Junior Associate - Capital Markets

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Location: Remote

Engagement type: Full-time

Experience: 1-4 years

Start preference: Only apply if you're ready to join immediately or within 30 days

Compensation: $800 - $1500 / mo (based on experience and interview)

Company: sanctuary.co http://sanctuary.co

 

ABOUT THE COMPANY

Sanctuary builds nature-led, wellness-centered communities that feel alive. Our first 135-acre residential community in the Texas Hill Country is designed with:

🌱 Non-toxic materials

💧 Clean water and filtration systems

⚡ EMF-conscious design

🌿 135 acres of preserved land and eco-sensitive planning

🏗️ Masonry construction

We are a global team (spread across 8 countries) of designers, architects, engineers, and dreamers building spaces that restore and inspire. For us, it's not just where people live — it's how they live.

Our vision is to bring Sanctuary to major cities around the world: healthy, sovereign communities that sit on the edges of every modern metropolis.

THE ROLE

We are seeking a highly driven, high-ownership Junior Associate, Capital Markets to support capital raising, lender execution, and strategic finance initiatives across our development portfolio. This is not a passive analyst role - you will operate as an execution partner across financing, underwriting, lender coordination, and deal operations.

You will work directly with senior leadership on active deals, communicate directly with lending partners and gain exposure to institutional lenders, structured finance, development operations, and capital strategy. The ideal candidate is analytical, proactive, detail-oriented, and comfortable taking ownership in fast-moving environments.

YOUR DAY-TO-DAY

CAPITAL MARKETS EXECUTION

• Support execution of construction, bridge, mezzanine, and development financing transactions.

• Coordinate lender due diligence requests, underwriting packages, closing checklists, and data rooms.

• Assist with review and comparison of loan terms, pricing, leverage metrics, reserves, and covenant structures.

• Track financing timelines and proactively identify execution risks or bottlenecks.

FINANCIAL MODELING & UNDERWRITING

• Build and maintain project-level underwriting and capital stack models.

• Analyze project returns, debt sizing, DSCR, LTC/LTV, interest carry, and sensitivity scenarios.

• Support appraisal, lender, and investor packages with accurate financial analysis and project assumptions.

STRATEGIC OPERATIONS & OWNERSHIP

• Prepare executive summaries, lender memos, and internal strategy materials.

• Manage financing trackers, covenant calendars, and draw process coordination.

RELATIONSHIP MANAGEMENT

• Serve as a day-to-day point of contact for lenders, brokers, consultants, and financing counterparties.

• Maintain organized diligence vaults and ensure timely delivery of information requests.

• Support long-term lender relationship management through responsive communication and execution reliability.

YOU'RE GOING TO BE A GREAT FIT IF...

• You have 2-4 years of experience in finance, real estate, investment banking, private credit, development, or related fields.

• Strong Google sheets, G-Suite and financial modeling capabilities.

• Understanding of real estate financing concepts including LTC, LTV, DSCR, Cash to close, interest reserves, and capital stacks.

• Strong organizational skills with the ability to manage multiple workstreams simultaneously.

• Clear written and verbal communication skills.

• High attention to detail and willingness to take initiative without constant oversight.

IDEAL TRAITS

• Ownership mindset with strong follow-through.

• Comfortable operating in ambiguity and fast-paced start up environments.

• Commercially minded and execution-oriented.

• Curious, resourceful, and proactive in solving problems.

• Pattern identification & strategic thinking

• Interested in real estate development, structured finance, and capital strategy.

WHAT'S IN IT FOR YOU

• Direct exposure to active financing transactions and institutional capital partners.

• Opportunity to grow rapidly into a lead execution or capital strategy role.

• High level of autonomy and responsibility very early on.

• Cross-functional exposure across development, finance, legal, and operations.

• Ability to materially influence how deals are structured and executed.

If this sounds like the role you've been waiting for, we'd love to hear from you. Apply, and let’s talk!