Real Estate CFO

A. Duda & Sons, Inc.; Melbourne (FL); On-site; USD 180,000 - 250,000; Full time

Job summary

The Viera Company, a subsidiary of A. Duda & Sons, Inc., seeks a Real Estate CFO to guide financial strategy for its master‑planned communities and development projects.

You will partner with the COO and executive team to drive cash flow planning, forecasting, and capital allocation, while ensuring disciplined governance and scalable financial systems. With 10+ years in senior finance within homebuilding or land development, you will lead FP&A, project finance, and reporting, delivering

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Finance, Accounting, Economics, or related field.
• 10+ years of progressive senior financial leadership within homebuilding, land development, and land acquisition.
• MBA and/or CPA license strongly preferred.

Responsibilities

• Serve as the primary financial partner to the COO & President, The Viera Company - Real Estate Group and leadership team.
• Drive financial strategy and oversight by translating development, absorption, pricing, and cost dynamics into disciplined financial insight that supports growth and capital decision‑making.
• Lead divisional planning and forecasting by implementing corporate FP&A tools and ensuring full alignment with enterprise planning processes and timelines.
• Develop robust financial and phasing models that guide cash-flow planning, community pacing, and scenario analysis for key operational teams.
• Lead disciplined capital allocation by underwriting land acquisitions and development phases, aligning investment evaluations with enterprise return thresholds, risk parameters, and Corporate Finance priorities.
• Oversee the strategic and compliant deployment of Viera Stewardship District bond proceeds, ensuring adherence to covenants, statutory requirements, and long-term capital improvement objectives.
• Evaluate and redesign financial systems and reporting processes by identifying gaps, inefficiencies, and scalability constraints to improve visibility and support future growth.
• Lead the implementation of modern financial and operational tools - such as ERP, planning systems, and profitability reporting to strengthen forecasting, cash-flow management, and enterprise data transparency.

Skills

Technical accounting

Financial leadership

Communication skills

Land development knowledge

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Finance/Accounting/Economics

MBA or CPA preferred

Job description

The Viera Company, a subsidiary of A. Duda & Sons, is the master developer of Viera, Florida, leading the thoughtful planning and development of one of the nation's top-selling master-planned communities. With a vertically integrated real estate operation, the company oversees commercial and residential development, ensuring the long-term vision, quality, and sustainability of the community.

The Real Estate CFO is the senior financial leader and strategic partner to the COO & President, The Viera Company - Real Estate Group guiding financial strategy across development finance, homebuilding finance, FP&A, capital allocation, and governance for Duda’s master-planned communities and real estate operations. This role ensures financial systems and processes scale effectively during a period of significant growth while maintaining margin discipline and capital efficiency. It also serves as the key link to Corporate Finance, driving alignment, transparency, and consistent enterprise-wide financial standards.

• Serve as the primary financial partner to the COO & President, The Viera Company - Real Estate Group and leadership team.
• Drive financial strategy and oversight by translating development, absorption, pricing, and cost dynamics into disciplined financial insight that supports growth and capital decision-making.
• Lead divisional planning and forecasting by implementing corporate FP&A tools and ensuring full alignment with enterprise planning processes and timelines.
• Develop robust financial and phasing models that guide cash-flow planning, community pacing, and scenario analysis for key operational teams.
• Lead disciplined capital allocation by underwriting land acquisitions and development phases, aligning investment evaluations with enterprise return thresholds, risk parameters, and Corporate Finance priorities.
• Oversee the strategic and compliant deployment of Viera Stewardship District bond proceeds, ensuring adherence to covenants, statutory requirements, and long-term capital improvement objectives.
• Evaluate and redesign financial systems and reporting processes by identifying gaps, inefficiencies, and scalability constraints to improve visibility and support future growth.
• Lead the implementation of modern financial and operational tools - such as ERP, planning systems, and profitability reporting to strengthen forecasting, cash-flow management, and enterprise data transparency.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in Finance, Accounting, Economics, or a related field required; MBA and/or CPA license strongly preferred.
• 10+ years of progressive senior financial leadership within homebuilding, land development, and land acquisition. Experience with master-planned communities (MPC) is highly desirable.
• Strong technical accounting and financial leadership experience.
• Exceptional communication skills with the ability to operate effectively in a complex, matrixed organization.
• Robust understanding of land acquisition, entitlement risk, development phasing, and homebuilding economics, paired with strong business judgment and real estate operating fluency.

This position offers our complete package of employee benefits.

DUDA's mission is to grow Christian faith and business integrity; land values and vibrant communities; families, people and relationships; healthy food products; and sustainable wealth and balanced financial returns for future generations. We believe that in order to realize our objectives, we need the ideas and dedication of talented employees; in fact, our success depends on it. DUDA has been in business for over 90 years, and our people-oriented philosophy has encouraged pride in the quality of our products, resulting in our outstanding reputation in the marketplace.

No phone calls or agencies, please.

EOE - Duda is an equal opportunity employer. Qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, sexual orientation, gender identity, disability or protected veteran status.