Our client, a national build-to-suit development firm with expertise across multiple verticals including
single-tenant net leased (STNL), and specialized healthcare & veterinary
facilities seeks an ambitious Chief Financial Officer (CFO) to
join their collaborative team in based out of Chicago.
Our client is experiencing tremendous deal-flow,
and looking for a CFO with experience having created, managed, or run a
fund-driven platform as they look to raise a small fund in 2024. The firm has a strong existing investor network
of family offices, PE firms, and institutions, and hopes to find a CFO familiar with fund set-up, compliance, and ongoing administration.
The CFO will
work closely with the firm’s CEO & Chairman, and will build and grow the
organizational structure and networks needed to execute the Company’s business
plan and ensure employees and service providers are all rowing in the same
direction.
A day in the life of the CFO includes, but is not limited to:
- Acquisitions: assisting with project or portfolio underwriting, PSA negotiation, due diligence and execution
- Fund Formation & Administration: collaborating
with legal and financial advisors on the initial set-up, ongoing compliance,
and administration of the firm’s first and subsequent funds
- Capital: assisting
with raising debt and equity funding, negotiate loan terms, review loan and
investor documents, prepare lender and investor decks, and investor reporting
and relations
- Finance: forecasting,
budgeting, tax strategy, accounting, A/P, payroll, insurance, regulatory
compliance, risk mitigation, cash and credit management, internal controls
- Analytics: recommending
and implementing data-driven business intelligence tools, platforms, and
processes to maintain a competitive edge
- Legal: working
with outside legal and financial advisors regarding contracts, employment,
permitting and licensing, investor and lender documents, regulatory compliance,
tax law, etc.