Matthew P. Lawrence
Chief Financial Officer
Matthew Lawrence is a Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer at Gilbane Development Company, where he leads and oversees the company’s finance, accounting, legal, and risk management departments, and serves on the company’s board of directors and its executive and investment committees. Matt has more than thirty years of experience in accounting and real estate development finance. In addition to tracking the company’s cash flow and managing financial planning and analysis, Matt is directly involved with banking, lending and capital relationships, transaction financing, structuring and execution, oversight/due diligence, structuring and implementing tax saving strategies, financial reporting, and policies for accounting and reporting.
Matt joined Gilbane Development Company in 2003 after fourteen years with Big 5 Accounting Firms Ernst & Young and Deloitte & Touche, where he specialized in real estate audit and consulting. Matt is a Certified Public Accountant. He holds a Bachelor of Science degree in accounting from the University of Massachusetts and is a member of the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants and the Massachusetts Society of CPAs.