[Hiring] Capital Planning Lead @JLL

Role Description

The Capital Planning Lead operates within the Central Enablement & Integration team, serving as the primary front-end financial and capital allocation authority across the Americas and Bay Area portfolios. This role bridges long-term client capital strategy with project intake, cost estimation, and baseline execution, partnering directly with Client Capital Planning leads and Project Executives to facilitate the continuous capital planning lifecycle. The position requires maintaining rigorous alignment between annual capital spend targets, project prioritization, and e-Builder financial baselines.

Your Day-to-Day Tasks Will Include

• Facilitating the continuous capital planning intake lifecycle across all sub-regions, managing active, budget planning, and pipeline project lists.
• Partnering with Directors and Project Executives to establish annual capital allocation baselines and review multi-year capital plans.
• Leading structured project intake reviews with Cost Estimating Leads and the Managed Principal Integrator to generate reliable ROM cost models prior to architect engagement.
• Maintaining centralized portfolio budget trackers, monitoring actual spend versus baseline capital plans across regional project tranches.
• Implementing a structured portfolio contingency review cadence to evaluate contingency reserves and manage give-backs without creating sudden financial drops.
• Auditing financial data consistency, including cost center allocations, WBS structures, and property financial attributes.
• Serving as the functional bridge between JLL Enablement, Finance, and regional delivery teams to drive adoption of standardized budget tools and financial modules.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Architecture, Civil Engineering, Construction Management, Finance, or Real Estate Economics.
• 8 to 12+ years of progressive corporate real estate capital planning, construction cost estimating, or portfolio finance experience.
• Proven expertise in capital budget administration across large-scale distributed real estate portfolios with $100M+ in spend.
• Deep familiarity with project intake workflows, ROM cost modeling, depreciation bucketing, and financial risk governance.
• Demonstrated ability to partner cross-functionally with Finance, delivery teams, and executive stakeholders on capital planning decisions.
• Experience managing SOX-aligned accrual processes and variance reporting within a corporate real estate or construction finance context.
• Strong working knowledge of cost center allocation, WBS structures, and property-level financial attribute management.

Preferred Qualifications

• Master's degree (MBA, MS in Construction Management, or Real Estate Finance).
• Professional certification such as PMP, RICS, CCEA, or LEED AP.
• Experience in high-tech corporate environments supporting rapid capital deployment and lab or infrastructure builds.
• Familiarity with e-Builder or comparable capital project financial management platforms.
• Working knowledge of Asset Reinstatement Obligations (ARO) and lease milestone impacts on capital planning.
• Exposure to Technical Due Diligence (TDD) and site feasibility assessment processes.
• Experience supporting Go2Gate or similar executive capital approval and governance frameworks.

Requirements

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

Expected Compensation

• 120,000.00 – 155,000.00 USD per year.
• Final compensation packages are determined by various considerations including but not limited to candidate qualifications, location, market conditions, and internal considerations.

Location

• Remote – Atlanta, GA, Chicago, IL, Dallas, TX, Los Angeles, CA.

Job Tags

• Build to Rent Real Estate Management
• Construction Industry Knowledge
• Consulting Industry Knowledge
• Cost Analysis
• Data Center Real Estate Management
• Data Centre Industry Knowledge
• Life Sciences Industry Knowledge
• Major Renovation Fit-Out Project Delivery
• Mixed-Use Development Real Estate Management
• Project Accounting
• Project Bidding
• Project Billing
• Project Finances
• Real Estate Industry Knowledge

Benefits

• 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.