Director, Financial Strategy & Analytics

Default Brand; Dallas (TX); On-site; USD 150,000 - 210,000; Full time

Job summary

Crow Holdings Development in Dallas seeks a Director of Financial Strategy & Analytics to lead the design of the financial planning and analytics framework. You will partner with Accounting, Capital Markets, Asset Management, and Development teams to deliver trusted data, dashboards, and governance across the portfolio.

The role emphasizes AI-driven insights, scalable reporting, and strategic decision support, requiring strong finance acumen and collaboration across departments.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Finance, Accounting, Economics, Real Estate, or related field.
• 10+ years of FP&A, strategic finance, corporate finance, real estate finance, or business analytics.
• Strong understanding of commercial real estate development, investment, asset management, and capital markets.
• Experience with BI tools, ERPs, data platforms, automation, and AI technologies.

Responsibilities

• Design and establish the Financial Strategy operating model, including planning processes, reporting cadence, analytics, tools, and governance.
• Create a clear and consistent framework for sharing key financial and operational data.
• Leverage technology, automation, and practical process improvements to design, implement, and maintain dashboards and reports.
• Collaborate with business leaders to understand trends, risks, opportunities, and priorities across the portfolio and development pipeline.
• Establish shared standards for reporting definitions, data quality, and workflows to improve consistency and trust.
• Translate financial and operating analysis into clear information for decision making.
• Partner with internal leaders to connect performance with strategic priorities.
• Implement AI while coordinating with internal and external parties to build capability over time.
• Move organization toward scalable, decision-ready data practices.
• Build trust with stakeholders through analytical rigor and practical judgment.

Skills

Financial modeling

Forecasting

Budgeting

Data analytics

Communication

Problem solving

Cross-functional collaboration

Education

Bachelor's degree in Finance/Accounting/Economics/Real Estate

Advanced degree or professional designation preferred

Tools

BI tools

ERP systems

Data platforms

Job description

Job Category: Development

Requisition Number: DIREC001335

• Full-Time

Locations

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Description

Crow Holdings Development (CHD) is a leading real estate development company specializing in multifamily, industrial, and office development across high-opportunity markets in the United States. Led by a highly experienced leadership team, CHD has developed more than 292,000 multifamily units since 1977 and 77 million square feet of industrial space since 2013 and is a subsidiary of Crow Holdings, a privately owned real estate investment and development firm with over 75 years of history, $34 billion of assets under management, and an established platform with a vision for continued success. The firm’s ongoing legacy is rooted in its founding principles: partnership, collaboration, and alignment of interests. For more information, please visit www.crowholdings.com .

Position Summary

Crow Holdings Development is seeking a Director of Financial Strategy & Analytics. This role is a newly created role that will work closely with Accounting, Capital Markets, Asset Management, Business Technology, Development, and Construction to bring financial and operational information together in a clear and consistent manner, supporting better decision-making and risk management across the company.

This individual will help establish processes that turn data into useful information. By leveraging technology and automation, this individual will improve the quality, accessibility, and flow of information throughout the organization. The ideal candidate brings strong financial acumen, intellectual curiosity, and technical capability.

Primary Responsibilities

• Design and establish the Financial Strategy operating model, including planning processes, reporting cadence, analytics, tools, and governance.
• Create a clear and consistent framework for sharing key financial and operational data.
• Leverage technology, automation, and practical process improvements to design, implement, and maintain dashboards and reports.
• Collaborate closely with business leaders to understand trends, risks, opportunities, and priorities across the portfolio and development pipeline
• Establish shared standards for reporting definitions, data quality, and team workflows to improve consistency, comparability and trust in information.
• Translate financial and operating analysis into clear information that supports decision making.
• Partner with internal leaders to connect business performance, portfolio activity, and strategic priorities in a way that supports informed decision-making.
• Implementing Artificial Intelligence while coordinating with internal parties and external consultants to build the Financial and Operational analytical capability over time.
• Help move the organization from reactive, manual reporting toward more consistent, scalable, and decision-ready data practices.
• Build trust with stakeholders by combining analytical rigor with practical business judgment

Desired Skills & Experience

• Bachelor's degree in Finance, Accounting, Economics, Real Estate, or related field; advanced degree or professional designation preferred.
• 10+ years of experience in FP&A, strategic finance, corporate finance, real estate finance, or business analytics.
• Comfortable working with unstructured data and able to access the current state, identify gaps and opportunities for improvement, and partner with cross-functional teams to establish a more reliable foundation for forecasting, reporting and decision-making.
• Strong understanding of commercial real estate development, investment, asset management, and capital markets.
• Proven track record of building or enhancing finance and reporting capabilities.
• Ability to work across functions to improve data quality, standardize information, and create scalable reporting capabilities.
• Strong financial modeling, forecasting, budgeting, and scenario-planning skills.
• Experience with business intelligence tools, enterprise resource planning systems, data platforms, automation, and Artificial Intelligence technologies to improve forecasting, reporting, and decision support.
• Strong critical thinking, analytical, and problem-solving skills, coupled with intellectual curiosity.
• Ability to build credibility, navigate complex organizations, and foster alignment across stakeholders.
• Strong communication skills with the ability to translate complex information into clear, concise, and actionable insights.
• Self-starter who thrives in an environment with ambiguity and opportunity for impact.
• Please note this is a fully in-office role at our Old Parkland Headquarters in Dallas, Texas

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