FP&A Analyst

Founded in 2003, Building Hope believes a school facility should never stand in the way of a child's opportunity to learn and achieve their dreams.
With over two decades of experience in developing, financing, and managing school construction projects in rural areas and urban centers, we are passionate about transforming spaces, from bare land to revitalizing underused buildings, into vibrant and thriving centers for learning and innovation.

Building Hope has a strong track record of investing, either through its real estate development arm or through lending via its Community Development Financial Institution entity.

Position Summary

The Financial Planning & Analysis (FP&A) Analyst is a key member of the Finance and Accounting team within Building Hope. He/she will be responsible for assisting with the company's short-term and long-term financial forecasting, cash management, process optimization and financial reporting. The analyst will provide financial consulting and support to leadership and will leverage systems and processes to drive accurate, reliable and insightful reporting of financial data.

Responsibilities

Financial Planning, Analysis and Reporting

• Develop, update and maintain three statement financial models to support the annual budgeting process, ongoing forecast, and long-range planning.
• Support analysis and reporting of all monthly, quarterly and annual financial reporting for internal and external stakeholders.
• Track and monitor organization-wide capital and operating liquidity.
• Participate in special projects, including preparation of investor/3rd party presentations and performance of ad-hoc financial analysis.
• Implement and serve as the expert user of 3rd party cloud-based planning and analysis tool, Vena.
• Assist with requests for annual audit and tax preparations.
• Develop business case ROI analysis for corporate level initiatives (e.g. business development and marketing).

Cash Management and Investment/Project Financial Support

• Regularly update the P&L and cash flow forecast based on updated property-level financials, lending, credit enhancement or real estate investments, and property dispositions or loan payoffs.
• Work alongside lending and real estate investment/project teams to serve as the Finance & Accounting team representative to support acquisitions, finance closings, sales, fundings, and partner distributions.
• Assist with debt lender, equity, foundation, and governmental reporting and compliance, including submission of financial statements, covenant compliance checks and other ad hoc requests.
• Prepare monthly draw packages for real estate investment projects including updating the project budget, reconciling project invoices to the appropriate project level account, compilation of draw submissions, and tracking of construction pay application information and support.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Finance or Accounting, or a related field.
• At least two years of professional experience in corporate finance, accounting, banking, consulting, or equivalent.
• Real estate industry and/or lending experience a plus.
• Strong quantitative and analytical skills, superior Excel modeling skills (including experience building a scenario-based 3 statement financial model), and advanced skills in developing presentations.
• Knowledge of financial statements, financial and accounting concepts and processes.
• Outstanding oral and written communication.
• Attention to detail and willingness to dig into the numbers to gain key insights.
• Demonstrated self-starter with the ability to learn quickly, identify problems/opportunities and be resourceful in taking action.
• A commitment to excellence and continuously seeking to learn and improve.
• Committed to Building Hope's mission.