Vice President of Finance

O'Reilly Development Company, a Springfield, Missouri based real estate developer and operator, seeks a senior finance leader to steward the firm's financial strategy across ODC, OMS, and affiliated entities. This role reports to the President & CFO and collaborates closely with development, asset management, investor relations, and corporate operations to manage capital, risk, and financial operations.

This onsite position requires a minimum of ten years of progressive finance experience and a Bachelor’s degree.

Responsibilities

• Provide leadership for accounting, treasury, financial reporting, tax coordination, and internal controls while mentoring the Controller and accounting team; establish clear expectations and professional development opportunities; ensure accurate and timely reporting across corporate, development, operating, and investment entities.
• Partner with development leadership through project sourcing, underwriting, predevelopment, construction, and stabilization; assist in preparing budgets, project pro formas, investment committee materials, and financing packages; analyze historical costs and market trends to validate assumptions and improve underwriting accuracy.
• Monitor the financial and operational performance of the portfolio, including senior housing, multifamily, self-storage, and other real estate investments; evaluate performance against underwriting and budgets; analyze occupancy, revenue, expenses, NOI, cash flow, debt service coverage, and return metrics; identify opportunities to enhance property performance.
• Support debt and equity capital formation; participate in meetings with lenders, investors, joint venture partners, and capital partners; assist in structuring, analyzing, negotiating, and executing financing transactions; maintain relationships with banks, institutional capital providers, family offices, sponsors, and strategic partners; prepare financing requests and lender presentations.
• Identify, evaluate, and monitor financial, operational, contractual, regulatory, and investment risks across development and operating assets; review major contracts and loan documents to identify financial and risk-management considerations; partner with legal counsel and executive leadership to negotiate terms that protect capital.
• Support long-range planning, forecasting, and strategic initiatives; develop financial models, scenario analyses, and sensitivity analyses to inform major business decisions; assess processes and recommend improvements to reporting, technology usage, automation, and operational efficiency; assist with annual budgeting, forecasting, benchmarking, and performance measurement.
• Demonstrate leadership aligned with ODC values, foster cross-functional collaboration across development, construction, accounting, asset management, legal, investor relations, and operations; promote accountability, continuous improvement, and disciplined decision-making; serve as a trusted advisor to the executive team and business partners; recruit, develop, and retain high-performing finance and accounting professionals.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in Accounting, Finance, Business Administration, Real Estate, or a related field (required).
• Ten or more years of progressive experience in accounting, finance, real estate, development, investment management, or related disciplines (required).
• Minimum of ten years in finance roles (required).
• Experience overseeing multiple legal entities and complex ownership structures (required).
• Experience managing external auditors, tax advisors, legal counsel, lenders, and financial consultants (required).
• Strong expertise in financial reporting, budgeting, forecasting, treasury management, internal controls, and risk management (required).
• Experience interacting directly with lenders, investors, attorneys, and executive leadership teams (required).

Technologies

• AppFolio

Benefits

• 401(k)
• 401(k) matching
• Dental insurance
• Health insurance
• Paid time off
• Relocation assistance
• Vision insurance

Education

Bachelor’s degree (Required)

Experience

• Real Estate or Development: 10 years (Preferred)
• Finance: 10 years (Required)

Licenses & Certifications

• CPA (Preferred)
• MBA (Preferred)

Location

Springfield, Missouri — onsite

Application Question(s)

• Strong ability to lead and effectively communicate with multiple stakeholders including internal team, partner team, investors, and key third party stakeholders.