Land Acquisition Analyst

J.F. Shea Family of Companies • AZ

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About The Position

The position will assist in all acquisitions activities. The position will support the VP, Land Acquisition in analyzing suitable land positions in strategic growth markets, due-diligence on proposed projects, and interface and information exchange with sellers, interface and reporting with outside capital sources, and Letters of Intent (LOI), Purchase and Sale Agreements (PSA) and the related professional services. The position will prepare pro-forma tools & project pro-formas, monthly reporting to the Shea corporate office, preliminary analysis on land packages, data warehousing and organization and other related activities.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree required, MBA a plus
• 2+ years of previous financial or M&A analyst experience
• Finance and metric expertise required
• Significant excel experience/skills with the ability and desire to learn new modeling tools
• Thorough knowledge of PowerPoint and Adobe Acrobat Writer, ability to create presentations
• Experience with industry market research platform a plus

Responsibilities

• Analyze prospect projects
• Financial returns
• Investment requirements
• Competitive position in relation to SHALC division resources/strategy
• Prepare pro-formas for potential projects
• Prepare initial competitive analysis which includes pricing, supply, and demand for potential projects
• Analyze partnership returns, promote structures and cash flow waterfall analyses
• Assist in due-diligence, including reviewing land development assumptions, house construction assumptions, sales assumptions, and overhead assumptions
• Prepare Monthly and Quarterly Corporate Reporting Requirements
• Prepare Pre-Acquisition Budgets
• Prepare Monthly Acquisition Cash Flow Report
• Prepare Quarterly Forecast
• Prepare project reporting, presentation, and request requirements
• Prepare Transaction Summaries
• Prepare Land Committee Presentations
• Prepare Wire Requests
• Prepare other accounting related activities
• Assist in the transition of acquired projects to the operational team
• Manage Data Warehousing and Packages
• Convert packages to PDF format and establish electronic library of packages
• Convert key due diligence documents and contract information to PDF format and establish electronic storage system for all projects at LOI stage and beyond
• Assist and Prepare other Special Projects and Assignments as necessary

What This Job Offers

• Education Level: Bachelor's degree