What are the responsibilities and job description for the Land Analyst position at Clayton and Careers?
Position Summary: The Land Analyst ensures accurate financial analysis of land acquisition opportunities, reviews land packages, and analyzes financing proposals. They will collaborate with the land and accounting team to recommend a specific finance structure for each project that both minimizes the company’s equity and maximizes the return while considering the company’s land risk limitations.
Duties / Responsibilities:
- The Land Analyst supports the Land team with all aspects of land acquisition, from identifying potential land prospects to closing land transactions.
- Prepare financial proformas and competitive market analyses to assist the land acquisition team in determining the viability of proposed land acquisitions.
- Work with the entitlement and development teams and consultants to determine budgets and schedules to be used in proformas.
- Coordinate with multiple departments to understand home construction costs and buyer preferences in proformas.
- Review and analyze due diligence information for potential land investments.
- Extract and analyze data from various sources, including the MLS, company databases, Zonda, and other external websites.
- Post-acquisition – maintain financial proformas and competition analyses to assess ways to enhance existing communities' performance and report actual performance.
- With the guidance of Land Acquisition leadership, prepare detailed Land Packages with relevant support data for submittal to Corporate Land Committee to seek approval of real estate transactions.
- Oversees the findings from the conflict inquiry process to ensure optimal outcomes for the company.
- Leverages relationships and interfaces with governmental agencies and the local community for ROW and project permitting issues.
Qualifications:
- Four-year degree in business, accounting, or finance.
- Homebuilding industry experience preferred.
- Excellent at financial pro forma modeling skills
- Experience with Microsoft Office Products, especially Microsoft Word and Excel.
- Good oral and written communication and customer service skills.
- Must have strong a strong problem-solving approach and strong analytical and negotiant skills.
- Is exceptionally accurate, detailed and organized.
- Ability to collaborate with immediate team members and across departments.
- Ability to maintain confidentiality.
- Must be team-oriented and motivated.
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Brohn Homes