Property Acquistions & Asset Assistant

Property Acquistions & Asset Assistant

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree.
• Minimum 2 years of retail or other commercial real estate asset experience.
• Strong customer service skills.
• Resourceful and research minded.
• Ability to be proactive and multitask among various projects and assets with an organized, methodical system.
• Team player.
• Strong analytical skills with high attention to detail and accuracy.
• Good organizational, time management and prioritizing skills.
• Excellent verbal, written and interpersonal communication skills to maintain a professional demeanor.
• Ability to work independently and on a team in a fast-paced environment.
• Possess ownership of position.
• Computer Proficient.

Responsibilities

• Assist in the physical operation and maintenance of the entire company portfolio by responding in a timely, thorough and concise manner to questions and requests from both internal and external sources.
• Help monitor and discuss with senior management each property in depth, and interface with ownership.
• Follow up to make sure revenues are timely collected and payments are properly processed by the in-house accounting team; research and improve systems to ensure and enhance current collections and operations.
• Communicate with on-site managers and third-party property management companies.
• Assist accounting team in maintaining updated rent rolls and CAM reconciliations.
• Organize and maintain vendor, accounting and third-party management contracts and other legal documents related to the portfolio.
• Collect monthly financial reports for the portfolio for review.
• Assist with presentations of property information to ownerships quarterly.
• Prepare for review annual operating budgets and income projections, including analysis of monthly expenses, cost allocations and operational efficiencies.
• Visit properties to inspect their condition, provide direction to general contractors performing tenant build-outs, and gauge adherence to lease and company standards.
• Monitor critical dates in the lease portfolio (rent commencements, expirations, renewals, etc.).
• Ensure that high standards for leasing, property performance, operations, and property management are understood and maintained by relevant parties.
• Assist in overall Capital Improvement Plan through the direction of the project cycle, budget, contracting and finances with a multi-year property improvement schedule.
• Work side by side with asset manager on high-level issues /disputes with tenants, vendors, and contractors, working with third-party property managers and outside legal counsel.
• Other asset related duties, as assigned.
• Local travel required.

Preferred Qualifications

• Leasing experience preferred.