Sr. Manager - Corp Dev & Finance

Lifespark Careers•St. Louis Park, MN

1d•Hybrid

About The Position

The Sr. Manager, Corporate Development & Finance is a new, high-ownership role within the Finance organization for Lifespark Senior Living, responsible for establishing the company’s internal corporate development function while owning FP&A operations for newly acquired and newly managed communities. This role sits at the intersection of growth and finance: it drives transaction analysis, underwriting, and pro forma development for acquisitions, dispositions, and new management contracts, and then owns the financial onboarding, reporting stand-up, and ongoing FP&A support for communities entering the portfolio. This is a foundational hire for the company’s growth strategy. The role is expected to establish repeatable corporate development infrastructure, including underwriting standards, diligence playbooks, pro forma and ramp model templates, and post-close financial integration processes that scale with the portfolio. Success requires strong deal judgment, rigorous modeling discipline, executive-ready communication skills, and the ability to operate with significant autonomy across concurrent transactions and operational deadlines. The role carries a defined leadership trajectory with the expectation of expanding scope and team as the company’s growth pipeline matures.

Requirements

8+ years of progressive experience in finance, including 5+ years in M&A, corporate development, investment banking, or transaction advisory with direct ownership of underwriting and pro forma development
Prior commercial banking, credit, or lending experience strongly valued for its underwriting rigor and capital markets perspective
Bachelor’s degree in Finance, Accounting, Economics, or related field; MBA strongly preferred
Healthcare, senior living, or multi-site real estate / operating company experience preferred; demonstrated ability to rapidly learn unit economics in a new industry
Expert-level financial modeling skills: three-statement models, pro formas, ramp and stabilization models, sensitivity and scenario analysis, and returns analysis (IRR, cash-on-cash, yield, coverage metrics)
Demonstrated experience leading financial workstreams on live transactions, including diligence coordination across legal, accounting, and operational functions
Ability to extract and synthesize data from multiple systems (ERP, HRIS, EMR) into clear, decision-ready outputs; comfort operating in Velixo, Sage Intacct, UKG, and August Health environments over time
Executive presence and exceptional communication skills; able to present complex analysis and defend recommendations to senior leadership, ownership groups, and external counterparties
High degree of autonomy, sound judgment under ambiguity, and the ability to manage concurrent transaction and operational deadlines
High integrity, strong attention to detail, and a builder’s mindset toward process, templates, and team infrastructure

Responsibilities

Own end-to-end financial analysis for portfolio transactions, including acquisitions, dispositions, recapitalizations, and new third-party management contracts, in partnership with the Director of Finance
Build, own, and continuously refine underwriting models and pro formas, incorporating census and occupancy ramp assumptions, payor mix, rate strategy, labor and vendor expense builds, capital needs, and management fee economics
Lead financial due diligence: coordinate data requests, validate seller / operator financials, normalize historical performance, and identify diligence findings that affect valuation, deal structure, or transition risk
Develop investment summaries and transaction recommendations for the Director of Finance, SVP Finance, and executive leadership; present analysis and defend assumptions to internal and external stakeholders, including ownership groups and capital partners
Establish and maintain the company’s corporate development infrastructure with standardized underwriting templates, diligence checklists and playbooks, a transaction pipeline tracker, and post-close performance tracking against underwriting assumptions
Support deal execution activities including LOI and term sheet analysis, purchase / management agreement financial terms, working capital considerations, and closing coordination with legal, accounting, and operations
Monitor market activity, comparable transactions, and industry benchmarks to inform valuation perspectives and growth strategy
Own the financial onboarding of newly acquired or newly managed communities: stand up reporting, budgets, forecasts, and KPI tracking from day one of the management or ownership transition
Build and maintain operational ramp models for new communities and manage performance against pro forma, in partnership with Operations leadership; identify, explain, and escalate material variances versus underwriting
Serve as the primary FP&A business partner for new communities during their stabilization period and beyond, partnering with regional and community-level operators to drive census, rate, labor, and NOI performance
Develop transition-period reporting packages and cadences for ownership groups on managed communities, ensuring accuracy, completeness, and timeliness of delivery
Transition stabilized communities into the core FP&A reporting infrastructure in partnership with the Director of Finance and broader FP&A team
Partner with the Director of Finance on portfolio-level strategy, including NOI margin enhancement initiatives, operational restructuring scenarios, and capital allocation analysis
Prepare and deliver board, lender, and ownership-ready presentations covering transaction analysis, portfolio growth, and new-community performance
Provide mentorship and analytical direction to the broader Lifespark FP&A team on transaction-related and new-community workstreams; contribute to hiring and team development as the function scales
Support the evaluation and implementation of systems and tooling for corporate development and FP&A, in partnership with the Director of Finance
Execute ad hoc financial modeling and analysis, including what-if and sensitivity analyses, break-even and contribution margin analyses, and ownership group requests
Contribute to broader corporate development activities outside of Lifespark Senior Living, including enterprise-wide M&A, future debt / equity raises, and financing initiatives related to Lifespark’s not-for-profit strategy
Other duties as assigned