Finance Manager - Real Estate Development

If you’re passionate about building a better future for individuals, communities, and our country—and you’re committed to working hard to play your part in building that future—consider WGU as the next step in your career. Driven by a mission to expand access to higher education through online, competency-based degree programs, WGU is also committed to being a great place to work for a diverse workforce of student-focused professionals. The university has pioneered a new way to learn in the 21st century, one that has received praise from academic, industry, government, and media leaders. Whatever your role, working for WGU gives you a part to play in helping students graduate, creating a better tomorrow for themselves and their families. The salary range for this position takes into account the wide range of factors that are considered in making compensation decisions including but not limited to skill sets; experience and training; licensure and certifications; and other business and organizational needs. At WGU, it is not typical for an individual to be hired at or near the top of the range for their position, and compensation decisions are dependent on the facts and circumstances of each case. A reasonable estimate of the current range is:   Grade: Professional 312 Pay Range: $109,900.00 - $170,400.00 Job Description The Finance Manager - Real Estate Development is WGU's finance lead for large-scale real estate development, including the new headquarters campus. This senior individual contributor owns the forward-looking financial view of the program: capital planning, project financial models, cash-flow forecasting, funding analysis, financial risk assessment, and executive decision support. The role partners across Development, Project Controls, Accounting, Treasury, Procurement, Legal, and external advisors to support disciplined capital allocation throughout the project lifecycle. *This role works on-site at WGU's Salt Lake City, Utah headquarters. Relocation assistance is available to candidates who live more than 50 miles from Salt Lake City.

Own and maintain the integrated project financial model and long-range capital plan, aligning cost, scope, schedule, operating, and financing assumptions.   Lead project budgeting and rolling cash-flow forecasts; identify the amount and timing of funding and liquidity requirements.   Evaluate major investments, scope choices, delivery alternatives, and schedule changes using scenario, sensitivity, return, and life-cycle cost analyses, as appropriate.   Assess capital structure and funding alternatives, including cash, debt or tax-exempt bonds, incentives, and grants; support due diligence and financing execution with Treasury, Legal, and external advisors.   Translate actual costs, commitments, forecasts, contingency use, and key assumptions into clear executive reporting, variance explanations, risks, and recommendations.   Establish and maintain project finance governance, modeling standards, approval controls, and reporting requirements; monitor compliance with authorized budgets and decisions.   Quantify financial risks related to cost escalation, interest rates, schedule, scope, market conditions, and operations; recommend and monitor mitigation actions.   Provide functional leadership for project finance workstreams and present analysis and recommendations to project leadership, executive governance bodies, and the Board, as needed.

Required   Bachelor's degree in Finance, Accounting, Economics, Real Estate, Business Administration, or a related analytical field, or equivalent relevant experience under WGU policy.   Eight or more years of progressive experience in corporate finance, FP&A, project finance, development finance, real estate finance, investment analysis, or a related discipline, including experience supporting complex capital projects.   Advanced financial modeling, cash-flow forecasting,