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About the Role

The Development Analyst supports the Real Estate Development team by providing financial analysis, project tracking, and financial coordination support across the full lifecycle of new and existing affordable and supportive housing projects. This role is responsible for maintaining accurate financial models, coordinating financing applications, and supporting accounts payable and receivable processes to ensure that project financial data is complete, current, and aligned with development budgets and funding sources. The Development Analyst plays a critical role in ensuring financial integrity across development projects, enabling Project Managers to focus on execution, stakeholder management, and deal advancement.

Responsibilities

Maintain accurate and up-to-date financial models for all assigned projects.
Ensure development budgets, sources and uses, and actual cost data remain fully aligned.
Complete model updates within established timeframes with minimal errors.
Track, code, and reconcile all project-related invoices, payments, drawings, and funding sources.
Verify that no discrepancies exist between recorded transactions, approved budgets, and received funds.
Prepare financing applications and due diligence materials.
Submit all required components by established deadlines and meet agency, lender, and investor standards.
Maintain consistent, accurate, and up-to-date project data across all tracking systems and reports.
Deliver internal and external reports on time, reflecting current project conditions.
Complete internal and external requests within established turnaround times (2-3 days).
Proactively manage outstanding items.
Ensure project teams receive timely, accurate information with minimal need for follow-up.
Build, update, and maintain accurate financial models.
Reconcile financial data across budgets, invoices, and funding sources.
Identify and clearly explain variances and discrepancies.
Manage multiple projects, deadlines, and competing priorities simultaneously.
Maintain complete and well-structured documentation systems.
Track checklists, deliverables, and project milestones.
Follow through on tasks with minimal supervision.
Prepare clear reports, application materials, and professional correspondence.
Communicate effectively with internal teams and external stakeholders.
Ask targeted questions and escalate issues appropriately.
Review and code invoices accurately.
Track payments and funding sources.
Reconcile financial transactions with development budgets.
Maintain confidential information.
Work independently and as part of a team.

Requirements

Have an understanding, appreciation, and commitment to the philosophy and mission of Community Access.
Experience in Real Estate and the analysis of new building or rehabilitation construction projects.
1–3 years of relevant experience in real estate development, affordable housing, finance, consulting, or related field.
Experience supporting financial modeling, budgeting, or project analysis.
Advanced proficiency in Microsoft Excel, including Financial modeling (sources & uses, cash flow projections), Data organization and reconciliation, Use of formulas and structured models (e.g., lookups, pivot tables).
Strong proficiency in Microsoft Word and PowerPoint for preparing reports and presentations.
Ability to manage and maintain structured data systems and trackers.
Familiarity with real estate financial concepts, including Development budgets, Operating proformas, Basic debt and equity structures.
Strong attention to detail with a near-zero tolerance for data errors.
Ability to translate complex financial data into clear, decision-support information.
Strong organizational skills.
Ability to follow through on tasks with minimal supervision.
Strong written communication skills.
Ability to communicate effectively with Internal teams (development, finance, property management) and External stakeholders (consultants, agencies, lenders).
Demonstrated ability to ask targeted questions and escalate issues appropriately.
Understanding of basic accounts payable and accounts receivable processes.
Comfort working closely with finance/accounting teams to ensure financial accuracy and compliance.
Show initiative and be responsible for follow through.
Ability to maintain confidential information, as related to position.
Ability to work independently and as part of a team.

Skills

Financial modeling
Budgeting
Project analysis
Microsoft Excel
Microsoft Word
Microsoft PowerPoint
Data management
Financial reconciliation
Report preparation
Presentation skills
Communication
Attention to detail
Organizational skills
Accounts payable
Accounts receivable

Location

New York City

Work Type

Full-time

Experience Level

1-3 years

Education Level

Bachelor's degree in finance, real estate, economics, urban planning, public policy, or a related field

About the Company

Community Access was founded in 1974 to provide housing and support for people being discharged from psychiatric institutions.
Community Access is one of the leading providers of supportive and affordable housing in New York City.
Community Access originated an integrated housing model which has become a best practice nationally.
Community Access provides affordable housing where families live alongside people living with mental health concerns.
Community Access staff support thousands of New Yorkers through supportive and affordable housing, peer-driven residential crisis support programs, training, advocacy, supported education, mobile treatment and other healing-focused services.
The Real Estate Development Department of Community Access plans, develops, finances and builds multifamily residential projects in New York City.
The Real Estate Development Department's projects contain a mix of supportive housing for formerly homeless individuals and families and affordable housing for low-income families.
The Real Estate Development Department has developed more than 1,600 units of housing, with an additional 500 units currently under construction and more than 500 units in pre-development.
The Department also oversees major renovation projects, including “Year 15” preservation projects, for existing Community Access buildings.

Equal Opportunity

Community Access is an Equal Opportunity Employer. M/F/D/V.
Women, People of Color and Members of the LGBT community are strongly encouraged to apply.
We are dedicated to a workforce where at least 51% of our employees identify as having a personal experience using mental health services.