Business Solutions Analyst

Clarion Partners has been a leading real estate investment manager for over 40 years. Headquartered in New York, the firm maintains strategically located offices across the United States and Europe. Clarion Partners offers a broad range of real estate strategies across the risk/return spectrum to approximately 500 institutional investors across the globe. Clarion Partners operates independently as a Specialist Investment Manager owned by Franklin Templeton (FT), a diversified firm that spans asset management, wealth management, and fintech, giving us many ways to help investors make progress toward their goals.

We are seeking a Business Solutions Analyst, Portfolio Modeling to partner closely with Portfolio Management, Portfolio Finance, Corporate Finance and Technology teams to design, develop, and enhance Clarion's enterprise portfolio modeling and forecasting platform.

The role is centered around the firm's Anaplan environment, which serves as the primary platform for portfolio forecasting, portfolio modeling, portfolio construction, scenario analysis, and investment decision support. These models are used throughout the organization to evaluate acquisitions, dispositions, financing strategies, portfolio composition, and fund-level financial performance across multiple real estate investment vehicles.

This position is well suited for a candidate who is analytical, detail-oriented, intellectually curious, and comfortable working at the intersection of business, finance, and technology. The ideal candidate possesses strong technical and problem-solving skills, enjoys building complex financial models, and can translate business requirements into scalable and sustainable solutions.

The successful candidate will work directly with investment professionals, portfolio managers, finance teams, and business leaders to continue expanding the firm's portfolio modeling capabilities and analytical infrastructure. These models play a key role in evaluating investment opportunities, forecasting fund performance, and supporting strategic decision-making across the organization.

This role provides the opportunity to work directly with the teams responsible for making investment decisions across the firm. The Anaplan platform serves as a core component of the investment and forecasting process, enabling stakeholders to evaluate acquisition opportunities, model portfolio scenarios, forecast financial performance, and assess the impact of strategic decisions across multiple funds.

The successful candidate will gain deep exposure to real estate investing, portfolio construction, forecasting, capital planning, and enterprise analytics while helping shape one of the firm's most important decision-support platforms. A successful individual in this role will combine strong technical capabilities, financial modeling expertise, and sound business judgment to deliver solutions that directly influence how investment decisions are evaluated and executed.

Demonstrated interest in financial modeling, forecasting, investment analysis, portfolio management, and the development of technology solutions that directly influence business and investment decisions.

2 or more years of hands-on Anaplan model development experience, including model architecture, module design, calculations, lists and hierarchies, data integrations, security design, and production deployment.

Clarion Partners is committed to fostering an inclusive environment. We provide employees with the tools, resources, and learning opportunities to help them excel in their career and personal life.