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.
Regional Finance Manager
The New Mexico Finance Authority (NMFA) in Santa Fe is seeking qualified lenders for a Regional Finance Manager position that will report to the Managing Director, Lending. This position will represent NMFA within assigned communities in the state and will originate, structure, underwrite and close loans and grants sought by local governments within their regions. The Regional Finance Manager will also work with economic development organizations and local banks to assist businesses with loan structure and underwriting to help them achieve their projects.
This position requires extensive travel to meet with clients on an ongoing basis to develop leads and provide outreach to new clients. The Regional Finance Manager must have the ability to exercise good judgment when deciding which loans are right for the clients and the NMFA. The Regional Finance Manager will work with NMFA’s credit analysts to verify the information provided on applications is correct or to obtain more information if data is missing prior to finalizing financial summaries and recommendations.
NMFA is a government instrumentality whose mission is to advance New Mexico by financing impactful, well-planned projects. The ideal candidate will possess experience in fund accounting, investment banking, finance, commercial finance, budget management or a similar field; excellent technical report writing, verbal and written communication skills; a Bachelor’s degree in business administration, accounting, finance or a related field and at least five years of relevant experience.
This position requires strong presentation skills as various recommendations are regularly presented to committees and Boards of Directors. 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, analyze large quantities of data, and manage competing priorities in a fast-paced environment are required. An understanding of New Mexico local government financial management methods and procedures as well as the ability to form positive working relationships with local businesses are highly desirable.
Interested candidates should submit a cover letter and resume to the attention of the HR Director, New Mexico Finance Authority, 207 Shelby St., Santa Fe, NM 87501 or by email: nmccollum@nmfa.net.
Operations Analyst
The New Mexico Finance Authority (NMFA) in Santa Fe, New Mexico is seeking a qualified Operations Analyst that will report to the Chief of Program Operations. This position will perform a variety of advanced technical system administration and support duties as well as the technical writing to document software process design and implementation. Collaborates cross-functionally across the organization to map-out problems, suggest resolution, and document loan and grant compliance.
NMFA is a government instrumentality whose mission is to advance New Mexico by financing impactful, well-planned projects. The ideal candidate will have experience in designing and supporting software-based workflows, database schema or another SaaS functionally. Previous experience with Enable, Salesforce, Formstack, Tableau or similar software applications is needed. Additionally, experience with state and federal loan and grant programs including financial analysis methods, debt schedules, legal guidelines, as well as an understanding of political environments is desired.
The successful candidate will possess a bachelor’s degree and at least three years of professional experience, with exposure to Agile project management framework and application a developer certification desired. The desired candidate must demonstrate attention to detail and must be able to prioritize effectively across multiple projects and meet deadlines.
Interested candidates may submit a cover letter and resume to the attention of the HR Director, New Mexico Finance Authority, 207 Shelby St., Santa Fe, NM 87501 or via email to nmccollum@nmfa.net.