VP, Finance

NAHB is seeking an experienced VP of Finance to lead accounting, financial reporting, and financial planning and analysis across NAHB and its related entities. Reporting to the Chief Financial Officer, the VP of Finance will oversee teams responsible for payables, expenses, and general ledger accounting; and corporate budgeting and analysis.

The ideal candidate is a hands-on finance executive who can set direction and accountability through functional leaders while engaging directly in complex matters, critical deliverables, and improvement initiatives. This role requires strong controllership and FP&A capabilities, sound judgment, and the ability to translate financial information into practical guidance for executives, budget owners, committees, and the Board.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities

Accounting, Reporting, Compliance, and Systems

• Oversee accounting operations, close, consolidation, and financial reporting across NAHB and its related entities, ensuring accurate, timely, and well-supported results.
• Establish standards and accountability for payables, expenses, general ledger accounting, cash, investments, and related financial processes.
• Review complex transactions, contracts, estimates, and technical accounting conclusions and ensure consistent application of U.S. GAAP and nonprofit accounting requirements.
• Lead the annual audit and oversee tax and regulatory compliance for NAHB and its nonprofit, taxable, political, and other related entities.
• Maintain a strong internal control environment and current finance policies, procedures, and review practices.
• Support the CFO in monitoring liquidity, reserves, investments, debt, working capital, and financial risk.
• Govern Sage Intacct, Martus, and related financial data and reporting processes, improving integration, automation, data quality, and user adoption.

Planning, Analysis, and Decision Support

• Direct annual operating and capital budgeting, forecasting, long-range planning, and scenario analysis, establishing clear assumptions, standards, timelines, and review expectations and ensuring plans are integrated, credible, and decision-ready.
• Ensure the FP&A function delivers timely variance, trend, and driver analysis, clearly communicates emerging risks and opportunities, and provides practical, forward-looking recommendations.
• Partner with budget owners to strengthen financial understanding, accountability, planning discipline, and decision-making.
• Set standards for dashboards and executive, Board, and committee reporting, ensuring financial information is accurate, concise, forward-looking, and actionable.
• Oversee financial modeling and analysis of new initiatives, contracts, products, and investments, engaging directly in complex or high-priority evaluations.
• Assess and strengthen FP&A processes, tools, and deliverables to build a more proactive and effective finance business-partnering function.

Leadership and Partnership

• Lead and develop the finance team, establishing clear ownership, decision rights, performance expectations, and accountability across accounting functions and related entities.
• Assess and strengthen organizational capabilities through coaching, development, cross-training, succession planning, and staffing decisions.
• Provide hands-on technical and operational leadership when processes are not performing effectively or critical deliverables are at risk.
• Build trusted relationships with executives, budget owners, governance bodies, external advisors, and other business partners.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in accounting, finance, or a related field; CPA required.
• At least 12 years of progressively responsible accounting and finance experience, including leadership of controllership and FP&A activities.
• Strong knowledge of U.S. GAAP, consolidated reporting, close, technical accounting, audit, internal controls, budgeting, forecasting, and financial analysis.
• Experience leading through senior functional leaders and strengthening accountability, capabilities, and team performance.
• Experience in a trade association, membership organization, nonprofit, or similarly complex multi-entity environment preferred.
• Familiarity with diverse revenue streams, related entities, restricted funds, unrelated business income, and political organization accounting preferred.
• Strong analytical, financial modeling, systems, and Excel skills; Sage Intacct and planning-system experience preferred.
• Experience improving finance processes, reporting, systems integration, and internal controls.
• Clear executive-level communication and the ability to translate complex financial information for nonfinancial audiences and governance bodies.

Why NAHB

At NAHB, we know that our people are our most valuable resource. We work to attract and retain proven professionals, develop future leaders, recognize organizational commitment and excellence, and provide competitive benefits and state-of-the-art technology. If you want to contribute to every American’s dream of homeownership and thrive in a challenging, fast-paced environment, we encourage you to apply.

Additional Information

This full-time, exempt position is based in Washington, D.C., and follows NAHB’s hybrid work model. The responsibilities above describe the general nature and level of work performed and are not intended to be an exhaustive list. Duties may evolve based on organizational needs, systems, staffing, and the allocation of responsibilities within the Financial Services Group. NAHB is an Equal Opportunity Employer.