Senior Associate, Business Development & Corporate Strategy

Boston Financial (BF) provides creative capital solutions for affordable housing developers and gives institutional investors an opportunity to achieve solid risk-adjusted returns while creating meaningful social impact. BF manages the largest syndicated Low Income Housing Tax Credits (“LIHTC”) portfolio in the country, comprised of over $16 billion in equity under management and almost 1,900 properties. BF has built their business on the strength of their relationships, and today they are a national leader in affordable housing capital solutions and manage the largest affordable housing portfolio in the country.

BF is seeking a Senior Associate, Business Development & Corporate Strategy to support the business development and strategic efforts of Boston Financial. This role serves as both a key analytical resource as well as a part of the execution arm of the business. This role will collaborate regularly across a portfolio of projects and support initiatives overseen by the Managing Director, Business Development and Strategy.

Further, this role will be responsible for preparing decision-level information for review by senior leadership and will sit at the intersection of corporate strategy, external business development, product development, and enterprise execution.

• External Business Development / Corporate Strategy:
  Evaluate developer relationships, community initiatives, and new market opportunities to support growth across Boston Financial’s affordable housing platform.
• Affordable Housing Platform Scale:
  Evaluate partnerships, strategic initiatives, and new market opportunities to drive platform growth.
• Drive Business Growth:
  Identify and analyze market opportunities to expand client base and sources of revenue.
• M&A:
  Assist with diligence, financial analysis, business-case development, and integration planning for target investments to support Boston Financial’s M&A strategy.
• Strategic Planning, Performance & Executive Reporting:
  Performance Architecture:
  Collaboratively develop performance metrics and accountability frameworks to reinforce execution discipline for emerging business opportunities.
• Executive Decision Support:
  Analyze and synthesize financial, market, and business information to develop decision-level insights and recommendations for senior leadership.
• Strategic Deliverables:
  Routinely author presentations, investment memos, and board decks for review by senior and executive leadership at Boston Financial and its affiliates.
• Strategic Initiatives & Cross-Functional Coordination:
  • Strategic Initiatives:
    Support the development and execution of high-priority strategic initiatives by working with business leaders to develop a business case, establish cross-functional work streams, implementation, and performance monitoring to drive business results.
  • Early-Stage Execution:
    Establish and maintain execution frameworks, milestones, performance measures, and reporting for early-stage enterprise initiatives.
• Stakeholder Relationship Management:
  Build and maintain effective relationships with internal business leaders and external institutional stakeholders to advance strategic initiatives and business objectives.
• Contacts:
  Possessing both inwardly and outwardly facing components, this role will have frequent contact with all levels of employees at Boston Financial and its affiliates. Further, this role will periodically interact with outside business partners, vendors, consultants, and other third parties.

The ideal candidate is a highly analytical, execution-oriented professional who can operate as a trusted business development and strategy partner to the Managing Director. This…