CDFI Finance Manager

Habitat for Humanity East Bay/Silicon Valley is searching for a new CDFI Finance Manager. Habitat for Humanity East Bay/Silicon Valley (HEBSV) is an affiliate of Habitat for Humanity International serving Contra Costa, Alameda, and Santa Clara counties. Habitat Community Capital (HCC) is a non-profit Community Development Financial Institution (CDFI) controlled by HEBSV that lends money to organizations throughout California and nearby states to finance the construction and purchase of affordable housing.

Position Summary: The CDFI Finance Manager's primary responsibility will be the financial health of HCC, including monitoring HCC's cash flows, balance sheet, P&L, and other key performance indicators.The CDFI Finance Manager will monitor HCC's deployment ratio, sourcing funds as necessary (through bank financing, grants, etc.) to ensure the CDFI's ability to meet its demand for lending.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities:

• Manage financial operations, establishing and maintaining internal policies, procedures and controls
• Monitor the cash flows for both operating and lending capital, ensuring availability of funds and optimization

of investment

• Work with HCC's Loan Advisor to project future capital requirements for lending opportunities
• Coordinate all financing necessary to ensure that HCC has the available capital to meet lending projections
• Establish and maintain relationships with financial institutions, foundations, and other sources of capital
• Facilitate all borrowing and other financing transactions with banks, credit unions, CDFIs, etc.
• Identify and acquire grant financing from available sources (government, foundations, corporations, etc.)
• Develop new sources of financing as needed (donations, social impact investing, etc.)
• Ensure compliance with any metrics or covenants associated with grants, borrowing or other financing
• Lead construction of HCC's annual budget
• Present on HCC's finances quarterly to the Board of Directors
• Work with marketing team to develop materials that communicate financing opportunities to potential lenders
• Attend conferences for learning and networking; session presentations are a possibility

Position Requirements:

• 5+ years of finance experience, preferably within a CDFI, bank, or other financial institution
• Extensive understanding of financial best practices, including policies, procedures and controls
• Strong quantitative skills; able to construct, manipulate, and maintain data models in Excel
• Must be a self-starter and able to work independently
• Comfortable working in a start-up environment, building infrastructure from scratch (i.e., creating data models,

defining policies/procedures, constructing contact lists, establishing new business relationships)

• Strong interpersonal skills, including verbal and written communication
• Able to communicate effectively with the leadership of organizations by phone, email, video, and in-person
• Full-time, flexible hours. Minimal weekday evenings and weekends required. Minimal travel required.

Physical Requirements:

Primarily office work. Must be able to sit or stand for prolonged periods. Must be in the Oakland office once a quarter or as needed. Local California residents only.