Associate Director, Development Finance

Description

• Identify and flag risks or inefficiencies early, offering solutions and alternatives that protect and enhance project outcomes.
• Support broader initiatives, new business models, and special projects within the Zibi partnership and Dream’s platform.
• Lead proactive cash flow and capital planning, ensuring that funding strategies (debt, equity, internal capital) align with project timelines and returns expectations.
• Own the financial modeling, analysis, and scenario planning for development, major leases, and land sales.
• Collaborate closely with internal teams including accounting, development, construction, asset management, and leasing ensuring full alignment and coordination of financial decisions across the business.
• Act as a key partner to the development team, integrating financial strategy into each stage of project planning, phasing, design, and execution, and ensuring capital is allocated to generate the highest returns relative to risk.

Requirements

• Ability to juggle multiple projects while maintaining strong attention to detail
• Strong proficiency with Microsoft Excel.
• CPA or CFA with 5+ years’ experience in development finance;
• Strong knowledge of real estate development and construction and complex organizational structures;
• Self-motivated, energetic and hands-on professional with strong organization skills; and,
• Strong analytical skills: experience working on complex transactions, including dispositions and ideally projects with government or institutional partnerships
• Strong financial acumen with the ability to interpret numbers into a business context;An assertive self-starter with the ability to work independently under minimal supervision;
• A strong communicator who can digest complex information and simplify concepts when presenting to a variety of audiences;

Benefits

Training + Development

Interview process

Visa Sponsorship

Security clearance