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About The Position

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree from an accredited college or university.
• At least 1 year of experience in affordable housing finance, real estate lending, underwriting, LIHTC development, housing finance agency programs, community development finance, or public-sector housing program administration, including evaluating affordable housing transactions and financial feasibility.
• Experience supporting affordable housing development, finance (such as underwriting, lending, or origination), or program implementation projects.
• Experience working with public-sector organizations, housing authorities, housing finance agencies, community development organizations, or affordable housing developers.
• Experience with workforce, mixed-income, rehabilitation, and permanent supportive housing project types.
• Experience participating in one or more phases of affordable housing transactions, such as application review, underwriting, due diligence, entitlement, financing, closing, construction monitoring, or asset management.
• Experience developing and analyzing affordable housing development budgets, sources and uses statements, operating pro formas, cash flow projections, and debt sizing analyses.
• Experience analyzing, underwriting, developing, financing, or administering affordable housing developments using 4% and/or 9% LIHTCs.
• Understanding of QAPs, equity pricing, tax credit structuring, and affordable housing capital stacks.
• Familiarity with the affordable housing transaction development process, including entitlement, subsidy review, underwriting, due diligence, and closing.
• Working knowledge of HUD multifamily programs and relevant federal regulations.
• Advanced Excel skills, including financial modeling, scenario analysis, pivot tables, lookup functions, and sensitivity testing.
• Strong analytical and research skills with attention to detail.
• Clear and effective written and verbal communication skills.
• Ability to manage multiple priorities and meet deadlines in a consulting environment.
• Proficiency with Microsoft Word, Excel, and PowerPoint.
• Must reside within 50 miles of a Guidehouse office, with a focus on Sacramento, CA, or Arlington, VA.

Nice To Haves

• Master’s degree in a related field.
• Certification or training in rental housing finance.
• Experience with housing-related data analysis, monitoring, or evaluation.
• Exposure to syndication, underwriting, or housing finance software systems.
• Experience with GIS platforms such as ArcGIS and data visualization tools such as Power BI.

Responsibilities

• Support affordable housing finance and program implementation engagements for public-sector clients.
• Evaluate affordable housing development proposals, including 4% and 9% Low Income Housing Tax Credit projects.
• Develop and analyze project budgets, sources and uses, financial pro formas, and underwriting models.
• Conduct feasibility analyses, benefit-cost analyses, and subsidy layering reviews.
• Assist with transactions and project due diligence, including review of development, financing, and closing package deliverables, land use, and regulatory documentation.
• Support client use of HOME, CDBG, ARPA, and other public funding sources.
• Research and interpret HUD regulations (24 CFR), Qualified Allocation Plans, and program guidance.
• Develop memos, reports, tools, templates, Standard Operating Procedures, and presentations for internal and external stakeholders.
• Conduct quantitative and qualitative analysis and synthesize findings into clear, client-ready outputs.
• Support stakeholder engagement activities, including interviews, workshops, and coordination with partner agencies and development, legal, lending, and compliance teams.
• Manage assigned tasks, timelines, and deliverables in coordination with project leadership.

Benefits

• Competitive compensation and a flexible benefits package.
• Medical, prescription, dental, and vision insurance.
• Personal and family sick time and company-paid holidays.
• Position may be eligible for a discretionary variable incentive bonus.
• Parental leave and adoption assistance.
• 401(k) retirement plan.
• Basic life and supplemental life insurance.
• Health Savings Account and dental/vision and dependent care Flexible Spending Accounts.
• Short-term and long-term disability.
• Student Loan PayDown.
• Tuition reimbursement, personal development, and learning opportunities.
• Skills development and certifications.
• Employee referral program.
• Corporate-sponsored events and community outreach.
• Emergency back-up childcare program.
• Mobility stipend.