Director of Finance, Single Family

Description

The Director of Finance, Single Family is the financial expert on each project, working with the project team and executive leadership to make sound, data-driven decisions. This individual is responsible for analyzing, underwriting and the overall financial management of Southern Land Company’s single family projects.

• Lead annual budget preparation and semi-annual proforma updates by working closely with each project team and executive leadership to scrutinize and affirm all data and assumptions impacting budget / proforma.
• Monitor and manage project cash balances.
• Oversee processing of invoices to insure accurate and timely payment in accordance with contracts and budgets.
• UnderwritingWork closely with the regional developers to be aware of ongoing and anticipated financial conditions and possible schedule implications.Incorporate the impact of actuals into the proforma and develop potential mitigants to maintain / enhance the project’s financial performance.Create and maintain financial models, cash flow projections and investor return metric calculations, including a thorough understanding of all assumptions and schedules.Work with the land acquisition manager, community development VP and other executives to provide accurate underwriting scenarios and sensitivities for land purchase, land plan changes, and/or commercial opportunities.
• Collaborate with all functional areas within SLC, including design, infrastructure, development, sales & marketing, capital markets, accounting and others to become a trusted partner and owner of each project’s financial realm.
• Partner with accounting team in timely preparation of draw file, including review prior to final approval by CFO.
• Create and maintain financial models, cash flow projections and investor return metric calculations, including a thorough understanding of all assumptions and schedules.
• RelatedPartner with capital markets on various financing alternatives, strategy, processes and compliance.Monitor and manage project cash balances.Research and analyze relevant market conditions, demographics, etc. to support key operating assumptions.Oversee processing of invoices to insure accurate and timely payment in accordance with contracts and budgets.Visit projects periodically to evaluate progress.Various ad hoc analyses and reporting as may be required from time to time.
• Visit projects periodically to evaluate progress.
• Work with the land acquisition manager, community development VP and other executives to provide accurate underwriting scenarios and sensitivities for land purchase, land plan changes, and/or commercial opportunities.
• Work closely with the regional developers to be aware of ongoing and anticipated financial conditions and possible schedule implications.
• Incorporate the impact of actuals into the proforma and develop potential mitigants to maintain / enhance the project’s financial performance.
• Analysis & ReportingPrepare timely month-end reporting of financial results to executive management with a detailed review of results versus budget, including variance analysis and operating updates.Partner with accounting team in timely preparation of draw file, including review prior to final approval by CFO.Lead annual budget preparation and semi-annual proforma updates by working closely with each project team and executive leadership to scrutinize and affirm all data and assumptions impacting budget / proforma.Prepare and maintain 13-week cash flow projection.
• Prepare timely month-end reporting of financial results to executive management with a detailed review of results versus budget, including variance analysis and operating updates.
• Research and analyze relevant market conditions, demographics, etc. to support key operating assumptions.
• Responsible for the full life cycle of single family projects in specific geographic regions, including initial investigation / LOI stage, design, development, the marketing and sale of lots, and final sell out.
• Prepare and maintain 13-week cash flow projection.
• Partner with capital markets on various financing alternatives, strategy, processes and compliance.

Requirements

• Ability to work under pressure with tight time constraints, as well as the ability to deal with frequent interruptions, unresolved situations, frequent change, delays, or unexpected events.
• High level of competency in financial modeling
• Bachelor’s Degree in Accounting, Finance, or related
• Thorough understanding of financial statements and budgets.
• Experience with Sage Intaact and Paperless
• Excellent written / verbal communication and interpersonal skills, and the ability to deal professionally with clients, vendors, and co-workers on the phone and in person; able to interface with top level executives.
• Advanced knowledge of MS Excel & PowerPoint
• Collaborative, team-oriented individual with ability to work independently.
• High level of proficiency in Microsoft Office Suite
• 7-10 years of relevant work experience
• An open mind for new ideas and creative methods
• CPA, CMA and/or MBA preferred
• Strong analytical, quantitative and problem-solving skills.
• Experience in the following areas: real estate, construction, homebuilding, accounting, asset management, real estate banking
• Excellent organizational and time management skills, ability to take initiative, use good judgment, demonstrate a strong sense of urgency and attention to detail, and carry multiple projects through to completion.

Benefits

Southern Land Company believes that community is the heart of every successful development project. With that as our starting point, we create residential developments around the country that provide a generous, comfortable lifestyle to those that call them home. In support of our single family and multifamily projects, we also undertake key retail, office, and recreation developments to craft convenient, complete communities. We believe in big ideas and paying attention to every detail required to realize them.

Southern Land Company is an Equal Opportunity Employer (EOE) and we seek to create an inclusive workplace that embraces diverse backgrounds, life experiences and perspectives. Southern Land Company offers a competitive benefits package, including 401k and paid time off. For more information, please visit our website at www.southernland.com.

• A strong compensation and benefits package, including health, vision, dental, 401k with a strong match and more!

Training + Development

Interview process

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