VP of Finance

The American Housing Corporation•Austin, TX

20d•Onsite

About The Position

The VP of Finance will own corporate finance for The American Housing Corporation, working closely with the CEO and leadership team to translate growth strategy into a financial plan and guide financial performance, resource allocation, and investment decisions across corporate operations, manufacturing, and real estate development. This pivotal leadership role connects project economics, operating performance, and company liquidity, and partners with Capital Markets so financing activities are supported by rigorous financial analysis and a clear understanding of the company’s needs. The role leads financial planning, budgeting, forecasting, integrated financial modeling, investment and project underwriting, and financial reporting. It oversees accounting, reporting, tax coordination, and internal controls across corporate and project entities, and builds the finance function, team, systems, processes, and external partnerships needed to support a growing business.

Requirements

10+ years of corporate finance experience, including significant senior leadership responsibility and demonstrated success building or leading a finance function.
Proven ownership of corporate financial planning, liquidity management, financial reporting, and executive decision support within a capital-intensive operating business.
Deep understanding of real estate debt, equity, and joint venture structures, including project cash flows, investment returns, distribution waterfalls, guarantees, covenants, and restrictions on the use of capital.
Experience partnering with capital markets teams, investors, and lenders on financing analysis, financial diligence, and ongoing reporting.
Advanced financial modeling skills, including integrated company forecasts, project underwriting, and scenario analysis.
Ability to explain how changes in project timing, operating costs, sales, or financing affect the broader business.
Strong accounting and financial reporting foundation, with experience overseeing multiple entities, consolidated results, internal controls, and external accounting and tax advisors.
Track record of turning financial analysis into better operating decisions, stronger cash discipline, and measurable business results.
Sound commercial judgment, clear executive communication, and confidence to challenge assumptions and hold business leaders accountable.
Comfort setting direction while remaining directly involved in critical analyses and decisions.

Nice To Haves

Preference for experience leading corporate finance within a real estate developer, homebuilder, or real estate operating platform.
Experience across manufacturing or construction operations is valuable.

Responsibilities

Lead corporate financial planning, annual budgeting, rolling forecasts, and long-range planning.
Maintain an integrated financial model connecting the company’s income statement, balance sheet, and cash flow across corporate operations, manufacturing, and real estate.
Serve as a strategic financial partner to the CEO and leadership team.
Evaluate growth plans, major investments, and resource commitments, making recommendations based on expected returns, capital requirements, and downside risk.
Partner with Capital Markets on fundraising and financing activities; provide financial models, forecasts, and diligence materials, and assess the effects of proposed financing structures and terms.
Establish financial underwriting standards and partner with real estate leaders to evaluate development opportunities, challenge assumptions, and track performance against approved business plans.
Partner with manufacturing and construction leaders to improve unit economics and operating performance, connecting factory utilization, production costs, construction spending, and delivery timelines to completed-home profitability and cash flow.
Deliver financial reporting to leadership, the board, investors, and lenders; explain performance, identify emerging risks, and work with business leaders on corrective actions.
Oversee accounting, financial reporting, and tax coordination across corporate and project entities, including timely closes, consolidated reporting, inventory and project-cost treatment, intercompany accounting, and internal controls.
Build and lead the finance function, establishing the team, systems, processes, and external partnerships needed to support business growth and complex operations and capital relationships.