Friedman Real Estate is hiring a Chief Financial Officer (CFO) to manage the finance, accounting, and shared services operations of a fully integrated commercial real estate enterprise headquartered in Farmington Hills, Michigan.

Organizational Strategy and Results

• Collaborate with the executive leadership team, develop the strategy to ensure that the operating companies have the financial resources needed to achieve their current and future goals, while mitigating financial and operational risk
• Develop and maintain effective working relationships with key financial partners including investors, partners, lenders, clients, and vendors

Financial Management and Reporting

• Collaborate with the Accounting leadership team to ensure an engaged and motivated team with paths for promotion
• Oversee budgeting, accounting, and cash management to ensure accurate reporting, interpretation, and analysis of financial results in conjunction with budgets, forecasts, and long-range plans
• Manage outside CPA relationships
• Oversee and review company/property audits and tax returns
• Establish and maintain internal controls to safeguard assets
• Document and recommend improvements to policies and procedures
• Collaborate with Controller to ensure that all loan document reporting requirements are met in a timely manner
• Ensure timely and accurate financial information
• Manage and monitor the companies’ cash flow and capital needs
• Collaborate with the Accounting and Treasury teams to ensure an effective and efficient work environment
• Engage with leadership team to determine opportunities for ancillary revenue, additional profitability and generally best in industry financial models across all companies.

Shared Services

• Work with each department leader to create strategic goals
• Engage routinely with the department leaders to ensure each division is on track to providing the support required to the operating companies for them to achieve their goals
• Ensure adequate staffing and structure for each department to achieve most efficiency for future goal achievement across the enterprise
• Be engaged in any new software selection process to be used within a company or across the enterprise
• Understand and be proactive in all hardware and network administration related issues
• Strategically work with Human Resources team leadership and leadership team to develop compensation, bonus, and benefit plans across the enterprise
• Help each department leader prioritize their tasks to ensure maximum productivity and best results
• Work with Risk Management team to negotiate and manage company/property insurance policies and bonds

• At least 20 years of progressive experience including at least three years as a CFO or equivalent
• Desire to hold consistent EOS meetings with department leaders to stay on task, monitor results, and ensure goals are being met
• Monitor compensation and bonus structure to ensure they are tied to performance of both the individuals and the companies.
• Knowledge and experience with commercial and multi-family real estate
• Collaborative leadership style
• Experience with design and implementation of enhanced financial systems and procedures
• Keen interest in utilizing technology to create efficiencies
• Possess clear, accurate, effective, and well-organized written and verbal communication skills
• Proficient in Microsoft Office, accounting software programs with YARDI preferable, and other