EB-5 Compliance Associate

Description

Driftwood Capital is a vertically integrated commercial real estate investment, development, and lending platform, specializing in hospitality. The principals of Driftwood Capital boast a 30+ year track record transacting on more than $5 billion in hospitality assets through various affiliated management and ownership entities. All Driftwood Capital funds benefit from the principals' affiliation with Driftwood Hospitality Management (“DHM”), among the largest private hotel management companies in the United States.

Driftwood Capital has successfully structured the EB-5 program across six hotel development projects with more than 150 investors. Driftwood Capital is looking for an EB-5 Compliance Associate to oversee EB-5 regulatory compliance and investor relations support for the EB-5 program implemented in our past and future development deals. Prior EB-5 experience is helpful but not required; training will be provided.

Requirements

Principal Responsibilities

• Coordinate with and assist the legal and development teams in preparing subscription documents, immigration petition templates, and regulatory filings. 

• Coordinate the development of marketing materials and facilitate review and approval by the Regional Center and legal team before distribution to authorized promoters and finders. 

• Assist with tracking finder agreements and verifying that finders and promoters have completed the applicable USCIS registration requirements.

• Assist investors, the sales team, and finders with Subscription Agreement completion.

• Support investors and their immigration counsel throughout the petition preparation and filing process.

• Track investor immigration filings and upload the relevant documentation to the appropriate compliance folders.

• Maintain compliance folders by regularly uploading investor communications, marketing materials, immigration filings, and other relevant documents. 

• Prepare monthly EB-5 cash flow reports.

• Track investor deadlines and milestones, including redeployment notices and elections.

• Work with the investor relations team to address investment and immigration-related questions from investors.

• Coordinate with the legal and accounting teams regarding immigration-related requests and documentation.

• Support the Regional Center’s annual compliance obligations, including regulatory reporting questionnaires and coordination with outside due diligence counsel.

Qualifications & Experience

• Bachelor's degree.

• Excellent verbal and written communication skills in English and Spanish (Portuguese a plus).

• Excellent organizational skills and attention to detail.

• Proficiency in Microsoft Office Suite.

• Two or more years of EB-5 program-related or comparable experience.

• Uncompromising integrity and confidentiality.

Driftwood Capital is a proud Equal Opportunity Employer who is committed to the principle of equal employment opportunity for all employees and to providing employees with a work environment free of discrimination and harassment. All employment decisions at Driftwood Capital are based on business needs, job requirements, and individual qualifications, without regard to race, color, religion or belief, national, social or ethnic origin, sex (including pregnancy), age, physical, mental or sensory disability, HIV status, sexual orientation, gender identity and/or expression, marital, civil union or domestic partnership status, past or present military service, family medical history or genetic information, family or parental status, or any other status protected under federal, state, or local law.