Financial Services

Every learner in every community should have access to a great education. Building Hope was founded more than 20 years ago on the belief that financial, operational, and facility barriers should never stand in the way of that vision.

Our initial work with charter school founders in Washington, D.C. has expanded into a broader mission to build high-quality, sustainable learning institutions across the country. Through partnerships with K–12, higher education and community leaders, we have helped create millions of square feet of learning space and supported scalable models to expand access to opportunity to hundreds of thousands of learners.

Today, Building Hope continues to expand that work. By combining capital, tools, and collaborative approaches, we help create learning environments where students flourish, educators are empowered, and communities prosper.

The Director of Asset Management protects and enhances the value of Building Hope’s investment portfolio by proactively monitoring investment performance, identifying emerging risks, managing stakeholder relationships, and recommending strategies that maximize repayment, portfolio performance, and mission impact. The Director acts as a partner to leadership and the Board on portfolio risk. The Director will also develop and implement new processes and will utilize AI, where appropriate, to optimize the asset management function.

Strategic Portfolio Management and Credit Risk Oversight

• Administer the internal risk rating framework across assets, track changes during the asset lifecycle, and flag material credit events.
• Review term sheets, lease documents, underwriting memos, and other key documents prepared by the investment teams for credit and policy compliance.
• Identify emerging risks (such as financial, enrollment, construction, and other) within the portfolio through ongoing financial and operational assessments before they become problems.
• Work with leadership to recommend modifications, restructurings, waivers, or workout strategies when appropriate, and develop action plans for underperforming assets.
• Collaborate with leadership and the investing teams to perform various credit related analyses on market pricing, credit defaults, enrollment trends, operational ratio trends, political/policy changes.
• Work with the line of business Presidents to periodically update the organization’s investment policies.
• Build and maintain portfolio dashboards for Impact data collection and early-warning indicators to surface emerging credit and performance risks before they become material.
• Maintain familiarity with fund-specific eligibility criteria, reporting obligations, and compliance requirements, including the U.S. Department of Education Credit Enhancement program and other special-purpose funds.

Investment Monitoring and Reporting

• In partnership with investment teams, participate in the transition of investments from development/closing to servicing.
• Monitor the collection of all required reporting from borrowers and tenants (e.g., financial reporting and covenant calculations, insurance, academic results, enrollment and other impact data, etc.).
• Analyze interim and audited financial reporting data to evaluate the financial condition of our tenants and borrowers.
• Prepare periodic and annual portfolio monitoring analysis and reports to support risk rating and to assess performance against underwriting expectations.
• Support Insurance needs by reviewing borrower and tenant coverage and monitoring Building Hope investment related insurance matters and claims reporting in partnership with our insurance brokers, and support real estate tax needs for investments.
• Identify and help implement automation, analytics, and workflow tools…