 30 days of your employment
• Monthly phone reimbursement
• Wellness allowance and perks, including a yearly subscription to a meditation app
• An environment that provides you a voice to share your perspectives
• Employee Assistance Program (EAP) for access to confidential support services      
• Company retirement options including 401(k) + matching & Roth account option

Position Overview

Core Spaces is seeking a data-driven and detail-oriented FP&A Analyst to join our Corporate Finance team in Chicago. In this role, you’ll play a key part in managing our FP&A system, Pigment, and supporting enterprise-wide reporting, forecasting, and analysis. You will work with large and complex data sets, maintain structured financial models, and help deliver accurate, insightful analysis to Core’s executive leadership team.

This is a great opportunity for someone who thrives in a fast-paced, analytical environment and is excited to be hands-on with financial data and planning systems.

What You Will Do

• Manage and maintain financial data within Core’s FP&A system, Pigment, by ensuring accuracy, consistency, and proper structure across multiple business units and data sources. Utilize Accounting data from Yardi to prepare actual result file.
• Assist in building and updating dashboards, reports, and financial models within Excel & Pigment to support forecasting, budgeting, and leadership reporting.
• Analyze large financial data sets to prepare reporting used to identify key financial trends, variances, and performance drivers.
• Collaborate with internal teams (Accounting, investments, various department leaders) to gather inputs, validate assumptions, and translate business activity into financial outputs.
• Perform monthly and quarterly variance analysis across the P&L and develop clear, actionable insights for executive presentations.
• Help design and maintain data processes and frameworks that support scalable, accurate forecasting and scenario modeling.
• Assist with expense budgeting throughout the organization with exception of Payroll.
• Identify opportunities to improve data quality, streamline workflows, and enhance the usability of Pigment for the broader finance and business teams.
• Support ad hoc analysis and special projects as needed.

Ideally, you'll have

• 0–3 years of experience in Corporate FP&A or accounting, financial analysis, or a similar data-heavy finance role.
• Bachelor’s degree in Finance, Accounting, Economics, or a related field.
• Strong proficiency with Excel; experience with cloud-based FP&A tools (Pigment, Anaplan, Adaptive, etc.) is a plus.
• Comfort working with large datasets, financial models, and data integration processes.
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills with excellent attention to detail.
• Effective communication skills, with the ability to translate data into business insights.
• Self-motivated, highly organized, and able to manage multiple priorities in a fast-paced environment.

Organizational Structure

Reports to: Director, Financial Planning & Analysis

Direct Reports: N/A

Disclaimer: Please note that job responsibilities, reporting lines, and duties outlined in this job description are subject to change to meet the evolving needs of the organization.

As an Equal Opportunity Employer, Core Spaces celebrates diversity and is committed to creating an equitable and inclusive environment, which creates a sense of belonging for all employees. We do not discriminate and believe every individual should be proud of who they are and the community they represent.