Head of Finance

Head of Finance

Location:

Boulder County, Colorado. Primarily in‑office with regular owner and operating‑team meetings.

Status:
Full‑time | Exempt, subject to final FLSA/Colorado classification review based on actual duties.

Reports To:

WWR‑RES Owner / Designated Managing Partner.

Team:
Finance/accounting team, including Controller or Accounting Specialist, AP/AR, outside CPA/tax, banking, and other finance vendors.

Compensation: $200,000–$250,000 base salary, plus potential performance‑based annual bonus opportunity of 10%‑15% of base salary.

WWR‑RES manages a substantial commercial real estate portfolio and creates value through cheerful, innovative, and sustainable real estate practices. The finance function is being rebuilt to improve reporting speed, reporting quality, accounting continuity, cash visibility, financial controls, and proactive owner‑facing decision support.

The Head of Finance will be WWR‑RES's senior finance operating leader. The role owns financial integrity, cash planning, debt management, refinancing and lender coordination, budgeting and reforecasting discipline, reconciliations, financial controls, lease economics, development pro‑formas, tax appeals, finance‑team structure, CPA coordination, monthly reporting, and decision‑ready reporting for owners and operating leaders. The role is finance‑only. It does not include HR ownership, benefits administration, employment‑law compliance, recruiting administration, or personnel policy administration, except for finance controls and reporting related to payroll expense, headcount cost data, approved compensation‑plan review, and related financial analysis.

• Lead the monthly and quarterly financial reporting cadence, including property‑level balance sheets, income statements, rent rolls, AR aging, AP aging, general‑ledger detail, budget‑to‑actual reporting, reconciliations, and owner‑ready variance explanations.
• Establish and enforce close‑calendar discipline, reconciliation standards, account ownership, approval controls, audit trails, segregation‑of‑duties expectations, and documentation standards across the finance/accounting team.
• Own cash planning and regular cash‑flow visibility, including rolling cash forecasts, payables timing, debt‑service visibility, debt management, refinancing support, capital‑expenditure needs, lender reporting, covenant tracking, and liquidity‑risk escalation.
• Serve as the primary finance liaison to banks and lenders and coordinate decision‑ready refinancing, loan, covenant, debt‑management, and capital‑plan materials.
• Partner with property management, leasing, development, construction/project management, CPA/tax, lenders, and ownership to connect property operations, lease activity, development projects, capital plans, budgets, and forecasted cash needs.
• Lead annual budgeting and mid‑year reforecasting, including property‑level budget support, operating‑expense and CAM drivers, capital plans, development pro‑formas, lease‑economics review, variance analysis, and actionable owner decision packets.
• Prepare or oversee recurring finance reviews with Bill and designated owners covering debt reports, refinancing activity, cash‑flow reports, capital‑expenditure reports, budget variance, lease economics, development pro‑formas, and material finance decisions.
• Hire, onboard, manage, and develop the Controller / Accounting Manager and AP/AR resources; define seat ownership, KPIs, backup coverage, and escalation rules so the department is resilient and not person‑dependent.
• Coordinate with outside CPA/tax advisors, banks/lenders, insurance brokers, auditors, and other finance vendors so reporting, tax, audit, insurance, lender, refinancing, and tax‑appeal deliverables are timely and decision‑ready.
• Support practical reporting automation, dashboarding, workflow improvement, and AI/tool adoption only where confidentiality, control, auditability, exception handling, and human review are preserved.
• Maintain strict confidentiality and records discipline for owner, company, tenant, lender, vendor, banking, tax, and financial information.
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