Managing Director, Head of Financial Planning & Analysis (FP&A)

InforCapital, partnership; Chicago (IL); Hybrid; USD 250,000 - 300,000; Full time

Job summary

Blue Owl Capital in Chicago seeks a Managing Director to head FP&A for its Real Estate business. You will build and lead the FP&A function, develop scalable models, and provide strategic financial insights for decision-making across the organization.

You will guide budgeting, forecasting, and reporting to executives and boards, partnering with Accounting and IR, and mentor a growing FP&A team while advancing REIT metrics and capital structure analysis.

Qualifications

• 12+ years of FP&A, corporate finance or related experience with real estate exposure.
• Prior public REIT experience is strongly preferred; investment banking or PE can be considered.
• Advanced financial modeling skills and experience supporting earnings processes.

Responsibilities

• Lead annual budgeting and multi-year planning for real estate assets and corporate functions.
• Develop property-level and consolidated models covering revenue, costs, capex and debt service.
• Create rolling forecasts, KPI dashboards and investor-facing analyses for earnings.

Skills

FP&A experience

Real estate knowledge

Financial modeling

Excel

Public REIT experience

Education

Bachelor's degree in Finance/Accounting/Economics

MBA or CFA preferred

Tools

Anaplan

Adaptive

Hyperion

Tableau

Power BI

Excel

Job description

# Managing Director, Head of Financial Planning & Analysis (FP&A)Blue Owl CapitalManaging DirectorReal EstateFull-timeLocationChicago, United StatesCompensation$250,000 - $300,000 baseDate PostedJuly 29, 2026Stay ahead of the marketGet instant notifications when new job openings matching "Real Estate / Managing Director jobs in Chicago, United States" are published.## About This RoleBlue Owl (NYSE: OWL) is a leading alternative asset manager with over $315 billion in assets under management, investing across three multi-strategy platforms: Credit, Real Assets and GP Strategic Capital. Blue Owl is seeking an experienced finance leader to serve as Head of Financial Planning & Analysis (FP&A) for its Real Estate Investment Trust (REIT), based in Chicago. Reporting to senior leadership, this Managing Director will build and lead the FP&A function, provide critical financial insights, and support strategic decision-making across the organization.Key responsibilities include leading the annual budgeting process and multi-year strategic planning across asset management, acquisitions, capital markets, and corporate functions; developing and maintaining property-level and consolidated financial models covering revenue, operating expenses, capex, debt service and liquidity; preparing rolling forecasts and analyzing portfolio performance and macro trends; monitoring budget-to-actual results; and producing key REIT metrics including NOI, FFO, AFFO, leverage and capital structure performance.The role also covers executive, board and investor reporting: partnering with Accounting and Investor Relations on quarterly earnings, FFO/AFFO reconciliations and earnings guidance, developing materials for executive leadership and Board meetings, and benchmarking performance against public REIT peers. The candidate will design scalable reporting processes and KPI dashboards, and will build, lead and develop a high-performing FP&A team.Requirements: 12+ years of progressive FP&A, corporate finance or related experience with significant exposure to real estate, REITs or real estate investing. Prior public REIT experience is strongly preferred; investment banking, private equity or Big Four advisory experience with relevant real estate expertise will also be considered. Deep understanding of REIT performance metrics (NOI, FFO, AFFO, NAV, leverage), advanced financial modeling skills, and experience supporting earnings processes and investor-facing analyses are required. Advanced Excel proficiency is required; experience with Anaplan, Adaptive, Hyperion, Tableau or Power BI is preferred. Bachelor's degree in Finance, Accounting or Economics required; MBA or CFA preferred.Apply for this Position