Senior Financial Analyst: Real Estate Development, High-Growth

Jobot; Chicago (IL); On-site; USD 100,000 - 117,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical/dental/vision coverage

401(k) with company match

Paid time off

Employee discounts

Job summary

Jobot in Chicago, IL is seeking a Senior Financial Analyst to join a high-growth real estate development finance team. You will build and maintain multi-year pro formas, analyze JV structures, and support capital market activities as the company scales.

Ideal candidates have 5+ years in financial or business analysis, a Bachelor's in Finance/Real Estate, advanced Excel skills, and the ability to drive complex analyses with tight deadlines.

Qualifications

• Extensive, advanced experience in Excel including complex formulas, pivot tables, and multi-sheet financial modeling.
• Strong understanding of accounting and finance principles, including how transactions flow through financial statements.
• Ability to follow through on deliverables and manage meticulous detail across multiple projects and tight deadlines.
• Bachelor's degree in Finance, Accounting, Real Estate, Business, or a related field.
• 5+ years of experience in financial or business analysis, real estate development, capital markets, or investment analysis.

Responsibilities

• Develop and maintain sophisticated multi-year pro formas for prospective opportunities, incorporating development cash flows, equity partner returns, development fee timing, and ongoing management/licensing revenues.
• Model multi-family development pro formas including hard costs, soft costs, construction financing, permanent debt structures, equity returns, and long-term hold assumptions.
• Build detailed financial comparisons across different JV structures, equity ownership percentages, and co-investment scenarios to support partnership negotiations with external developers and investors.
• Model development fee accrual and revenue recognition, coordinating timing with construction milestones and contract deliverables.
• Track and analyze performance across an evolving portfolio of JVs at different lifecycle stages — from pre-financing through construction, leasing, stabilization, and exit.
• Analyze JV earnings, loss distributions, equity valuation changes, and impairment considerations for financial reporting and management review.
• Monitor and report on key drivers including absorption rates, achieved rents versus projections, operating expense budgets, and unit-level profitability.
• Analyze external financing structures including construction loans, permanent mortgages, mezzanine debt, and preferred equity; assess terms, conditions, and impact on project returns.
• Support capital-raising activities including financial cases and return scenarios for potential co-investors.
• Model sensitivity analyses around interest rates, leverage ratios, exit assumptions, and equity return thresholds.
• Design and maintain dashboards and reports tracking portfolio performance, investment returns, and development pipeline.
• Prepare executive-level analyses and recommendations on prospective opportunities, market conditions, and strategic initiatives.
• Support the broader Property Development team with forecasting, budgeting, and scenario analysis.
• Manage planning-system needs for Property Development, including data entry, model maintenance, and reporting.
• Support design and deployment of financial processes and reporting frameworks as the platform scales.
• Collaborate with Finance/Accounting and Corporate leadership to align on accounting treatment, financial planning, and strategic decision-making.

Skills

Excel

Accounting and finance principles

Detail-oriented

Financial analysis

Education

Bachelor's degree in Finance, Accounting, Real Estate, Business, or a related field

Tools

SQL, SAS, Alteryx, Domo

Job description

Jobot in Chicago, IL is seeking a Senior Financial Analyst to join a high-growth real estate development finance team. You will build and maintain multi-year pro formas, analyze JV structures, and support capital market activities as the company scales.

Ideal candidates have 5+ years in financial or business analysis, a Bachelor's in Finance/Real Estate, advanced Excel skills, and the ability to drive complex analyses with tight deadlines.