Senior Business Analyst - Property Management

Senior Business Analyst - Property Management

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For over seven decades, Chalhoub Group has been a partner and creator of luxury experiences in the Middle East. In its pursuit to excel as a hybrid luxury retailer, the Group has curated a portfolio of over 10 owned brands and strengthened its distribution and marketing expertise for over 400 international names across luxury fashion, beauty, jewellery, watches, eyewear, and art de vivre categories.

Every step at Chalhoub Group is taken to build a future where luxury dreams become reality — bridging cultures and crafting memorable experiences for our consumers. Be it by constantly reinventing itself, committing to innovation, or embracing new technologies, the Group is shaping the future of luxury retail. It delivers seamless omnichannel experiences across more than 950 stores, online platforms, and mobile apps.

Driving this innovation journey is The Greenhouse — the Group’s innovation hub, incubator, and accelerator for startups and emerging businesses, regionally and globally. Chalhoub Group fosters a people‑at‑heart culture rooted in diversity, equity, and inclusion, and a workplace catalysed by forward thinking and future‑proofing. Today, it brings together over 16,000 talented professionals across eight countries in the Middle East, with a presence in LATAM.

Their collective efforts have earned the Group the Great Place to Work® certification in several markets. Sustainability is at the core of the Group’s strategy, guided by a clear commitment to people, partners, and the planet. Chalhoub Group is proud to be a member of the United Nations Global Compact, a signatory of the Women’s Empowerment Principles, and to have pledged to reach Net Zero by 2040.

As a Senior Business Analyst in our Property Management department, you will provide analytical, reporting, and strategic insight support to the Retail Property Development team. This role combines business analytics, financial modelling, data management, and innovation (including AI applications) to enable data‑driven decisions around store expansion, relocation, refurbishment, and optimisation of Chalhoub Group’s retail portfolio across the region. You will act as the analytical backbone of the property‑development function — ensuring all decisions regarding site selection, cost efficiency, and portfolio performance are guided by accurate, timely, and actionable insights.

• Design, build, and maintain dashboards and automated reports to track KPIs related to store openings, lease performance, occupancy cost ratios, and development project timelines.
• Partner with leasing, finance, and operations teams to ensure accurate and timely data capture for property and project metrics.
• Provide data‑driven insights on performance trends, highlighting risks, opportunities, and recommendations for improvement.
• Develop forecasting and scenario models to assess the impact of various market and financial conditions on property decisions.
• Present clear, visual, and concise insights to Leadership and senior stakeholders through storytelling dashboards and presentations.

• Support financial modelling and business cases for new developments and renovations, assessing CAPEX, rent levels, build‑out costs, and expected ROI.
• Identify cost‑saving opportunities across leases, construction, and operations through comparative analytics and benchmarking.
• Collaborate with Finance to ensure alignment between project budgets, forecasts, and actual spend, providing variance analysis and insights to Leadership.
• Track and report on occupancy cost ratios, lease terms, and profitability metrics to drive portfolio optimisation.

• Partner with Market Intelligence teams, Country Management teams and to align retail‑property decisions with brand and consumer trends.
• Provide insights on consumer behaviour, retail format trends, and mall traffic patterns that inform store placement and format strategies.
• Translate marketing intelligence…