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# Director of Finance at Aro Homes

- **Company:** Aro Homes
- **Location:** Mountain View, CA
- **Compensation:** $180k–$215k
- **Employment:** full-time
- **Posted:** 2026-09-08
- **Last confirmed live:** 2026-09-15
- **Apply:** https://jobs.ashbyhq.com/aro.homes/ec05d98e-aa44-41fc-9621-2c1a3b031b00

## Job description

Who we are: Aro Homes is a thriving, purpose-driven company on a mission to redefine residential construction. Aro Homes was founded to create well designed, precision engineered homes that are beautiful, livable, and durable, while being built multiple times faster and having a positive impact on the environment. We are a diverse and experienced group of passionate and curious designers, builders, engineers, product developers, and businesspeople who are passionate about and committed to delivering on our mission. We’ve demonstrated there is a massive opportunity to reduce waste and improve sustainability while building homes in a fraction of the time it takes traditionally. We utilize a repeatable, multi-disciplinary, and product-driven approach which is unique in the industry. We are funded by world-class investors who care about transforming industries for the better, including Eric Schmidt’s Innovation Endeavors. If you share the desire to leave a lasting positive impact on the world and to join a strong culture of intelligent, passionate people, then let’s start a conversation.

## What you will be responsible for

The Director of Finance will lead financial planning, forecasting, reporting, and performance management for Aro Homes, a residential infill developer operating across the full lifecycle from acquisitions and underwriting through construction, completion, and home sale. You will build and maintain the company’s financial operating model, ensuring accurate project-level and portfolio-level visibility into capital needs, margins, cash flow, construction progress, and sales performance. You will partner closely with acquisitions, development, construction, accounting, capital markets, and executive leadership to translate operational activity into clear financial insight. A significant part of the role is developing the systems, dashboards, and reporting infrastructure that keep financial and operational data accurate, consistent, timely, and actionable as the company scales.

## What you’ll do

- Build and maintain the company’s financial operating model, providing project-level and portfolio-level visibility into capital needs, margins, cash flow, construction progress, and sales performance.
- Own budgeting, rolling forecasts, cash flow planning, and variance analysis across individual projects and the broader portfolio.
- Track project profitability and prepare lender and investor reporting.
- Develop scenario models to support decisions on growth, financing, and liquidity.
- Design and improve internal systems, dashboards, and reporting infrastructure, including front-end interfaces for executives and operators.
- Improve data workflows and maintain data integrity across source systems so financial and operational data stays accurate, consistent, and timely.
- Establish scalable processes for tracking land acquisitions, permits, construction costs, schedules, committed capital, inventory, sales pipeline, gross margins, and corporate overhead.
- Oversee FP&A policies, reporting cadence, KPI definitions, model governance, and cross-functional accountability.
- Partner across acquisitions, development, construction, accounting, capital markets, and executive leadership, translating operational activity into clear financial insight.

## Who you are

- You can translate operational activity into clear, actionable financial insight for both finance and non-finance audiences.
- You move comfortably between detailed project-level analysis and portfolio-level strategy.
- You care about data integrity and enjoy building systems and processes that scale.
- You work well across functions, partnering with operators, accounting, capital markets, and executive leadership to move decisions forward.

## Skills & Qualifications

- Strong real estate development finance experience, ideally spanning the full project lifecycle from acquisition through home sale.
- Advanced financial modeling skills, including operating models, forecasting, and scenario analysis.
- Comfort with systems and BI tools, with experience building dashboards and reporting infrastructure.
- Ability to communicate complex financial information clearly to both finance and non-finance stakeholders.
- 10+ years in real estate / development finance and a degree in finance, accounting, or a related field; CPA or CFA a plus

What we offer:

- Opportunity to join an outstanding start-up team and grow a purpose –driven company from the ground up
- Competitive salary package
- Medical/dental/vision benefits
- Equity in the company

At Aro Homes, we are focused on building a diverse and inclusive workforce. We are an equal opportunity employer, and we do not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, color, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, age, marital status, veteran status, or disability status. If you have a disability or special need that requires accommodation, please do not hesitate to let us know at people@aro.homes. If you’re excited about this role, but do not meet 100% of the qualifications listed above, we encourage you to apply.

