Chief Financial Officer, Real Estate

Wisconsin Housing Preservation Corp. (WHPC), located in Madison, Wisconsin, is embarking on an executive search, with the assistance of The QTI Group, to hire a Chief Financial Officer.

This is a great opportunity for a CPA with deep experience in commercial/multifamily real estate, including capital markets/transaction experience, to grow a team and make a difference with an organization that helps thousands of people live in high-quality affordable housing.

WHPC is a non-profit organization with a mission to preserve affordable housing. Since its inception in 2002, WHPC has acquired, developed and renovated nearly 150 affordable rental housing developments, which represent more than 8,200 family and senior units in Wisconsin. Today, WHPC is a nearly $500 million private non-profit housing provider with annual revenues of $70 million and net worth in excess of $150 million.

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Responsibilities:

Reporting to the President, the Chief Financial Officer is accountable for the administrative, financial, and risk management operations of the company, to include development of financial and operational strategies, metrics tied to those strategies, and the ongoing development and monitoring of control systems designed to preserve company assets and report accurate financial results.

Responsibilities include:

Planning

• Assist in formulating the company's future direction and supporting tactical initiatives.
• Monitor and direct the implementation of strategic business plans.
• Develop financial strategies.
• Manage the capital request and budgeting processes.
• Develop performance measures and monitoring systems that support the company's strategic direction.

Operations

• Participate in key decisions as a member of the executive management team.
• Maintain in-depth relations with all members of the management team.
• Manage the accounting, human resources, investor relations, legal, tax, and treasury functions.
• Oversee the financial operations of subsidiary companies.
• Manage any third parties to which accounting or finance functions have been outsourced.
• Oversee the company's transaction processing systems.
• Implement operational best practices.
• Oversee employee benefit plans, with particular emphasis on maximizing a cost-effective benefits package.
• Supervise equity, debt, acquisition, and tax credit due diligence and negotiations.

Financial Information

• Oversee the issuance of financial information.
• Report financial results to the board of directors.

Risk Management

• Understand and mitigate key elements of the company's risk profile.
• Monitor all open legal issues involving the company, and legal issues affecting the industry.
• Construct and monitor reliable control systems.
• Maintain appropriate insurance coverage.
• Ensure that the company complies with all legal and regulatory requirements.
• Ensure that record keeping meets the requirements of auditors and government agencies.
• Report risk issues to the audit committee of the board of directors.
• Maintain relations with external auditors and investigate their findings and recommendations.

Funding

• Monitor cash balances and cash forecasts.
• Arrange for debt financing and equity financing.
• Invest funds.

Third Parties

• Participate in conference calls with the investment community.
• Maintain banking relationships.
• Represent the company with investment bankers and investors.