Property Tax Analyst

Position Title: Portfolio Analyst – Property Tax

Location: Dallas, TX (Hybrid)

Your role 

This high-impact position offers a unique opportunity to grow your career in a dynamic environment with significant exposure to cross-functional teams and senior leadership. As a Property Tax Analyst, you will play a key role in managing and analyzing property tax obligations across a diverse real estate portfolio. Your responsibilities will include forecasting tax liabilities, supporting budgeting processes, preparing detailed tax reports, and conducting ad-hoc analyses to support strategic decision-making. You’ll collaborate closely with the Directors, Operations and Asset Managers within the Operations team to monitor tax assessments, track appeals, and evaluate the financial impact of property tax changes. At Digital Realty, your insights will directly influence operational efficiency and financial performance, making your contributions both visible and valued.

What you’ll do 

As a Property Tax Analyst, you will be responsible for preparing and validating monthly and annual property tax reports, supporting the development of annual budgets and quarterly forecasts, and modeling the real estate tax implications for over 100 locations in our North American portfolio. You will consolidate and communicate key tax data to the operations and property managers overseeing assets across the country. Throughout the year, you’ll work closely with the Director to analyze tax assessments, manage appeal processes, and track changes in tax legislation. During reporting cycles, you’ll assist with forecasting and budgeting, including variance analysis, capital planning, and redevelopment impact assessments. More specifically, your responsibilities will include:

• Manage end-to-end property tax operations across a real estate portfolio, including assessment reviews, return filings, appeals, and exemption applications
• Maintain accurate records of property tax liabilities, deadlines, and payment schedules
• Collaborate with internal teams, tax consultants, and assessors to resolve tax issues and support appeals.
• Monitor and interpret changes in property tax laws and regulations to assess business impact
• Evaluate the tax implications of leasing, development, and capital improvement projects
• Prepare tax forecasts and budgets for individual sites and the overall North American portfolio
• Assist in the creation of reports and presentations for senior leadership

What you’ll need 

• A bachelor’s degree in finance, Accounting, Business, Real Estate or a similar field. 
• 3+ years of experience in real estate analysis/property management or Real Estate Tax consulting firm.. 
• A team player mentality, sharp communication skills, strong enthusiasm to learn, and resourcefulness in situations with limited guidance.
• Proficiency with Microsoft products, especially Excel and PowerPoint.
• Excellent written and oral communication and presentation skills.
• Meticulous organizational skills with the ability to multitask and manage projects to keep teams on track with deliverables in a high-pressure setting.
• Ability to work in a fast-paced environment, operate with a strong sense of urgency, and turn in quality work quickly, under strict time constraints.
• Project and process management of vendors and external tax consultants.

Although we do not anticipate travel you should be willing and able to travel periodically for training and to visit sites as needed.

A bit about us

Digital Realty brings companies and data together by delivering the full spectrum of data center, colocation and interconnection solutions. PlatformDIGITAL®, the company’s global data center platform, provides customers with a secure data meeting place and a proven Pervasive Datacenter Architecture (PDx®) solution methodology for powering innovation and efficiently managing Data Gravity challenges. Digital Realty gives its customers access to the connected data communities that matter to them with a global data center footprint of 300+ facilities in 50+ metros across 25+ countries on six continents.

To learn more about Digital Realty, please visit digitalrealty.com or follow us on LinkedIn and Twitter.

Operations

Our Operations team keeps our customers’ infrastructure running safely and securely. We get plenty of opportunities to take on a variety of tasks and develop our technical skills. From overseeing electrical power to cooling and fire suppression systems, our team plays a vital role in making sure everything in our data centers operates as it should.

What we can offer you

Our rapidly evolving business sector offers the opportunity to be part of a courageous and passionate team who work together to understand and meet the changing needs of our global customers. 

Join us and you’ll be part of a supportive and inclusive environment where you can bring your whole self to work. As part of our team, you’ll get to work with people from different business areas, challenge the way we do things and put your ideas into action. We’ll also give you plenty of development opportunities so you can build a rewarding and successful career with us. 

Apply today, take charge of your career and grow your talents with us.

Health and Safety

Safety isn't just a priority here at Digital; it's critical to everything we do. Safeguarding lives, protecting assets, and securing data aren't just ideals - they're essential pillars of our commitment to excellence for our people, our partners and our customers. We have a culture of care where every member of Team Digital embraces a relentless pursuit of working safely across Digital Realty. Together we are Safely Powering Progress.

Our Compensation Philosophy

Digital Realty offers its employees a highly competitive compensation package, excellent benefits, and an environment that recognizes and rewards your contributions. Central to our compensation philosophy is rewarding our employees for achieving the values and objectives aligned to the company's overall goals and values.