SVP, Acquisitions – Investment Management

Walker & Dunlop

Senior Vice President, Acquisitions shaping and executing WDAE’s lower-tier LIHTC investment strategy. Leading the Acquisitions Team in thorough due diligence and strategic negotiations.

Posted 7/9/2026full-timeCalabasas • California, Colorado • 🇺🇸 United StatesLead💰 $225,000 - $250,000 per yearWebsite

About the role

Key responsibilities & impact

Lead the Acquisitions Team in the lower-tier due diligence, underwriting, negotiation, and closing process for WDAE’s affordable housing investments, with responsibility for protecting the economic, legal, and governance interests of WDAE’s investor limited partners (“ILPs”).
Oversee lower-tier negotiations and communications with developers, direct WDAE’s business positions in transaction documents, and supervise outside counsel to ensure negotiated outcomes are consistent with approved underwriting, investor requirements, and WDAE governance standards.
Manage team workflows related to Property Acquisition Report (“PAR”) packages, PAR models, Investment Committee materials, and investor deliverables, ensuring materials clearly present material risks, key assumptions, structural protections, and impacts to ILP interests.
Lead ongoing improvements to WDAE’s lower-tier closing processes, including enhanced use of systems and tools such as iManage, ChatGPT, and other technology platforms, while maintaining appropriate controls, documentation standards, and approval protocols.
Interface with investors regarding lower-tier deal structure, due diligence, underwriting assumptions, and transaction risks, ensuring communications are accurate, complete, and consistent with approved deal terms and risk assessments.
Communicate directly with developers, as needed, to facilitate lower-tier closings, resolve business and legal issues, and maintain disciplined negotiation boundaries.
Train, motivate, evaluate, and support the career development of Acquisitions Team members, including reinforcing sound underwriting judgment, fiduciary awareness, and adherence to governance protocols.
Promote cross-functional collaboration among Originations, Investor Relations, Asset Management, and Finance to balance platform growth, execution quality, investor expectations, and risk management.
Assist Originators with review of draft letters of intent (“LOIs”) and provide deal structuring guidance, while preserving Acquisitions’ responsibility for lower-tier diligence, negotiations, and final business recommendations.
Provide strategic recommendations to the Group Head of Affordable Equity and executive management regarding transaction risk, structural protections, negotiation strategy, market trends, process improvements, and other matters affecting WDAE’s platform.
Serve as a member of the WDAE Investment Committee, ensuring investment decisions are well-documented, analytically sound, and aligned with WDAE’s underwriting standards, governance protocols, and investor obligations.
Participate in the development of organizational plans, investment programs, and platform initiatives, with a focus on alignment of execution quality, governance, risk management, and scalable growth.
Perform other duties as assigned.
Attendance is generally required from 8:30 am – 5:30 pm local time, Tuesday through Thursday, with the option to work remotely on Mondays and Fridays.

Requirements

What you’ll need

Bachelor’s degree in business, real estate, finance, accounting, or a related field required; CPA, JD, MBA, or MST preferred
15+ years of experience in real estate finance, including significant experience in Section 42 Low Income Housing Tax Credit (LIHTC) syndication or multifamily housing
Demonstrated experience underwriting and structuring LIHTC real estate transactions
Experience managing complex real estate transactions through due diligence, negotiation, and closing
Experience supervising, mentoring, and leading high-performing professional teams
Experience working with developers, investors, lenders, and legal counsel in affordable housing transactions
Familiarity with escrow processes and title and survey review preferred

Benefits

Comp & perks

Up to 83% subsidized medical payroll deductions
Competitive dental and vision benefits
401(k) + match
Pre-tax transit and commuting benefits
A robust health and wellness program – earn cash rewards and gain access to resources that promote health, engagement, and balance
Paid maternity and parental leave, as well as other family paid leave programs
Company-paid life, short and long-term disability insurance
Health Savings Account and Healthcare and Dependent Care Flexible Spending
Career development opportunities
Empowerment and encouragement to give back – volunteer hours and donation matching

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Hard Skills & Tools

UnderwritingTransaction StructuringFinancial AnalysisRisk AssessmentEscrow Processes

Soft Skills

CommunicationMentoringCollaborationProblem-Solving

Certifications

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