Asset Management Analyst

At A Glance

Time Commitment: Full-Time, 37.5 hours/week

Experience Level: Mid-Level

Team: Asset Management; reports to Director of Asset Management

Salary Range: $60,000 - $67,000/year + benefits

Location: Asheville, NC

Anticipated Start Date: September 1, 2026

The Opportunity

Mountain Housing Opportunities (MHO) has delivered affordable housing solutions for income-limited homeowners and renters in and around Buncombe County since 1988. In 2025, MHO's Board of Directors adopted a 4-year Strategic Plan that sets ambitious goals to expand affordable rental and homeownership opportunities, strengthen our home repair and down payment assistance programs, advance service-enriched housing, and deepen our impact in the communities we serve. As Western North Carolina continues long-term recovery from Tropical Storm Helene, MHO's work, effective and transparent stewardship of our operations has never been more vital. To support this next phase of growth, MHO is seeking a skilled Asset Management Analyst to safeguard the long-term financial and physical health of its affordable housing portfolio—monitoring property performance, ensuring regulatory compliance, and delivering the analysis that drives sound, mission-aligned decisions. The ideal candidate will be a mission-aligned, detail-oriented analytical thinker with a background in affordable housing, finance, or property management, strong collaboration skills, and the self-motivation to manage multiple priorities independently in a fast-paced environment.

Position Overview

The Affordable Housing Asset Management Analyst will be responsible for monitoring, reporting and helping achieve strategic property performance goals through analysis and positive communication. The goals are focused on mission impact, financial and physical sustainability, and maintaining positive relationships with property funders, regulatory agencies and third party property management. The Affordable Housing Asset Management Analyst reports to the Director of Asset Management.

Primary Responsibilities:

Specific performance accountabilities include, but are not limited to the following:

• Oversee a portfolio of residential and commercial assets, ensuring the highest performance of each asset against strategic goals.
• Maintain in-depth knowledge of and compliance with HUD, USDA-RD, Low Income Housing Tax Credit (LIHTC) and state Housing Finance Agency regulatory policies and procedures.
• Ensure long-term sustainability of new developments, acquisitions, and rehabilitation projects through informed contributions to project planning.
• Prepare (or assist in the preparation of) monthly, quarterly, annual and special/periodic Board, senior management, investor, lender and regulatory agency reporting as assigned.
• Ensure positive financial plans through review, analysis and approval of annual operating budgets in coordination with the Financial Asset Manager.
• Develop and implement multiyear capital improvement plans in cooperation with third-party management agent.
• Conduct periodic market research to maintain an understanding of rent markets in each location.
• Identify and positively resolve problems related to watch list properties.
• Monitor ongoing physical property conditions and performance against established benchmarks, operating trends, market forces and initial projections.
• Manage capital needs assessments, including understanding the physical conditions of properties, forecasting capital plans and budgets, and monitoring reserve levels.
• Provide assistance to the Asset Management team for special projects as requested.
• Provide assistance and support to the Resident Services program as requested.
• Other duties as necessary

Required Qualifications

• Strong affinity for MHO's mission, service population, and organizational values.
• Working knowledge of housing programs and at least three (3) years of finance, accounting, development or property management experience for a nonprofit organization or equivalent experience; knowledge of finance, accounting, property management and real estate development preferred.
• Ability to demonstrate compassionate service with diverse individuals from all walks of life, including but not limited to, race, income, age and ability.
• Strong interpersonal skills required to relate to renters, partners, and colleagues. Ability to work well in collaborative environment.
• Demonstrated ability to think tactically with an understanding of strategic housing development.
• Must be self-motivated, results oriented and able to set priorities while working on numerous projects simultaneo