Employment Opportunities

The New Mexico Finance Authority is a government instrumentality that works to advance New Mexico by financing impactful, well-planned projects — including infrastructure, capital equipment, economic development, and financial recovery projects — for communities and businesses throughout the state. Recent expansion of NMFA’s programs has created the need for additional staff members. Please see details in the links below. NMFA offers competitive salaries, excellent benefits, and an opportunity for growth.

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Managing Director, Community and Economic Development

The New Mexico Finance Authority (NMFA) in Santa Fe seeks a Managing Director, Community & Economic Development to provide advanced level technical and professional support to ensure the effective and efficient delivery of NMFA’s private-sector-oriented programs. Supervises a team of Program Administrators that oversee administrative functions of programs such as New Markets Tax Credits Program, Venture Capital Program, Primary Care Capital Fund, Behavioral Health Capital Fund, Cannabis Microbusiness Program, Opportunity Enterprise Revolving Fund, Smart Money Business Loan Participation Program, Small Business Recovery Loan Fund, and Business Recovery Grants.

Program duties include client application review for completeness and accuracy, requisition process and reporting, writing applications for external funding, compliance reporting with external funders and stakeholders, and internal and external reporting of adopted key performance indicators.

Works closely with federal and state program partners such as the US Treasury Department, New Mexico Economic Development Department (EDD), New Mexico Department of Health (DOH), New Mexico Human Services Department (HSD), and other departments as necessary. Reviews and analyzes legislative bills to assess anticipated impact on NMFA programs, and drafts Fiscal Impact Reports (FIR) on proposed legislation. Presents at or participates in Credit Committee, Economic Development Committee, NMFA Board of Directors, Finance New Mexico, and Opportunity Enterprise Review Board meetings to provide project application and program development updates.

NMFA is a government instrumentality whose mission is to advance New Mexico by financing impactful, well-planned projects. The ideal candidate will possess B.A./B.S. degree from an accredited university, at least two (2) years of supervisory experience and ten (10) + years of progressively responsible experience in fund accounting, investment banking, financial analysis, budget management, or an equivalent combination of education and experience, plus considerable knowledge of public-private finance landscapes, economic development, community engagement, and alternative financing models. The successful candidate must demonstrate the ability to prioritize, plan, direct and supervise, work swiftly and accurately with data, work under tight deadlines, and author technical reports.

Interested candidates can submit a cover letter and resume to the attention of the Chief Administrative Officer, New Mexico Finance Authority, 207 Shelby St., Santa Fe, NM 87501 or by email to dcdebaca@nmfa.net.

Lead Program Administrator

The New Mexico Finance Authority (NMFA) in Santa Fe seeks a Lead Program Administrator to facilitate the coordination, administration and tracking of various NMFA programs and funds to fulfill the NMFA mission of extending grants and loans across New Mexico. Programs include the Water Trust Board, Colonias Infrastructure Project Fund, Local Government Planning Fund, the Drinking Water State Revolving Fund and others as assigned.

The Lead Program Administrator works directly with the Senior Program Administrator to develop selection criteria and recommend projects for award by the Water Trust Board (WTB) and Colonias Infrastructure Board (CIB); formulate and implement policies and rules; and make final funding recommendations to the WTB, CIB and NMFA Boards of Directors.

The Lead Program Administrator functions as a lead in performing project oversight by communicating with WTB and CIB clients, their consulting engineers, and construction oversight contractors to ensure projects are moving forward in compliance with grant and loan agreements. The Lead Program Administrator will assist NMFA departments and personnel in providing technical assistance and outreach efforts to representatives of the engineering community and water systems, while working collaboratively with the New Mexico Environment Department, Office of the State Engineer, New Mexico Department of Energy, Minerals & Natural Resources, and other stakeholders.

The NMFA is a government instrumentality whose mission is to advance New Mexico by financing impactful, well-planned projects. The ideal candidate will possess B.A./B.S. degree from an accredited university in Environmental Sciences, Water Resources, Business Administration, or a related field, and four (4)+ years of progressively responsible experience in the planning, development, conservation, administration, and management of water resources; water policy or project oversight and program administration fields, or an equivalent combination of education and experience. Considerable knowledge of managerial, operational, political, environmental, community and development issues related to or affecting water; state and federal financing programs for infrastructure, economic development or project planning. Has solid understanding of legal guidelines related to various financing processes and methods; political environment associated with intergovernmental programs; and engineering planning and project design. The successful candidate must demonstrate exceptional analytical skills and the ability to communicate the results to a variety of audiences. Ability to balance multiple projects and competing priorities in a fast-paced environment is required.

