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Forest Planning Manager

Deadline:
Employer:
Resource Management Service
Job Field:
Forestry
Job Type:
Full Time
Location:

Alabama

Location Detail:
Birmingham, Alabama
Job Description:

Resource Management Service, LLC. (RMS) is a global forestry-centered investment manager with significant expertise in all phases of institutional timberland investing. Founded and managed by forestry professionals and owned by its employees, RMS is headquartered in Birmingham, Alabama, with offices across the U.S. South and Brazil. The Forest Planner is a technical expert who supports the valuation functions of RMS’s timberland investments. These functions include current asset strategic plans, acquisition and disposition analysis, and decision-making support for the Operations and Investment Management Groups. The position will be the primary support for Brazil’s assets and acquisitions while also supporting a variety of US South analyses. The position is responsible for leading the modeling process to develop and maintain strategic wood flow plans, acquisition analysis, and performing other forest and financial analytics work to support our business partners.

Develop and update long-term plans and internal valuations for assets under management.

• Provide harvest scheduling and valuation support for acquisition and disposition projects.

• Retail land sale analysis.

• Support the independent appraisal process by providing an informative and critical review of results.

• Provide decision-support analysis for operations and investment management.

• Being a flexible team player across the organization

 

Qualifications:

• Minimum requirement of a bachelor-level degree in forestry or related field.

• Additional qualifications preferred:

o Portuguese (fluency or willingness to learn). Post-graduate qualification (e.g. Masters in Forestry, MBA, etc.).

o Other bachelor-level qualifications (Business/Finance, Science, Statistics, Computer Science).

o Forest Modeling experience strongly desired.

• Good business acumen.

• Understanding of primary timberland investment drivers.

• Willingness and ability to travel within the US South and Brazil.

• Knowledge of:

o Carbon modeling

o Remsoft’s suite of product

o Coding language (R, C++, SQL, etc)

• Proficiency in or ability to learn commonly used forest management and data management tools such as:

o SQL Server o ArcGIS

o MS Access

o Linear Programming concepts and processes

• High level of proficiency with Microsoft Office products:

o Excel o Word o PowerPoint

How to Apply:

Students/Alumni who are interested should complete the attached employment application and submit their resume to jobs@resourcemgt.com.  Resumes and applications will be accepted through January 31, 2024 

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