Real Estate Development Finance Analyst

Discovery Land Company; Fort Worth (TX); On-site; USD 85,000 - 120,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical, Dental, Vision Benefits

401k Contribution

Paid Time Off & Holidays

Employee Meals & Incentives

Holiday Pay

Professional development

Work-Family Culture

Job summary

Discovery Land Company seeks a highly analytical Business Management Analyst / Associate for Maverick Golf & Ranch Club, near Fort Worth, TX. You will support the VP of Business Management across project execution, FP&A, sales operations, and stakeholder reporting.

Ideal candidates bring 2–5 years in real estate or related finance, strong modeling, and experience working with cross-functional teams in a fast-paced development environment.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Finance, Real Estate, Economics, or related field.
• 2–5 years of relevant experience in real estate development, investment banking, private equity, consulting, or corporate finance.
• Strong financial modeling and analytical skills.
• Advanced proficiency in Microsoft Excel and PowerPoint.
• Strong understanding of financial statements, budgeting, forecasting, and financial analysis.
• Exceptional attention to detail and organizational skills.
• Strong written and verbal communication skills.
• Willingness to be based on-site in Fort Worth, TX.

Responsibilities

• Support the preparation, maintenance, and ongoing refinement of the project's annual Business Plan and financial forecasts.
• Maintain and update project financial models, budgets, forecasts, and supporting schedules.
• Track actual performance against budget and forecast, identifying material variances and the underlying drivers.
• Prepare recurring financial and operating reports for project leadership, DLC management, investors, and other stakeholders.
• Analyze project economics, including revenue, costs, margins, capital expenditures, cash flow, and returns.
• Assist in evaluating the financial impact of proposed changes to development scope, timing, phasing, product mix, amenities, and other project initiatives.
• Maintain detailed project assumptions and supporting analyses to ensure consistency across financial models and reporting.
• Assist with ad hoc financial analysis and special projects as requested by the VP of Business Management or senior leadership.
• Support the development team in tracking project budgets, schedules, milestones, contracts, and deliverables.
• Maintain detailed tracking of development expenditures relative to the approved Business Plan and identify potential budget issues.
• Assist in analyzing project costs and identifying opportunities to phase, defer, restructure, or otherwise optimize expenditures.
• Track project-level commitments and anticipated expenditures to help maintain an accurate view of future capital requirements.
• Assist with the preparation of development updates, project status reports, and materials for internal and external meetings.
• Coordinate information across development, finance, construction, design, and other project teams to ensure that project decisions are accurately reflected in budgets and forecasts.
• Identify potential risks, inconsistencies, or gaps in project information and proactively elevate issues to the VP of Business Management.
• Support the Sales and Marketing teams with financial and analytical analysis related to residential and membership sales.
• Assist in evaluating individual offers, incentives, pricing decisions, and other sales-related opportunities.
• Track sales activity, inventory, pricing, absorption, and other key performance indicators.
• Maintain sales reporting and provide analysis of trends, variances, and performance against Business Plan assumptions.
• Assist with analysis supporting changes to pricing, product mix, release strategy, and sales initiatives.
• Support the preparation of sales and marketing materials and analyses included in Business Plan updates and senior leadership presentations.
• Assist with project-level reporting to investors, capital partners, lenders, and other stakeholders.
• Support the preparation of materials related to capital requirements, project funding, distributions, and financial performance.
• Maintain supporting schedules and analyses for project debt, equity, and other capital sources.
• Assist in preparing information and analyses for lender, investor, and partnership meetings.
• Help ensure that financial and operating information presented to external stakeholders is accurate, consistent, and supported by underlying data.
• Develop and maintain recurring dashboards and reporting tools to monitor project performance.
• Establish and maintain organized databases and tracking systems for project financial, development, sales, and operational information.
• Improve reporting processes and identify opportunities to automate or streamline recurring analyses.
• Ensure that key project assumptions, data, and reporting are maintained accurately and consistently.
• Prepare high-quality Excel analyses, presentations, and other materials for senior management.
• Work closely with Development, Sales, Marketing, Finance, Operations, and other internal teams to gather information and coordinate project initiatives.
• Participate in project meetings and follow up on action items, deliverables, and outstanding issues.
• Help facilitate communication between project teams and corporate stakeholders.
• Build strong working relationships with internal and external consultants, vendors, and project partners.
• Serve as a reliable analytical and project-management resource for the broader Maverick team.

Skills

Financial modeling

Analytical skills

Attention to detail

Organizational skills

Communication skills

Education

Bachelor's degree in Finance, Real Estate, Economics, or related field

Tools

Excel

PowerPoint

Job description

Discovery Land Company seeks a highly analytical Business Management Analyst / Associate for Maverick Golf & Ranch Club, near Fort Worth, TX. You will support the VP of Business Management across project execution, FP&A, sales operations, and stakeholder reporting.

Ideal candidates bring 2–5 years in real estate or related finance, strong modeling, and experience working with cross-functional teams in a fast-paced development environment.