What are the responsibilities and job description for the Development Analyst position at Community Access Inc?
Community Access was founded in 1974 to provide housing and support for people being discharged from psychiatric institutions. Today, we are one of the leading providers of supportive and affordable housing in New York City, and the originators of an integrated housing model which has become a best practice nationally: affordable housing where families live alongside people living with mental health concerns. Our staff work daily to 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.
Program/Department Description
The Real Estate Development Department of Community Access (CA) plans, develops, finances and builds multifamily residential projects in New York City that 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.
Position Overview
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.
Key Performance Indicators
- Financial Model Accuracy & Budget Alignment: The Development Analyst is responsible for maintaining accurate and up-to-date financial models for all assigned projects, ensuring that development budgets, sources and uses, and actual cost data remain fully aligned, with model updates completed within established timeframes and minimal to no errors in financial outputs.
- Accounts Payable and Receivable Accuracy and Reconciliation: The Development Analyst ensures that all project-related invoices, payments, drawings, and funding sources are accurately tracked, coded, and reconciled, with regular verification processes in place to confirm that no discrepancies exist between recorded transactions, approved budgets, and received funds.
- Application and Due Diligence Execution: The Development Analyst is accountable for the timely and complete preparation of financing applications and due diligence materials, ensuring that all required components are submitted by established deadlines and meet the standards of funding agencies, lenders, and investors without recurring deficiencies.
- Data Integrity and Reporting Reliability: The Development Analyst maintains consistent, accurate, and up-to-date project data across all tracking systems and reports, ensuring that 100% of internal and external reporting is delivered on time, reflects current project conditions, and contains no inconsistencies with underlying source documentation.
- Responsiveness and Coordination Efficiency: The Development Analyst demonstrates a high level of responsiveness and coordination by completing internal and external requests within established turnaround times (2-3 days), proactively managing outstanding items, and ensuring that project teams receive timely, accurate information with minimal need for follow-up.
Job Qualifications
- 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 project Required.
- Bachelor’s degree required in finance, real estate, economics, urban planning, public policy, or a related field Relevant coursework or concentration in real estate finance, development, or housing policy strongly preferred
- 1–3 years of relevant experience in real estate development, affordable housing, finance, consulting, or related field
- Exposure to multifamily or affordable housing development strongly preferred
- Experience supporting financial modeling, budgeting, or project analysis required
- Familiarity with public funding programs such as Low-Income Housing Tax Credit, or agencies like New York State Homes and Community Renewal, NYC Department of Housing Preservation and Development, or NYC Housing Development Corporation is preferred but not required
- 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
- Demonstrated ability to:
o Build, update, and maintain accurate financial models
o Reconcile financial data across budgets, invoices, and funding sources
o Identify and clearly explain variances and discrepancies
- Strong attention to detail with a near-zero tolerance for data errors
- Ability to translate complex financial data into clear, decision-support information
- Ability to manage multiple projects, deadlines, and competing priorities simultaneously
- Strong organizational skills with the ability to maintain complete and well-structured documentation systems
- Experience tracking checklists, deliverables, and project milestones
- Ability to follow through on tasks with minimal supervision
- Strong written communication skills with the ability to prepare Clear reports, Application materials, Professional correspondence
- 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, including ability to review and code invoices accurately, Track payments and funding sources, and reconciling financial transactions with development budgets
- 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
Bilingual candidates are encouraged to apply.
Interested candidates should apply on www.communityaccess.org/jobs.
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. www.communityaccess.org
Salary : $90,000