Director, LIHTC Financial Modeling & Investment Structuring

LHH; Washington, Baltimore (District of Columbia, MD); On-site; USD 170,000 - 195,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical Insurance

Dental Insurance

Vision Insurance

Life Insurance

Short-term Disability

401K plan

Annual bonus

Job summary

LHH partners with a national affordable housing investor to fill a senior LIHTC finance role. The candidate will lead complex LIHTC modeling, deal structuring, and lifecycle analysis from underwriting through post-closing, collaborating across underwriting, asset management, and investor-facing teams.

The ideal candidate has 5+ years in LIHTC finance, advanced Excel, and a proven ability to translate data into actionable recommendations for investment decisions.

Qualifications

• 5+ years of LIHTC finance, underwriting, structuring, development, syndication, or investment analysis.
• Strong understanding of LIHTC transaction structures and affordable housing economics.
• Advanced Excel and financial modeling capabilities.
• Experience modeling complex real estate or tax-advantaged investments.
• Understanding of partnership economics, investor returns, sources and uses, tax-credit equity, and layered affordable housing capital structures.
• Ability to analyze complex transactions and translate findings into clear recommendations.
• Strong attention to detail and demonstrated ability to troubleshoot financial models.
• Effective communicator comfortable partnering across multiple functional groups.
• Experience with LIHTC partnership accounting and related concepts.

Responsibilities

• Develop, maintain, and enhance financial models used to evaluate and structure LIHTC investments.
• Analyze complex affordable housing transactions, including project economics, tax-credit benefits, investor returns, capital structures, and financing assumptions.
• Evaluate transaction structures and model alternative scenarios to support investment and structuring decisions.
• Review and update investment models as transactions progress through underwriting, closing, and post-closing.
• Develop customized modeling solutions for complex or non-standard LIHTC transactions.
• Partner with underwriting, acquisitions, asset management, finance, and investment professionals to resolve modeling and structuring questions.
• Review transaction assumptions and supporting documentation to ensure consistency with investment models.
• Identify opportunities to improve modeling methodologies, templates, controls, and analytical processes.
• Serve as a technical resource to colleagues on LIHTC modeling, transaction economics, and financial analysis.
• Support training and knowledge sharing across the broader investment organization.

Skills

LIHTC finance

Financial modeling

Excel modeling

Analytical thinking

Strong communication

Tools

Excel

Job description

LHH has partnered with a national affordable housing investment organization that is seeking an experienced LIHTC finance professionalto join its investment platform in a highly analytical and strategic role.

This individual will serve as a subject matter expert in LIHTC financial modeling and transaction structuring, supporting complex affordable housing investments throughout the underwriting, closing, and post-closing lifecycle. The position combines hands‑on financial modeling with transaction analysis, process improvement, and collaboration across investment, underwriting, asset management, and investor‑facing teams.

This is an excellent opportunity for an experienced LIHTC professional who enjoys the technical side of affordable housing finance and wants to help shape the tools, models, and analytical processes used to evaluate investments.

Responsibilities:

• Develop, maintain, and enhance financial models used to evaluate and structure LIHTC investments
• Analyze complex affordable housing transactions, including project economics, tax-credit benefits, investor returns, capital structures, and financing assumptions
• Evaluate transaction structures and model alternative scenarios to support investment and structuring decisions
• Review and update investment models as transactions progress through underwriting, closing, and post-closing
• Develop customized modeling solutions for complex or non-standard LIHTC transactions
• Partner with underwriting, acquisitions, asset management, finance, and investment professionals to resolve modeling and structuring questions
• Review transaction assumptions and supporting documentation to ensure consistency with investment models
• Identify opportunities to improve modeling methodologies, templates, controls, and analytical processes
• Serve as a technical resource to colleagues on LIHTC modeling, transaction economics, and financial analysis
• Support training and knowledge sharing across the broader investment organization

Qualifications:

• 5+ years of experience in LIHTC finance, underwriting, structuring, development, syndication, or investment analysis
• Strong understanding of LIHTC transaction structures and affordable housing economics
• Advanced Excel and financial modeling capabilities
• Experience modeling complex real estate or tax-advantaged investments
• Understanding of partnership economics, investor returns, sources and uses, tax-credit equity, and layered affordable housing capital structures
• Ability to analyze complex transactions and translate findings into clear recommendations
• Strong attention to detail and demonstrated ability to troubleshoot financial models
• Effective communicator comfortable partnering across multiple functional groups
• Experience with LIHTC partnership accounting, tax concepts, investor yield analysis, credit delivery, adjusters, capital accounts, cost certifications, or upper- and lower-tier investment structures would be particularly relevant.

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This posting is a representative sample of the types of roles we typically place with our clients. Depending on the specific client, location, and role, base salary range is estimated to be $170-195k and benefits may include medical, dental, vision, life insurance, short‑term disability, additional voluntary benefits, EAP program, commuter benefits, 401K plan, and an annual bonus.