Finance

Opportunity Finance Network; San Francisco (CA); On-site; USD 140,000 - 210,000; Full time

Job summary

Bay Area Housing Finance Authority (BAHFA) seeks a seasoned affordable housing finance professional to originate, underwrite, structure, and close complex loans. This role will grow and steward a regional portfolio and launch the Regional Mixed Finance Fund.

You will expand BAHFA's lending footprint with its CDFI partners and drive transformative affordable housing initiatives. The ideal candidate has a proven track record in closing transactions and building durable financing solutions for

Qualifications

• Experience closing complex affordable housing financings.
• Strong credit underwriting and deal orchestration skills.
• Track record building and managing a loan portfolio.

Responsibilities

• Originate, underwrite, structure, and close loans.
• Grow and steward the loan portfolio for BA HFA.
• Launch and manage the Regional Mixed Finance Fund.
• Build the lending pipeline with partners and programs.

Skills

Deal making

Financial modeling

Credit underwriting

Loan structuring

Portfolio management

Education

Bachelor's degree in Finance or related field

Tools

Excel

Job description

Job Function: Finance

Posted on: November 3, 2026

Background

The Metropolitan Transportation Commission (MTC) is the transportation planning, financing, and coordinating agency for the nine-county San Francisco Bay Area. MTC is the federally designated Metropolitan Planning Organization (MPO) and the state designated Regional Transportation Planning Agency (RTPA) for the nine-county San Francisco Bay Area. MTC provides services to the Association of Bay Area Governments (ABAG). For more information about MTC, visit www.mtc.ca.gov .

Summary

THIS IS A TERM-LIMITED POSITION THROUGH JUNE 30, 2029

Be ready to rethink your assumptions about the public sector. Dedicated and motivated colleagues? Beautiful, high amenity building for on-site work and collaboration? Flexible schedules and hybrid work options? Yes, yes, and yes!

ABOUT THE ROLE

The Bay Area Housing Finance Authority (BAHFA) is moving from start-up to becoming a long-term regional institution. With a newly adopted strategic plan and major financing initiatives launching, BAHFA is building the capacity to advancetransformativeaffordable housing solutions across the nine-county Bay Area, and we need a proven deal-maker to put capital to work to directly influence BAHFA's mission of supporting Production, Preservation and Protections.

ThePrincipal Housing Finance Manager is BAHFA's lead subject matter expert on affordable housing lending. This is a hands-on transactions role: you will originate, underwrite, structure, and close loans, and then grow and steward the resulting portfolio. You will launch the Regional Mixed Finance Fund, build its pipeline from the ground up, and expand BAHFA's lending footprint as new programs and products come online with BAHFA's CDFI lending partner.

We are looking for a seasoned affordable housing finance professional with an extensive record of closing complex transactions, who wants to build something lasting. The ideal candidate is equally comfortable dissect