GIS Analyst

Job Description

Job Description

KBC Advisors is seeking a GIS Analyst to join our team! We offer a dynamic, innovative environment with a company that is imagining industrial real estate.

We are looking for an analytically focused GIS Analyst to join our Location Intelligence team. You will use spatial modeling, statistics and Esri application development to support our commercial real estate teams nationwide. Our ideal candidate is analytical, creative and strategic, and is eager to roll up their sleeves and get things done.

KBC Advisors is a modern, nimble purpose-built firm. We pride ourselves on doing things differently. We want team members with diverse views and experiences who can bring new ideas to the table. We value what makes each of us unique and use it to drive our innovative approach to commercial real estate.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities

• Design and build collaborative ArcGIS Online and portal apps, maps and dashboards for new and ongoing projects
• Deliver complex location analyses independently, from data pull to client-ready product
• Contribute to heavy analyses with senior analysts, including suitability and site selection modeling
• Clean and aggregate data from multiple sources, including Salesforce, CoStar, and labor data, so it is ready for visualization
• Check data sources, assumptions and results before work goes to review
• Write, publish and maintain custom scripts, widgets and geoprocessing tools as needed
• Support our ArcGIS Online and Portal user base as an administrator
• Present your findings and train KBC Advisors team members on what you did, how you did it and how to use the apps you built
• Turn analysis into plain recommendations for brokers and clients, write clear client updates and join client calls
• Manage several projects at once and flag any at-risk due date early

Preferred Qualifications

• Suitability modeling and site selection modeling
• Spatial analysis such as center of gravity and gap analysis
• Excel models for comparisons and indexing, such as labor comparisons
• Transportation cost modeling
• Esri Business Analyst for business location pulls
• Python, Arcade, ModelBuilder, ArcGIS Notebooks or other GIS automation for repeatable workflows
• Experience building or supporting automated data pipelines, such as with ArcGIS Data Pipelines, Power Automate or Microsoft Fabric
• Experience with ArcGIS Enterprise Portal, ArcGIS Server or ArcGIS Online administration
• Familiarity with SQL and PostgreSQL, including querying and managing spatial data
• A portfolio or examples of geospatial analysis and data visualization

Education and Experience

• Minimum of 3 years of prior experience in GIS, location intelligence or geospatial analytics
• A bachelor’s degree from a four-year college or university, or equivalent experience. A degree in GIS, geography, urban planning, economics or data analytics is preferred
• Strong, hands-on experience with the Esri suite: ArcGIS Online, ArcGIS Pro, Experience Builder and Dashboards
• Experience building client-ready maps, dashboards and apps
• Experience aggregating data from multiple sources and cleaning it before it reaches a deliverable
• Proficiency in the Microsoft Office suite
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills
• Ability to work with limited supervision

Compensation

The expected annual base salary for this position is $76,000 - $98,000 per year. Actual compensation will be determined based on experience, qualifications and geographic location. 

This role may also be eligible for bonuses, or other incentive compensation, as well as a benefits package including health coverage, retirement plans, and paid time off, subject to eligibility requirements.