Housing Finance Manager

Job Summary

We offer competitive salaries, great benefits, and work that matters to our community.

The Organization

The Seattle Housing Authority (SHA) is a mission-driven leader in affordable housing, headquartered on Elliot Ave West with sweeping views of Elliot Bay and the Puget Sound. With additional field offices across Seattle, we are committed to expanding housing opportunities, strengthening communities, and supporting a workplace where people grow and thrive.

The position

We are looking for a housing finance manager to join our team! This role is perfect for someone who can provide strategical and operational leadership for SHA’s financial policy development, limited partnership financing, bond and debt issuance, and grant and cash management. This role serves as a key liaison for internal and external stakeholders and will lead manager financial initiatives, manage core policy processes, and ensure compliance with local, state, and federal requirements.

The Location

The ideal candidate will have:

• Bachelor’s degree in finance, accounting, public administration, business, or a related field
• Five years of experience in housing finance, asset management, or public sector financial administration
• Experience with limited partnerships, bond compliance, or federal grant management is strongly preferred

What will you do?

• Review and track pre-development and development budgets across the real estate roadmap
• Manage limited-partner relationships and compliance, such as replacement reserve draw requests, cash-flow distributions, budget submissions, and investor information requests
• Lead the quarterly limited partner exit committee with SHA’s asset management department, providing updates on capital accounts, dissolution planning, and cash-flow analyses
• Oversee bond compliance with SHA’s asset management and accounting teams, including the review of electronic municipal market access reporting and monitoring of public offer processes
• Oversee preparation, review, and submission of the public housing operating subsidy request to the Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD)
• Manage Move-to-Work (MTW) fund transfers with SHA’s budget manager, ensuring accurate allocation, tracking, and adherence to MTW guidelines and policies
• Maintain financial tracking tools and SharePoint documentation to enable accurate and timely reporting
• Coordinate grant oversight and monitoring, facilitate project status discussions, and plan for funding utilization, ensuring compliance with federal grant requirements
• Support SHA’s accounting team in reconciliation and cleanup of financial records, including development reserves, collateral reserves, land sale proceeds, and related fund sources and uses
• Develop, maintain, and update financial policies and procedures, such as bond disclosure, cash management, housing finance processes, and SHA workflows

For additional information on the job, please see the full job description.

How to Apply

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Why Should You Apply?

• Our Culture: SHA offers a supportive, energetic workplace where collaboration and growth thrive. Our talented team has helped make us a nationally recognized leader in affordable housing and community development.
• Competitive Salary:
• Comprehensive Benefits:

Benefits

• Medical: Employees may select from four medical plans – Kaiser Permanente Standard Plan, Kaiser Permanente Deductible Plan, City of Seattle Preventive Plan, and City of Seattle Traditional Plan.
• Dental: Employees may select from two dental plans - Delta Dental, an incentive plan, or Dental Health Services, a managed care plan. Our dental plans include coverage for eligible dependents and are paid for by SHA.
• Vision: SHA offers two vision plans through VSP Vision Care. The Basic plan is fully paid for by SHA. The Vision Buy-Up plan is paid for by the employee. The Buy-Up plan provides more frequent coverage of lenses, frames, and contact lenses and includes coverage of progressive lenses.
• Long Term Disability Insurance: If you are disabled, the Basic Plan will be combined with other sources of income to pay you up to $400 a month after a 90-day waiting period. Employees may purchase long-term disability coverage that provides up to 60% of gross monthly salary during disability.
• Group Term Life (GTL) Insurance: You can select from one of two plans - Basic GTL, which is one-and-a-half times your annual earnings or Limited Basic GTL of $50,000.00. SHA will contribute 40% of the cost for the GTL insurance.
• Accidental Death & Dismemberment (AD&D) Insurance: SHA offers an employee-paid group AD&D insurance plan. An employee may cover themself or a family member for amounts from $25,000 to $500,000 in $25,000 increments. AD&D insurance pays a death benefit if the insured person dies due to an accident or a percentage of the full insurance amount if the covered person loses a limb.
• Retirement Plan: Public Employees' Retirement System (PERS) membership is defined by Washington State statutes and is mandatory if you are hired into an eligible position. However, if you are retired from or have been a member of the City of Seattle, Spokane or Tacoma Employee's Retirement System, your PERS enrollment must be verified and approved by the Washington State Department of Retirement System.
• Flexible Spending Account (FSA): Employees have the option of making pre-tax contributions to pay for IRS eligible expenses. There are two accounts: a Health Care Flexible Spending Account and a Dependent Care Flexible Spending Account. Employees can sign up for one or both accounts.
• Leave Benefits: Annual Leave is provided for vacation and personal time off. First year employees earn up to 3.84 hours per bi-weekly pay period (100 hours annually), increasing incrementally due to service years - up to 7.69 per hours per pay period at 25 years of service (200 hours annually). Leave hours for part time staff are pro-rated. There is a 240-hour annual carryover limit for annual leave. Sick leave is provided for health care and related appointments. Employees earn 3.69 hours per pay period. Hours for part time staff are pro-rated. There is no maximum or carryover limit for sick leave.
• New Year's Day- Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Day - Presidents Day - Memorial Day - Juneteenth - Independence Day - Labor Day - Indigenous People's Day Veterans Day- Thanksgiving Day - The day following Thanksgiving - Christmas Day Additionally, up to three personal holidays are granted to regular employees each calendar year. They are available to be scheduled in advance by the employee with supervisor approval.
• Regular administrative non-represented employees hired between January 1 and May 31 are granted three personal holidays. If hired from June 1 until November 10, two personal holidays are granted. If hired beginning November 11 or later, no personal holidays are granted until January 1.
• Pay for Performance Program & Merit Awards: Regular Administrative non-represented staff are eligible for Merit Pay and Merit Leave awards based on their annual performance evaluation, as well as on the agency's fiscal year performance from January through December of each year. An employee's merit awards are based on the employee's performance rating, the position of the employee's salary within the salary range, and the fiscal performance of the agency. For new and promoted employees, the merit awards will be pro-rated based on length of time in the current position during the calendar year.
• Public Service Loan Forgiveness (PSLF): As an SHA employee, you may be eligible for federal Public Service Loan Forgiveness. This federal program was created to assist full-time public service professionals in reducing their federal student loan debt burden.
• Employee Transportation Program: A fully subsidized commuter ORCA Passport is offered for use on Metro, Community Transit, Pierce Transit, Kitsap Transit, Everett Transit, Sound Transit, Link Light Rail, Sounder Commuter Train routes. It can also be used on the Seattle Center Monorail. ORCA Passport also provides reduced or fully covered fares on most vanpool routes. Additionally, an Emergency Ride Home Program, bike racks at various sites, and shower facilities at several offices are also provided, along with discount Zipcar membership (if accepted).