Sr. Analyst

Senior Analyst, Sports & Entertainment

Join JLL's Sports & Entertainment Development Advisory practice as a Senior Analyst, where you'll be the analytical engine behind some of the most consequential venue and mixed-use development decisions in professional sports. Our team advises teams, leagues, owners, and public authorities across MLB, NFL, NHL, WNBA, MiLB, and collegiate athletics from billion-dollar mixed-use districts anchored by a ballpark, to arena site selection, to the public-financing and feasibility cases that get projects approved and built. In this role you'll own financial models, site analyses, and client-ready materials end-to-end, working directly with the Managing Director and engagement leads on deliverables that go in front of ownership- and league-level decision-makers. Operating in a lean, senior, high-visibility team, you'll carry multiple concurrent engagements with limited oversight, help shape the analytical approach on new pursuits, and serve as a resource to junior team members. This is an exceptional platform to deepen your expertise across the full development lifecycle underwriting, site selection, economic impact, public finance, and deal execution while advancing within JLL's global platform and contributing to projects that reshape skylines and communities.

What your day-to-day will look like:

• Own development pro formas, feasibility models, and cash-flow analyses end-to-end for stadiums, arenas, and surrounding mixed-use development
• Lead valuations and broker opinions of value using income/cap-rate, comparable-sale, and comparable-lease approaches, incorporating stacking plans and market data
• Construct economic- and fiscal-impact models direct, indirect, and induced multipliers; tax-revenue and incentive analysis to support public-financing and legislative cases
• Direct site sourcing, screening, and analysis using CoStar, parcel records, and county assessor data, and build defensible site inventories
• Produce site footprints, parcel-ownership research, and thematic maps in ArcGIS / ArcGIS Online, reconciling acreage, zoning, floodplain, traffic, and incentive-district overlays into a single dataset per site
• Build and quality-control client-ready presentations site shortlists, feasibility summaries, pitch and pursuit decks, and board materials
• Draft, issue, and coordinate RFPs and RFQs (engineering, master planning, design) and manage responses through selection
• Assemble and defend comparable-transaction and comparable-venue benchmarking sets and the underlying methodology
• Synthesize public deal documents leases, non-relocation agreements, development agreements, bond official statements into usable facts and figures
• Conduct market, demographic, and demand research and monitor stadium/arena deal terms, public-financing structures, and league developments
• Support new-business pursuits and serve as a resource to junior analysts on modeling and GIS workflows

Required Qualifications:

• Bachelor's degree in Real Estate, Finance, Economics, Urban Planning, Business, or a related quantitative discipline (or equivalent combination of education and experience)
• 2-4 years of experience in a financial analysis environment; commercial real estate, investment banking, private equity, or consulting experience strongly preferred
• Advanced proficiency with Microsoft Excel for financial modeling from scratch (pro formas, DCF/NPV/IRR, sensitivity analysis) and with PowerPoint for polished, client-ready deliverables
• Demonstrated ability to own workstreams end-to-end and manage multiple concurrent engagements against real deadlines with limited oversight
• Outstanding organizational, interpersonal, quantitative, and written communication abilities, with the poise to present analysis to senior professionals and clients
• Exceptional research, analytical, and problem-solving skills, with the ability to synthesize complex market and financial data into clear recommendations
• Genuine interest in sports, venues, and real estate development

Preferred Qualifications:

• GIS experience with the Esri platform (ArcGIS Pro, ArcGIS Online)
• Database and research-platform experience with CoStar, Real Capital Analytics, county parcel/assessor data, or similar industry tools
• ARGUS Enterprise experience or certification for property cash-flow modeling
• Familiarity with public finance, development incentives, or economic- and fiscal-impact methodology
• Comfort with data tooling and automation (Python, SQL, APIs, or AI-assisted workflows)
• Prior experience mentoring analysts or leading discrete client deliverables
• Pursuit of relevant industry certifications (ARGUS, advanced Excel modeling, CCIM) encouraged

This position does not provide visa sponsorship. Candidates must be authorized to work in the United States without sponsorship.

Location:

On-site Atlanta, GA

If this job description resonates with you, we encourage you to apply, even if you don't meet all the requirements. We're interested in getting to know you and what you bring to the table!

Personalized benefits that support personal well-being and growth:

• 401(k) plan with matching company contributions
• Comprehensive Medical, Dental & Vision Care
• Paid parental leave at 100% of salary
• Paid Time Off and Company Holidays
• Early access to earned wages through Daily Pay