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Director of Forward Planning

Fresno, CAOnsiteFull TimeDirector$144,200–$183,500 /yrPosted 1 month ago

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Required skills

  • New Star
  • Microsoft Office
  • Microsoft Project
  • Excel
  • PowerPoint
  • Word
  • SharePoint
  • scheduling
  • budgeting
  • business strategies

Nice to have

  • Business
  • Finance
  • Construction
  • Civil Engineering
  • residential builder
  • multi-family builder

Role summary

Century Communities is seeking a Director of Forward Planning to lead due diligence and entitlement activities for land acquisition, preparing projects for development. This role involves supporting Land Acquisition and Land Development teams, managing budgets, preparing financial analyses, and developing strategic procedures. The Director will also be responsible for reporting on project costs, schedules, and financial performance, utilizing tools like Microsoft Project and Excel. The ideal candidate has a Bachelor's degree in a relevant field, 4+ years of project management experience in residential or multi-family building, and strong analytical, communication, and technical skills, including proficiency in Microsoft Office Suite and New Star software.

What You’ll Do:

The Director of Forward Planning leads due diligence and entitlement activities during land acquisition to get the project ready for development. You are directly involved in creating and constructing new communities, from raw land to finished neighborhoods.

Your Key Responsibilities Include:

  • Provide support to both Land Acquisition and Land Development.
  • Work with the acquisition team to complete all due diligence, plan and entitle all new communities and prepare projects for land development and vertical construction.
  • Performs as lead contact and coordinator for due diligence.
  • Assist Land Department with Budgets (development, feasibility).
  • Prepare preliminary proformas and house price worksheets for prospective Land acquisitions.
  • Assist with developing and implementing procedures for land purchase.
  • Own orders and payment processing in the Land Department.
  • Assist with developing reports and other tools for managing the Land Department.
  • Prepare preliminary Competitive Market Analyses (CMA) report for Land Acquisition.
  • Prepare Asset Management Committee (AMC) package for acquisition/funding of new projects for Land Acquisition.
  • Prepare reports for Land Development cost overruns and changes in strategy.
  • Develop forecasting tools for Land Department.
  • Complete month-end financial reporting for land-related accounts.
  • Assist with maintaining Community Schedules for new Community Openings in Microsoft Project for Land Development.
  • Help with project completion schedules for Land Development using Microsoft Project.
  • Perform other duties as needed or assigned.

    • What You Have:

  • Proven experience in scheduling, budgeting, and creating business strategies for each project.
  • Success in managing multiple projects.
  • Ability to execute and achieve results with attention to detail.
  • Effective time management to meet project deadlines.
  • Aptitude to communicate and summarize complex information.
  • Strong analytical skills and ability to identify problems.
  • Influential and effective in resolving conflict.
  • Adept with current technical information and tools.
  • Software knowledge and experience with New Star, Microsoft Office, and Microsoft Project.

    • Your Education and Experience:

  • A Bachelor's degree with a preferred area of emphasis in Business, Finance, Construction, or Civil Engineering.
  • 4 + years of successful project management/expediting experience in residential or multi-family builder.
  • Highly proficient in Microsoft applications Excel, PowerPoint, and Word, and familiar with SharePoint.

    • Compensation: Century Communities (the “Company”) intends to offer the selected candidate an annual base salary in the range of $144,200-$183,500 with the potential for an annual bonus. Actual offers will be based on a variety of factors including experience. Employees will have access to paid time off, medical, dental, vision, basic life insurance and the Company’s 401k plan.

    About Us

    Our mission of A Home For Every Dream® is made possible by our talented team members. As one company with two homebuilding brands, Century Communities and Century Complete, we offer a range of new homes designed to meet the needs of homebuyers across the country. Our affiliated companies, Inspire Home Loans and Parkway Title, provide mortgage financing, title insurance, and settlement services to support the homebuying journey.

    We’re looking for self-starters, changemakers, and thoughtful collaborators who are ready to grow, make an impact, and build rewarding careers with us.

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