Managing Director, Lending

The New Mexico Finance Authority (NMFA) in Santa Fe seeks an experienced analyst, lender, and creative problem solver to manage various NMFA loan portfolios. Reporting to the Chief of Lending and Credit, the Managing Director of Lending supervises a team of Regional Finance Managers. The Managing Director of Lending oversees the processing and underwriting of loan applications, establishes working relationships with current and potential clients, ensures the effective and efficient delivery of marketing efforts and client services, develops strategies to promote programs and services, and secures projects for NMFA. The Managing Director of Lending makes presentations and communicates with clients, financial consultants, engineers, and other entities. This position also participates in the outreach, application, eligibility, structuring, underwriting, approval and closing of loans and grants.

The Managing Director of Lending shall review and analyze legislation to assess anticipated impact on NMFA programs; represents NMFA in dealings with other organizations and individuals; develops and maintains effective relationships with state executives, agencies, and instrumentalities; develops presentations and presents to multiple legislative committees in the interim and during the legislative session on NMFA programs.

NMFA is a government instrumentality whose mission is to advance New Mexico by financing impactful, well-planned projects. The ideal candidate will possess a master’s degree from an accredited university in Business Administration, Accounting, Finance or related field, 8+ years progressively responsible experience in fund accounting, investment banking, financial analysis, or budget management, five (5) years of which should have been in banking, local or state government, or agencies closely affiliated with those organizations. The successful candidate must demonstrate exceptional analysis skills and the ability to communicate the results to a variety of audiences. The ability to balance multiple projects and competing priorities in a fast-paced environment is required.

Managing Director, Credit

The New Mexico Finance Authority (NMFA) in Santa Fe seeks an experienced analyst, lender, and creative problem solver to manage various NMFA loan portfolios. Reporting to the Chief of Program Operations, the Managing Director of Credit supervises a team of analysts that oversees a large portfolio of public loans and small portfolio of commercial loans. The Managing Director is responsible for monitoring public taxes and fees that are pledged to public loans and the performance of various public utilities. The Managing Director will be responsible for updating policies regarding credit worthiness, collateral, and ability to repay.

The NMFA is a government instrumentality whose mission is to advance New Mexico by financing impactful, well-planned projects. The ideal candidate will possess a Master’s degree from an accredited university in Business Administration, Accounting, Finance or related field, 8+ years progressively responsible experience in fund accounting, investment banking, financial analysis, or budget management, five (5) years of which should have been in banking, local or state government, or agencies closely affiliated with those organizations. The successful candidate must demonstrate exceptional analysis skills and the ability to communicate the results to a variety of audiences. Ability to balance multiple projects and competing priorities in a fast-paced environment is required.

Credit Analyst

The New Mexico Finance Authority (NMFA) in Santa Fe is seeking a Credit Analyst to join our team responsible for assessing credit risk across NMFA programs and portfolios. Reporting to the Managing Director of Credit, credit analysts work collaboratively with regional finance managers, legal counsel, and client services to support the underwriting, structuring, approval and monitoring of NMFA loan products.

The NMFA is a government instrumentality whose mission is to advance New Mexico by financing impactful, well-planned projects. This is an exceptional opportunity for candidates motivated by the mission of NMFA. Credit analysts work with a variety of issuers throughout the state, from public municipalities to private businesses, and across a multitude of sectors including infrastructure, education, water and wastewater infrastructure, utilities, healthcare, hospitality, retail, and agriculture. This position offers excellent transaction experience and opportunities to contribute to enhancing NMFA’s approach to credit risk management.

The ideal candidate will possess a bachelor’s degree and at least 5 years’ professional experience in accounting, investment banking, finance or asset management and strong technical skills particularly in the areas of cash flow analysis and transaction due diligence. The successful candidate must demonstrate attention to detail and must be able to prioritize effectively across multiple projects and meet deadlines. In addition to performing financial analyses, the successful candidate will be expected to draft written reports and to effectively communicate analytic results to team members and in Committee/Board presentations.