## About Aro Homes

## Company Overview
- **One-liner**: Aro Homes designs and builds precision-engineered, net-zero single-family homes for established neighborhoods using a product-driven, tech-enabled approach.
- **Entity Type**: Private (Series A - $21M funding)
- **Headquarters**: Mountain View, California, USA
- **Founded**: 2022
- **Founders**: Not publicly available (key leaders include CEO Simon Boag, President Carl Gish, and executives from engineering, manufacturing, and real estate)

## Core Business
- **Primary industry/industries**: Residential homebuilding, sustainable construction, proptech
- **Target customers**: B2C (homeowners looking to build on their land or buy in infill neighborhoods); also works with developers and municipalities
- **Mission or purpose statement**: "Deliver beautiful, amazing-to-live-in homes that accelerate our progress toward a carbon-neutral future."

## Products & Services
- **Aro Home**: A net-zero, carbon-negative single-family home designed by world-renowned architects Olson Kundig. Precision-engineered using 3D modeling, premium materials (standing seam metal roof, aluminum windows, high-performance HVAC), and smart energy technology. Homes are 50% more energy-efficient and save 11.2 tons of CO₂ yearly. Available as a build-on-your-land product or in new infill communities.

## Market Standing
- **Valuation/Market Cap**: Not disclosed
- **Key Metric**: Total Funding of $21M (Series A, November 2022)
- **Notable Investors/Partners**: Innovation Endeavors (led Series A, Eric Schmidt’s fund); Olson Kundig (architectural partner); other leading investors (not publicly named)
- **Growth Signals**: Headcount grew from ~50 (late 2023) to 140+ employees (mid-2026); expanding from Bay Area into Sacramento region; received 2024 Design Awards Merit for a Mountain View project; actively hiring across engineering, field construction, and manufacturing roles

## Competitive Advantages
- **Product-driven factory-built process** that goes beyond traditional stick-built homes: 4x more precision build quality, reduced waste, faster timelines.
- **Net-zero or carbon-negative performance** – every home produces more energy than it consumes, with low embodied carbon materials.
- **World-class design** – homes are designed by Olson Kundig, one of the most respected architecture firms globally, providing an aesthetic and livability edge.
- **Vertical integration** – Aro owns the entire process from design, engineering, manufacturing, permitting, site work, to installation, eliminating coordination headaches.

## Strategic Focus
- Scale the repeatable home designs across multiple markets (starting in California, expanding to other states)
- Continue to refine manufacturing processes and supply chain to drive down costs and improve build speed
- Grow the team across engineering, manufacturing, construction management, and real estate development
- Maintain carbon-negative status and push the industry toward sustainable practices

## Why Work Here
- **Culture**: Mission-driven team of passionate experts in engineering, construction, design, product management, and manufacturing. Emphasis on "doing good" for the planet while solving hard problems.
- **Work model**: Hybrid workspace (some roles remote-friendly, field roles on-site at Mountain View or Sacramento offices). Flexible working hours.
- **Benefits**: Competitive compensation, medical/dental/vision insurance, equity ownership, training & development, and health & wellness benefits.
- **Engineering culture**: Engineers work on product launches, process improvements, and advanced manufacturing. Roles include Process Engineer, Product Technical Architect, and Architecture Project Manager. The team values precision and innovation.
- **Growth trajectory**: Rapidly scaling company with 140+ employees and active hiring across multiple functions – offers opportunity to shape processes and culture.

## Sources
1. [Aro Homes About Us](https://www.aro.homes/about-us)
2. [Aro Homes Careers Page](https://aro.homes/careers/)
3. [Aro Homes Main Website](https://www.aro.homes/)
4. [Built In Aro Homes Profile](https://builtin.com/company/aro-homes)
5. [LinkedIn Aro Homes Company Page](https://www.linkedin.com/company/aro-homes)
6. [Ashby Jobs Page](https://jobs.ashbyhq.com/aro.homes)

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