What are the responsibilities and job description for the Forestry Planning Analyst position at BTG Pactual?
TTG Forestry Services, LLC (TTG FS), an affiliate of BTG Pactual Timberland Group (TIG) is seeking a Forestry Planning Analyst based in Atlanta, GA, or Lufkin, TX.
Area overview
BTG Pactual Timberland Group (TIG) is one of the world’s oldest and largest timberland investment management organizations. TIG manages over 2.6 million acres of properties across four continents, representing US$ 7.3 billion of assets under management.
TTG FS, LLC provides technical and analytical support services and property management to TIG and its clients, including management of firm-wide Geographic Information Systems (GIS) and Forest Management Information Systems, administration of TIG’s global timber inventory program, administration of related databases, maintenance of TTG FS’ cloud environment, property management services and harvest scheduling and sustainable resource planning.
Responsibilities and Scope:
The successful candidate will be responsible for:
- Developing and maintaining long-term and tactical plans for internal portfolio evaluations and property management across Latin America and the United States
- Providing harvest scheduling and valuation support for acquisition and disposition projects
- Offering decision-support analysis for operations and investment management
- Being a flexible team player throughout the organization
- Running growth and yield models in support of operational planning
- Maintaining timber and land pricing databases
- Collaborating on the preparation of materials for the annual TIG strategic reviews meeting
- Supporting the inventory team with data and analysis requests as needed
Mandatory qualifications:
- Familiarity with the key factors that drive investment decisions in timberland
- Strong oral and written communication skills
- Strong analytical, organizational, and interpersonal skills
- Skilled in meeting deadlines, working under pressure, and working autonomously in a team environment
- Must be able to work at all levels in an organization, have excellent relationship-building skills, and be a team player
- Must be organized and able to manage multiple, diverse tasks at the same time to meet required deadlines
Desired profile:
- A bachelor’s degree in forestry or a related discipline
- Skilled in computer software programs, such as Microsoft Excel, Access, Word and PowerBi
- Experience with Trimble Forestry software (LRM/BRM) is desirable
- Experience with Woodstock or similar harvest scheduling software and growth & yield models is highly desirable
- Experience with R and SQL or similar programing languages is desirable
- Dedicated, hardworking, and self-motivated; and willing and able to travel as necessary
- Dedication to process improvement
