Director of Finance – Affordable Housing Operations

Office Location – New Albany, OH. This is an in-office role. Successful applicants will reside in central Ohio.

Make a Difference—And Own Your Future

Join Wallick Communities, a 100% employee-owned company with over 55 years of experience in providing affordable housing and assisted living for families and seniors across the Midwest. With 1,000+ associates and a mission to open doors to homes, opportunity, and hope, we take pride in fostering a supportive and collaborative work environment where every employee-owner plays a vital role.

A Career with Wallick Means. . .

• Creating Homes for People Who Need It Most: Providing new beginnings for residents seeking affordable, safe and high-quality housing where they can thrive.
• Pay-on-Demand: access your money as you earn it.
• Exceptional Benefit Package: Health, dental, vision insurance effective within 2 weeks of starting your new job, paid time off, gym membership reimbursement, paid parental leave, 401K, and more!
• Work-Life Balance: Paid time off, including paid parental leave.
• Learning & Support: A supportive team that cares about your continued development, well-being and professional growth.
• Resident Stories That Stay with You: From Henry, who moved into his first-ever home, to Jaci, whose stay at a Wallick community allowed her to achieve homeownership and graduate college, kickstarting her dream career.
• Work-Life Balance: Paid time off, including paid parental leave.
• Career Growth: Tuition reimbursement, training, professional development, and advancement opportunities within a company that invests in its people.
• Employee Owned, Resident Focused: As a 100% employee-owned company, your daily work (supporting our residents) also contributes to your financial future by sharing in our profitability.

What You’ll Do

The Director of Finance for Affordable Housing Operations will lead a high-performing finance team and oversee full-cycle accounting, audit coordination, regulatory reporting, and strategic financial planning for our LIHTC and HUD-regulated portfolio. This leader will collaborate with Operating, Asset Management, and Development teams to ensure financial accuracy, compliance, and performance across all properties. Responsibilities include directing all affordable housing audits and tax filings, reviewing property and upper-tier financial statements, managing cash strategies, overseeing Yardi reporting, and ensuring the integrity of all financial analytics.

The Director will also serve as the organization’s subject matter expert on tax credit compliance, layered financing, HUD regulations, and GAAP requirements while fostering a strong, collaborative, and solutions-oriented team culture.

Responsibilities

• Lead and develop the Affordable Housing Finance team, including oversight of all team members, audits, HUD responses, and operational interactions.

• Collaborate closely with Operating, Asset Management, and Development teams to support business performance and strategic initiatives.

• Oversee full-cycle accounting for Affordable Housing Operations, including Senior and Staff Accounting, Accounts Payable, Accounts Receivable, and Cash Management.

• Define goals, drive process improvements, and strengthen systems to position the finance function and the organization for long-term success.

• Serve as the subject matter expert for LIHTC, HUD compliance, audit processes, and tax matters related to affordable multifamily housing.

• Lead the consolidation of financials for all affordable housing properties.

• Review and approve all property-level and upper-tier financial statements.

• Analyze financial reports prepared for investors, HUD, state agencies, and other regulatory bodies.

• Direct the coordination of annual audits and tax filings for all properties.

• Review, approve, and distribute audits and surplus cash calculations.

• Analyze property cash positions and develop forward-looking cash management strategies.

• Lead bank reconciliations for major property-level accounts.

• Prepare the team for interim and year-end audits, including setting expectations, timelines, and quality standards.

• Review balance sheets and supporting documentation for all properties.

• Coordinate required reporting for government entities such as HUD, USDA, and MBI.

• Review financial reconciliations and perform analytics to ensure accuracy and compliance.

• Train staff on GAAP, acquisitions and dispositions, refinancing activities, unusual or layered financing, and other technical topics.

• Oversee recurring payments including utilities, mortgages, management fees, and corporate reimbursements.

• Generate and validate management fees and ensure accurate billing to all properties.

• Create and customize Yardi reports to support internal and external reporting needs.

• Promote a high-performing, solutions-oriented team culture.

• Continuously evaluate opportunities to enhance processes, streamline workflows, and improve accuracy.

• Set clear goals for both individual team members and the broader finance team.

• Lead cross-functional projects and collaborate with other areas to drive organizational value.

• Perform additional duties as required in support of the Affordable Housing Operations portfolio.

What We’re Looking For

• Bachelor’s degree in Accounting required; Master’s degree or CPA preferred.

• Minimum of 5+ years of combined public accounting and private-sector experience, ideally within affordable multifamily housing.

• Proven leadership experience managing multi-disciplinary or multi-team finance groups.

• Strong understanding of GAAP accounting and budgeting.

• Knowledge of HUD, Tax Credit/LIHTC programs, and affordable housing regulations; public housing experience is a plus.

• Knowledge of partnership and LLC structures, equity ownership models, fund accounting, and financial modeling.

• Understanding of debt structures and the financial modeling of tax credit projects and associated documentation.

• Ability to assess and respond to inquiries from HUD, state agencies, subsidy administrators, investors, and syndicators.

• Experience coordinating financial audits and working directly with auditors in complex audit environments.

• Advanced proficiency with Yardi and strong skills in Microsoft Office Suite (Excel, PowerPoint, Word).

• Ability to interpret and analyze financial reports and complex accounting data.

• Strong communication skills with the ability to collaborate effectively with senior leadership, external partners, lenders, and investors

Wallick’s Mission & Values

At Wallick Communities, we believe in opening doors to homes, opportunity, and hope for our residents, associates, and community. Our core values guide everything we do:

• Care – We show compassion and respect for everyone.
• Character – We do the right thing, even when no one is looking.
• Collaboration – We work together to achieve more.

At Wallick, we celebrate Diversity, Equity, Inclusion + Belonging (DEI+B) in our workplace and communities, creating an environment where associates feel welcome, respected, and empowered to bring their authentic selves to the great work they do every day.

For nearly 60 years, it has been at the core of our organization’s culture that all Wallick associates come to a safe and inclusive place to work. Wallick does not discriminate based on race, color, religion, sex (including pregnancy, gender identity, and sexual orientation), parental status, national origin, age, disability, genetic information (including family medical history), political affiliation, military service, or other non-merit-based factors.

Join Us and Become an Employee-Owner!

If you're ready to make a difference in people’s lives while securing your financial future, apply today!

*Employment is contingent upon passing a pre-employment background check and drug screen