Senior Business Analyst

Tricon Residential is an owner, operator and developer of single-family rental homes in the U.S. and multi-family apartments in Canada. Our commitment to enriching the lives of our employees, residents and local communities underpins Tricon’s culture and business philosophy. We provide high-quality rental housing options for families across the United States and Canada through our technology-enabled operating platform and dedicated on-the-ground operating teams. Our development programs are also delivering thousands of new rental homes and apartments as part of our commitment to help solve the housing supply shortage. At Tricon, we imagine a world where housing unlocks life’s potential.

We strive to be North America’s premier rental housing company. Our business philosophy involves taking care of our team first – empowering them to provide our residents with exceptional service and to positively impact the local communities where we operate. By providing an enhanced living experience, our residents rent for longer periods of time, treat our properties like their own, and share their experience with friends and family. This is how we continue to grow, and it is an approach that has proven to generate positive returns for our stakeholders.

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Job Description

The Sr. Business Analyst will be responsible for leading analytics and reporting initiatives that drive operational excellence across all operations departments, with a primary focus on procurement, supply chain, maintenance, and construction
This role will partner closely with operations leadership, procurement, IT, and finance teams to design reporting solutions, identify process inefficiencies, and provide data-driven insights that improve cost efficiency, vendor performance, and service quality.
This role requires a data-driven, solutions-oriented professional. Understanding of the real estate industry is a plus but not required.

• Analytics & Reporting
  • Develop, automate, and maintain dashboards and reporting tools to track key performance indicators (KPIs) across procurement, supply chain, maintenance, and construction.
  • Ensure accuracy, consistency, and timeliness of operational reporting while reducing reliance on manual processes.
  • Translate complex data into actionable insights and executive-ready reporting.
  • Partner with the Data & Analytics team to ensure data accuracy and availability.
  • Create automated, data-driven vendor scorecards.
  • Perform line-item level analysis to determine inconsistent spending across markets.
  • Perform cost category analysis to determine opportunities for new national pricing.
  • Track compliance and savings from national programs and partnerships.
  • Collect, clean, and analyze procurement and fleet data (e.g., spend data, supplier performance, contract terms, and market trends) to identify cost-saving opportunities, inefficiencies, and risks
  • Conduct spend analysis to categorize expenditures across R&M projects, including construction materials, vendor services, and fleet expenditures
  • Forecast procurement needs based on project pipelines, market conditions, and SFRC development schedules

• Operational Insights & Process Improvements
  • Partner with cross-functional stakeholders to identify opportunities for improvement.
  • Partner with functional leaders to identify, develop, and track performance of key initiatives.
  • Conduct root cause analyses on cost overruns, vendor delays, and service-level issues.
  • Support forecasting and scenario modeling to guide business decisions and resource allocation.
  • Present findings in a clear and concise manner to senior leadership, in PowerPoint or similar format.

• Stakeholder Partnership
  • Serve as the analytics lead and trusted advisor for procurement, supply chain, maintenance, and construction leadership.
  • Work closely with IT and data teams to enhance data quality, governance, and system integrations supporting operational reporting.
  • Provide training and support for business users to adopt and leverage reporting tools effectively.

Qualifications:

• Advanced Excel and PowerPoint
• Previous real estate or procurement / supply chain experience
• Demonstrates intellectual curiosity and highly analytical
• Looks for creative solutions and works through problems before asking for help
• Writes clearly and informatively and presents numerical data in an easy to digest format

Minimum Requirements:

• Degree in finance, accounting, real estate, supply chain, or similar roles
• 4+ years of successful experience in an equivalent role
• Knowledge of budgeting, costing, and reporting systems
• High level of analytical and problem-solving ability where problems are unusual and complex
• Experience in financial modeling and data analysis

Preferred Attributes:

• Experience with SQL, Microsoft Power BI, and Yardi

Physical Demands:

The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job, including:

• Frequently required to sit, talk, and hear.

• Frequently required to stand and move; use hands to grasp, squeeze, finger, handle, and feel; reach, push, and pull with hands and arms; occasionally required to twist; reach overhead; stoop, kneel, squat, bend, and crouch.

• Occasionally lift, carry, and move up to 10 pounds.

• Vision abilities required by this job include close vision, distance vision, and depth perception.

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At Tricon, we are committed to creating a workplace where every individual is valued for their unique contributions, experiences, voices, and backgrounds. By embracing these principles, we aim to positively impact our business and the communities we serve, creating a lasting legacy where everyone can thrive.

Salary Range

Placement within this compensation range will be determined by the candidate's knowledge, experience and skills.

$77,560.00 - $129,260.00