Senior Debt Manager

Our client, a top-tier management consulting firm, is seeking a Senior Debt Manager to support the company’s financing activities across its real estate portfolio. The role focuses on debt administration, modeling, and compliance, working directly with the EVP of Finance and collaborating with the CFO and other internal stakeholders.

The Manager will bring a strong real estate foundation, a technical understanding of credit structures, and a disciplined approach to managing financial controls and performance. This role is highly cross-functional, requiring collaboration with teams across Treasury, Accounting, FP&A, Operations, and Legal.

• Maintain a short term (13-week) and long term (24-month) cash flow forecast across a multi-entity real estate structure, incorporating operating cash, debt service, capex, acquisitions, and equity inflows
• Monitor actual cash activity and compare against forecasted figures; identify and investigate variances
• Collaborate with FP&A, Treasury, and Operations to ensure cash forecast accuracy, reflecting capital needs, project timelines, and funding schedules

• Manage the administration of real estate-related debt facilities, including secured loans, construction loans, lines of credit, and corporate-level debt
• Coordinate loan drawdowns, interest payments, repayments, and related reporting requirements

• Monitor financial and operational covenants across all debt facilities in accordance with loan agreements
• Prepare quarterly and annual lender compliance certificates, ensuring alignment with loan documentation and audit support
• Ensure timely and accurate delivery of financial information to lenders, auditors, and investors

• Track and reconcile capital flows across a multi-entity structure, including contributions, distributions, fundings, and intercompany transactions
• Support refinancing efforts and new financing transactions by preparing documentation, updating models, and coordinating due diligence materials
• Ensure compliance with REIT-related financial and operational requirements

• Assist with the preparation of recurring and ad hoc reporting packages for internal leadership, private equity sponsors, and the Board of Directors
• Support audit and tax teams with documentation related to liquidity, debt, and compliance
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams to deliver consistent, investor-grade reporting and analysis

• 7–10 years of relevant experience in real estate finance, treasury, or capital markets, preferably in a real estate operating company, real estate private equity, or bank
• Experience working with complex real estate debt structures (construction loans, property-level debt, revolvers, CMBS, etc.)
• Strong understanding of loan covenants, debt compliance, and liquidity planning in a capital-intensive environment
• Excellent Excel modeling skills
• Solid understanding of GAAP and real estate accounting fundamentals
• Strong attention to detail with a mindset for controls and documentation
• Excellent communication skills, capable of presenting technical financial information to both internal stakeholders and external lenders
• Experience in private equity-backed environments strongly preferred