Sr Director of Real Estate Finance; Retained Search

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Salary $190,000 - $235,000 per year

This is a senior finance leadership role at the intersection of commercial real estate, FP&A, capital allocation, and asset management. The Sr Director serves as the primary finance partner to the Real Estate and Development organization and acts as the lynchpin between corporate strategy and real estate execution. While new development remains an important component of the role, the broader mandate is capital stewardship across the full real estate portfolio, including evaluating, allocating, and managing capital across new builds, leased assets, maintenance, reinvestment, and improvement initiatives, with a disciplined focus on return on invested capital over near-term and full lifecycle horizons.

This role sits within a sophisticated corporate finance organization that partners closely with real estate, development, construction, accounting, treasury, and executive leadership.

• Managing capital decisions impacting hundreds of millions in annual investment
• Opportunity to shape and mature a real estate asset management discipline
• Exposure to complex, high-stakes real estate and capital allocation decisions
• Direct partnership with senior leadership on long-term growth strategy
• Clear path to expanded leadership responsibility as the organization continues to scale

This is a senior finance leadership role at the intersection of commercial real estate, FP&A, capital allocation, and asset management. The Sr Director serves as the primary finance partner to the Real Estate and Development organization and acts as the lynchpin between corporate strategy and real estate execution.

Key responsibilities include capital allocation & portfolio strategy, asset management financial leadership, new business & development financial planning, cross-functional leadership & influence, FP&A and executive leadership support, and team leadership.

• Lead capital planning and allocation across a large, multi-category real estate portfolio, balancing new development, leased assets, maintenance, modernization, and improvement investments
• Evaluate competing uses of capital to ensure resources are deployed to the highest-return opportunities
• Assess site-level economics, return on invested capital, and long-term asset performance across the life of each property
• Support go/no-go investment decisions through disciplined financial analysis and executive-level recommendations

• Shape and mature a real estate asset management capability from a financial perspective
• Oversee asset-level FP&A, forecasting, and performance tracking for existing properties
• Monitor capital deployment and reinvestment strategies to optimize asset performance and returns
• Partner with operating and development teams to ensure financial insights translate into action at the site level

• Lead financial modeling and site-level business planning for new real estate investments, including ground-up development, leases, and acquisitions
• Build and maintain detailed site-level pro formas reflecting development costs, lease structures, operating economics, and return profiles
• Support evaluation of lease vs. build decisions, sale-leaseback considerations, and other complex real estate structures
• Partner closely with development and construction teams throughout the full development lifecycle, from feasibility through stabilization

• Serve as the finance bridge between development, construction, accounting, treasury, corporate, FP&A, and executive leadership
• Translate complex financial models into clear narratives that support alignment and decision-making
• Connect corporate strategy to real estate execution in an environment where priorities, assumptions, and market dynamics continue to evolve
• Build trust and credibility across technical and non-technical stakeholders

• Lead and develop a high-performing…