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JOB SUMMARY: Assists Director of Finance in analyzing the overall financial objectives of the division including land development projects.
ESSENTIAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES: - Update and analyze weekly, monthly, and quarterly reports to assist division management with operational analysis. Reports include:
- Backlog review (weekly)
- Gross Margin Analysis (GMA) by community on a weekly basis
- Pricing analysis for move-in ready homes (weekly) to ensure revenue and costs are accurate
- Community summary and pricing calendar (weekly)
- Fixed costs analysis (monthly) – analyze monthly fixed costs detail to ensure coding is accurate and expenses are necessary.
- Sales, Starts, and Closings Variance Tracker (weekly)
- Elevation and Lot premium analysis (quarterly)
- Update and review actuals for sales, starts, and closings (monthly)
- Review monthly direct costs updates from Purchasing and analyze variances from previous month
- Prepare plan frequency report (quarterly)
- Assist Director of Finance in the preparation of divisional annual business plan and quarterly operational forecasts.
- Work with the land development managers to compile and analyze necessary budget revisions for all land development projects
- Perform detailed review of capitalized interest and property tax budgets for all projects
- Participate in monthly land offsite meeting to document any changes necessary for land development budgets
- Review and enter original budgets for new land acquisitions
- Work with land acquisition and land development to compile cash flow projections monthly and for quarterly forecasts and business plans
- Work with 3rd party project engineers to gather and analyze updated cost estimates to develop future sections and ensure land budgets are updated accordingly
- Compile and analyze lot status report to ensure development requests for new sections are submitted timely to land committee
- Update section lot counts and projected spending for all land development requests to land committee
- Ensure latest MUD receivable projections are included in land development requests to land committee
- Coordinate 3rd party valuations for all projects with MUD receivables
- Interact with the MUD auditor to compile payment support for MUD reimbursements
- Review the status of all outstanding MUD agreements to ensure timely receipt
- Provide growth projections for bond sizing related to reimbursement of MUD receivables
- Ensure all new land acquisitions with detention land have memos from engineers outlining MUD reimbursement %
- Review feasibility budgets for all potential acquisitions monthly to ensure proper spending of pre-acquisition costs
- Facilitate the processing and approval of bond requests
- Review status of outstanding bonds and ensure timely release
- Ensure G&A invoices are coded correctly and submitted to NAPA on a timely basis.
- Assist accounting with the tracking of property tax payments
- Review monthly invoice from architecture to ensure reasonable and compile coding by community
- Input lots and related addresses into the system for new communities
- Facilitate distribution of internal control checklist and send to accounting by 10th of the month
- Assist with ad hoc reports and analysis as needed
- Other Duties or projects as assigned
EDUCATION/EXPERIENCE/MINIMUM REQUIREMENTS:
Education/Certifications/Licenses - BS in Accounting or Finance
- Masters Degree in Accounting or Finance Preferred
- CPA license/certification highly desired
Experience - 1-3 years experience working for a public accounting firm OR 2-4 years experience in Finance/Accounting within the construction industry (preferred)
Knowledge, Skills & Abilities - Strong financial and accounting skills, as well as analytical and computer skills.
- Advanced knowledge of Microsoft Excel required.
- Excellent communication and interpersonal skills.
- Good organizational skills.
Work Requirements - Must work 8-hour days (during core business hours) with flexibility for longer hours as needed
- Must conduct business in a professional and ethical manner to potential buyers, external business associates and coworkers to reinforce goodwill and profitability for the company.
- Position is located on-site (11314 Richmond Avenue, Houston, TX 77082) #LI-onsite
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