Project Manager - Lending - Compliance & Investor Operations

We’re seeking a Project Manager to lead finance, real estate lending, and investment fund initiatives. This role oversees cross-functional projects involving lending operations, financial reporting, compliance, and investor operations, with responsibility for budgets, vendors, risk management, and executive reporting.

Responsibilities

• Lead finance, real estate lending, and fund-management projects from kickoff through implementation and launch.
• Define project scope, deliverables, budgets, milestones, and resource requirements across multiple workstreams.
• Manage project schedules, dependencies, vendor deliverables, and outstanding requirements.
• Identify project risks, compliance issues, and delivery challenges, and implement mitigation plans.
• Coordinate with lending, finance, compliance, reporting, and investor operations teams.
• Oversee project documentation, reporting processes, and operational deliverables.
• Prepare executive updates on project progress, budgets, risks, key decisions, and milestones.
• Identify process gaps and implement improvements to increase operational efficiency, reporting accuracy, and project controls.

Requirements

• 3+ years of project management experience in finance, real estate, financial services, or fund management.
• Experience managing projects involving lending operations, financial reporting, compliance, or investor operations.
• Demonstrated ownership of scope, budgets, vendors, risk logs, and executive communications from kickoff through launch.
• Experience delivering projects in regulated financial services or compliance-sensitive environments.
• Strong understanding of project governance, milestone tracking, risk management, and cross-functional execution.
• Proficiency in Microsoft Excel, project tracking tools, and reporting systems.
• Strong analytical, organizational, communication, and stakeholder management skills.
• Ability to manage competing priorities and deliver measurable project outcomes.
• Must have direct ownership of complex projects; candidates with only administrative or project coordination experience will not qualify.

Benefits

• Competitive salary based on experience
• Potential health insurance benefits
• Retirement plan options
• Paid time off
• Other company-sponsored benefits and programs