Build your future with Minto Communities USA!
Since 1955, we’ve been proudly building better places for people to live, work and play, one home and one relationship at a time. To us, it’s all about special moments — like the pride in owning a first home, spending time in the community, and enjoying the team you work with. We recognize this continues with great employees, like you, and would love for you to join us on our mission. At Minto we welcome change, celebrate new ideas and provide you with the resources, professional training and diverse opportunities to grow your career.
Your offer will include:

• Competitive salary
• Annual bonus + benefits + RRSP Plan + vacation coverage
• Employee recognition platform – Be rewarded by your colleagues for your contributions!
• Many exciting career opportunities

Reporting to the VP of Project Finance, the Director of Project Finance is primarily responsible for working with internal stakeholders to create custom lending solutions and arranging debt financings for the company’s real estate projects across the United States.

Key Responsibilities

• Create custom lending solutions for various real estate projects, working with internal groups to better understand their objectives and project requirements, and aligning to business strategies;
• Build and leverage internal and external relationships to obtain necessary information for various reports and outputs that are pertinent to on-going portfolio and information management;
• Develop relationships with various key lending partners, capital providers, industry professionals;
• The preparation of financing proposals for lenders (including but not limited to: the detailed financing structure, project descriptions, site plans, architectural elevations, lease summaries and corporate summaries);
• The preparation and/or review of financial models for new acquisitions and projects under construction (including but not limited to: cash flow forecasts, sources and uses analyses and a variety of return calculations);
• Manage a portfolio of loans on an on-going basis;
• Managing the loan closing process, and engaging counsel for the review and negotiation of loan terms and agreements;
• Provide acquisition underwriting support through the critical review and quality assurance for all significant transaction analyses;
• Some administrative responsibility within the spirit and scope of the position such as: sourcing and maintaining information, managing industry data, ensuring documentation is up to date for various projects, etc.

Key Attributes

• Strong grasp of corporate finance theory and real estate lending practice;
• Good understanding of the fundamentals of real estate, particularly development of low-rise residential property.
• Very strong financial analysis skills, including extensive knowledge of financial modeling and discounted cash flows.
• Excellent communication skills – able to articulate complex financial and analytical concepts to senior executives
• Ability to build strong working relationships with others through establishing trust, rapport and credibility.

Qualifications

• Undergraduate degree in Business, Finance, Accounting, Economics or a related field
• Additional designations (MBA or CPA) would be an asset
• A minimum of 8 years’ experience in a real estate lending environment
• Excellent communication and presentation skills - able to articulate complex financial and analytical concepts to senior executives
• High proficiency with Microsoft Office, particularly Microsoft Excel