Land Acquisition Manager

Mattamy - Charlotte, NC

Full-time - Mid Level

Charlotte, NC

Construction of Buildings

About the position

Mattamy Homes is the largest privately owned homebuilder in North America, with 40-plus years of history across the United States and Canada. Every year, Mattamy helps more than 8,000 families realize their dream of home ownership. In the U.S., Mattamy is represented in 11 markets - Charlotte, Dallas, Jacksonville, Naples, Orlando, Phoenix, Raleigh, Sarasota, Southeast Florida, Tampa, and Tucson.

Responsibilities

• Assist Vice President of Land with sourcing new land acquisition opportunities
• Analyze potential land acquisitions and due diligence inspection materials
• Develop and analyze land proformas and homebuilding proformas (required proficiency with Microsoft Excel)
• Perform necessary due diligence including coordination with consultants for the completion of all necessary due diligence
• In coordination with the Project Manager/Land Development Manager, develop land plans, project scheduling, budgeting, and cash flows
• Promote project and community vision and design
• Participate in housing product development and translate into land planning
• Maintain strong relationships with vendors, brokers, government authorities and other project stakeholders
• Make Mattamy the 'Developer/Builder of Choice' such that Mattamy has the first look at land opportunities
• Manage land acquisition reports and provide to Corporate Office
• Manage land dispositions
• Analyze asset dispositions such as excess land
• Analyze asset management strategies to optimize the asset (hold, re-plan, develop, etc.)

Requirements

• Bachelor's degree in Civil Engineering, Business, Finance, Real Estate or a related field
• 3+ years land acquisition experience, preferably in residential homebuilding
• Advanced proficiency with Microsoft Excel and financial modelling is required
• Experience in land acquisition/dispositions and development analysis, preferably in a single-family residential context and ideally focusing on the local marketplace
• Understanding of planning policies and regulations across the local markets municipalities is desirable
• Experience with Metro Study and other general market analysis software
• Familiarity with land development and amenity construction budgeting/cash flows
• Self-motivated, independent, and detail oriented
• Other required software proficiency: Word, Outlook, Adobe Acrobat/Reader (PDFs)
• Concise writing and public speaking/presentation skills are desirable for reporting to senior investment committee
• Ability to cope in a fast-paced environment while managing multiple proformas and deadlines
• General aptitude for business and real estate finance
• Proven track record of excelling within a team-oriented and collaborative environment
• A self-starter with the capacity to work independently
• History of pulling together relevant market data and performing comparable project analysis

Nice-to-haves

• Understanding of planning policies and regulations across the local markets municipalities
• Experience with Metro Study and other general market analysis software
• Concise writing and public speaking/presentation skills are desirable for reporting to senior investment committee

Benefits

• 3 weeks of company paid vacation + 1 week of company paid time off + 1 week of sick time
• Health, Dental and Vision Insurance
• Life Insurance and Short/Long Term Disability
• Flex Spending, 401K with Company Matching and Tuition Reimbursement
• Entertainment Discounts, Employee Home Ownership Program and Company-wide Volunteer Program