Sr Director of Real Estate Finance; Retained Search

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Relocation Required (this role is located in the Twin Cities) + High Autonomy + Visibility + High Growth + Highly Stable Company + Entrepreneurial Environment! This Jobot Job is hosted by:
Chelsea Piekarski.
Salary: $190,000 - $250,000 per year.

We are a scaled, publicly traded consumer platform with a national real estate footprint across owned, leased, and developed assets. The business is asset-intensive, capital disciplined, and growth-oriented, with hundreds of millions deployed annually across new development, asset reinvestment, and portfolio optimization. Finance is deeply embedded in strategic decision-making and plays a central role in how capital is allocated, returns are measured, and long-term value is created.

This role sits within a sophisticated corporate finance organization that partners closely with real estate, development, construction, accounting, treasury, and executive leadership.

• Managing capital decisions impacting hundreds of millions in annual investment
• Opportunity to shape and mature a real estate asset management discipline
• Exposure to complex, high-stakes real estate and capital allocation decisions
• Direct partnership with senior leadership on long-term growth strategy
• Clear path to expanded leadership responsibility as the organization continues to scale

• Lead capital planning and allocation across a large, multi-category real estate portfolio, balancing new development, leased assets, maintenance, modernization, and improvement investments
• Evaluate competing uses of capital to ensure resources are deployed to the highest-return opportunities
• Assess site-level economics, return on invested capital, and long-term asset performance across the full life of each property
• Support go/no-go investment decisions through disciplined financial analysis and clear executive-level recommendations

• Shape and mature a real estate asset management capability from a financial perspective
• Oversee asset-level FP&A, forecasting, and performance tracking for existing properties
• Monitor capital deployment and reinvestment strategies to optimize asset performance and returns
• Evolve site-level business models and assumptions as member mix, usage patterns, and operating dynamics change
• Partner with operating and development teams to ensure financial insights translate into action

• Lead financial modeling and site-level business planning for new real estate investments, including ground-up development, leases, and acquisitions
• Build and maintain detailed site-level pro formas reflecting development costs, lease structures, operating economics, and return profiles
• Support evaluation of lease versus build decisions, sale-leaseback considerations, and other complex real estate structures
• Partner closely with development and construction teams throughout the full development lifecycle, from feasibility through stabilization

• Serve as the finance bridge between development, construction, accounting, treasury, corporate FP&A, and executive leadership
• Translate complex financial analysis into clear narratives that support alignment and decision-making
• Connect corporate strategy to real estate execution in an environment where priorities, assumptions, and market dynamics continue to evolve
• Build trust and credibility across technical and non-technical stakeholders

• Lead and develop a high-performing FP&A team supporting real estate and capital planning
• Elevate analytical rigor, business acumen, and storytelling capabilities across the team
• Lead by example, balancing strategic direction with the ability to step into detailed analysis when needed to unblock progress or reset expectations
• Build a team and structure that does not rely on sustained hands‑on involvement

• 10+ years of progressive experience in FP&A, commercial real estate finance, or asset-intensive businesses
• Direct…