Housing Finance Analyst

at  Harris Associates

Harris & Associates is a 100% employee-owned company focused on solving today’s complex challenges facing public agencies. Our offices and project sites span the West Coast in California, Nevada, and Washington with a staff of over 250 employee-owners. Our mission is to partner with municipalities to analyze, plan and implement projects involving:

• Development financial and feasibility analysis, including affordable housing and inclusionary housing analysis.
• Loan agreements and related documents.
• Analysis, development, and administration of housing programs and projects, including loan programs, housing strategies, and public funding opportunities for housing.
• Housing and other grant writing and administration.
• Research and financial analysis for residential and commercial development and real estate.
• Housing planning (including housing elements and strategies).
• Other advisory services for housing implementation, including affordable, permanent supportive and transitional housing, homelessness services, and market rate housing.

Our Community Development + Housing team functions in a dynamic, high-energy environment where meeting deadlines is crucial. A successful candidate requires quick thinking, efficient task management, and the ability to adapt to rapidly changing priorities. Candidates must be comfortable working under pressure and demonstrate strong time-management skills to ensure federal and state deadlines are met for our clients. If you’re a high-caliber professional driven by excellence and looking for a fast-paced, dynamic, and collaborative environment, work that makes a difference, and a firm that invests in your growth, you could be a perfect fit for Harris & Associates.
Harris & Associates is searching for a highly motivated Analyst in our the Community Development + Housing Business Unit. This is a hybrid position and the person in this role must have the ability to work out of our Irvine office once a week.

REQUIRED QUALIFICATIONS & SKILLS

• Degree or experience in Economics, Business, Housing, Planning, Real Estate, or a related field.
• Excellent writing and intermediate/advanced Microsoft Excel skills.
• Multi-tasking (working on more than one project) and managing multiple priorities and one’s time to meet time-sensitive deadlines, schedules, and budgets, while producing high-quality deliverables.
• Having successful communication/follow-up skills and ensuring that all task deadlines are met is a must.
• Be proactive, solution-oriented, collaborative, and work well with different supervisors in an efficient manner.
• Be curious and resourceful – proactively seek understanding of your work.
• Approach all work in accordance with Harris’ Purpose, Vision, and Shared Values.

PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS & SKILLS

• Experience in any of the following areas is a plus:
• Financial analysis and reporting.
• Market analysis, real estate valuation, and advisory services.
• Housing planning and implementation.
• Grant writing and administration.
• Consulting

The Analyst will be responsible for the successful completion of tasks that include:

• Working directly with Senior Analysts and Project Managers on housing consulting services (including planning, development analysis, compliance and reporting) community development, and economic analysis for cities and counties throughout California.
• Conducting research and analysis to assist in the development of successful grant applications, including grant writing and administration.
• Preparing financial analysis and reports, including pro forma financial analysis, cash flow projections, and other financial analysis.
• Providing market analysis and real estate evaluation services.
• Working with large data sets, applying intermediate to advanced Excel skills, and thinking critically about data in context and about impacts for projects and clients.
• Summarizing analysis and findings for different audiences, writing clearly and with attention to detail.
• Adhering to project schedules and proactively providing regular updates to team members.