Real Estate Strategy Senior Manager

Job Summary

The Real Estate Strategy and Planning team shapes how Salesforce’s global office portfolio evolves. As Real Estate Strategy Senior Manager, you will be the finance lead behind our portfolio strategy and the key link between Real Estate, Finance and Transactions.

Core Responsibilities & Scope

• Finance partnership: Serve as the main Real Estate partner to FP&A, Controllership and Accounting. Align on assumptions, budget and quarterly outlook, and make sure real estate impacts flow accurately into company plans and forecasts.
• Transactions partnership: Work side by side with the Transactions team from scenario to signed deal. Model deal terms, test proposals against the business case, and support negotiations with clear financial guidance.
• Long-range planning: Partner with the VP of Real Estate Strategy and Planning and Finance to build and maintain a comprehensive long-range plan for the global portfolio, covering footprint, cost, capital and lease events.
• Scenario modeling: Build and own financial models for portfolio scenarios, including consolidations, expansions, exits, relocations, renewals vs. new deals, and footprint optimization.
• Financial impact analysis: Quantify P&L, cash flow, capex/opex and balance sheet impact. Calculate ROI, NPV, IRR and payback to compare options and recommend a path.
• Lease economics and accounting: Apply lease accounting knowledge, working with Accounting, so scenario outputs reflect the reported impact of decisions such as exits, renewals and early terminations.
• Scorecard and metrics: Develop the REWS portfolio scorecard and metrics with Finance. Monitor results and lead root cause analysis when metrics move.
• Strategic initiatives: Lead the prioritization and delivery of high-visibility initiatives end to end, with full accountability for outcomes.
• AI-enabled finance: Use AI tools and platforms to build and stress-test scenario models faster, automate recurring reporting and lease data analysis, and draft executive summaries and presentation materials.
• Dashboards and interactive tools: Build dashboards and interactive scenario tools that let leaders explore financial tradeoffs and portfolio metrics on their own.
• Executive communication: Write and edit complex analyses, decks and recommendations for senior leadership, and represent REWS with internal and external stakeholders.

Minimum Requirements

• 5+ years of experience in corporate finance, FP&A, real estate finance, investment banking or consulting
• Expert financial modeling skills, including scenario and sensitivity analysis, DCF, ROI, NPV and IRR
• Experience building and maintaining long-range plans or multi-year forecasts
• Strong working knowledge of lease economics and lease accounting, and how real estate decisions flow through the P&L and balance sheet
• Proven track record of partnering closely with Finance teams and deal or transaction teams to deliver results
• Hands-on use of AI tools to speed up modeling, analysis and reporting, and to reduce manual work
• Experience building business cases and recommendations for senior executives
• Ability to lead cross-functional work and influence stakeholders across Finance, Accounting, Transactions and operating teams
• Ability to think strategically while staying hands-on and detailed in a fast-paced, ambiguous environment
• Bachelor’s degree in Finance, Accounting, Economics or related field

Benefits

• Time off programs
• Medical, dental, vision
• Mental health support
• Paid parental leave
• Life and disability insurance
• 401(k)
• Employee stock purchasing program