Job Description Summary
In a role with significant autonomy, this position leverages specialized knowledge and skills gained through experience, training, or certification to manage a portfolio of multifamily assets. As Asset Manager for the Investor Limited partner, the primary goal is to work with the general partner to optimize performance and investment objectives, including monitoring property management operations. With a strategic focus on driving profitability and property operations, the role ensures the long-term sustainability of portfolio assets. When complex issues arise, this position works with the general partner and the managing agent to devise and implements solutions that provide best possible outcomes for the investor. The ability to work independently on broad tasks is essential, requiring originality and accountability in decision making. This role also involves leading specific projects or workstreams of moderate scope and complexity, requiring the identification, research, and resolution of intricate problems.
Job Description
Essential Duties and Responsibilities:
• Manages assigned investment properties, ensuring optimal performance and alignment with portfolio objectives, with a focus on profitability. • Conducts site visits to assess the physical state and operational practices of properties. • Gathers, analyzes, and produces reports and documents as required. • Formulates and executes strategies to address delays in report delivery. • Monitors weekly occupancy, leasing, collections, and market trends; provide insights that inform strategy and early-warnings risk identification. • Assesses assigned investment properties for Watchlist status and leads strategic risk-mitigation initiatives by conducting monthly operational performance reviews, delivering detailed monthly reports for at-risk assets, monitoring weekly occupancy and key market indicators, and partnering with operators to diagnose performance issues and implement targeted improvement plans. • Collaborates cross-functionally with internal departments to support new-deal onboarding, providing asset-management review and approval for upcoming closings to ensure smooth transition into the portfolio. • Communicates clearly with executives, investors, and partners-presenting findings, options, and recommendations. • Reviews, tracks and analyzes monthly and quarterly operational reports, including cash-flow and variance analyses, to identify trends, risks, and optimization opportunities. • Recommends quarterly distribution levels in collaboration with partners and finance, aligning with liquidity, lender covenants, and portfolio strategy. • Researches market trends and industry shifts, producing quarterly market reports and generating additional analyses for Watchlist and financially at-risk properties as needed. • Supports annual budgeting, reforecasting, valuation inputs, and sensitivity analyses. • Demonstrates market and investment acumen during interactions with partners and investors. • Engages in independent problem-solving and contributes to policy updates and internal controls to ensure consistency, auditability, and regulatory compliance. • Manages the review, tracking, and memo preparation for reserve requests within assigned investments, ensuring compliance with funding requirements and proper documentation. • Evaluates and underwrites proposed deal changes, providing analysis and recommendations to the investment committee and investors. • Supports hold/sell/refi analysis, dispositions, and special situations. • Maintains up-to-date property activity records within the portfolio management system. • Completes internal and external reports with precision and accuracy, ensuring timely delivery. • Conducts research and crafts responses to investor inquiries. • Participates in and leads team initiatives. • Adapts to evolving organizational needs by undertaking additional duties and responsibilities as required.
Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities
Knowledge of:
• The company's operational framework, policies, mission, and strategic approaches, ensuring alignment with organizational objectives. • Concepts, principles, and practices in multi-family real estate operations, including property inspections, leasing, management, maintenance, and regulatory compliance. • Knowledge of real estate finance. • Execution of financial analyses and investment strategies. • Familiarity with institutional investment strategies and partnership structures. • Facilitating effective collaboration and financial growth. • Accounting principles, accurate financial reporting, and budget management.
Skilled in:
• Multifamily revenue management. • Analytical abilities paired with financial acumen, enabling data interpretation and fiscal strategy development. • Understanding and utilization of Asset Management organization and portfolio management systems. • Time-management skills, prioritizing, and orchestrating tasks. • Critical thinking skills to evaluate scenarios, devise solutions, and influence outcomes. • Organizational and communication skills in both written and verbal forms. • Navigating and interpreting legal documents, employing document management technology, and financial modeling techniques. • Questioning and active listening skills. • Implement a structured follow-up system to ensure resolution and timely completion of tasks. • Operate office equipment and master software applications to produce correspondence, reports, electronic communications, and spreadsheets.
Ability to:
• Promote team unity. • Communicate intricate issues to a diverse audience. • Interpret and apply organizational policies while seeking opportunities to recommend and facilitate beneficial changes. • Organize, manage, and track detailed tasks and assignments amidst shifting priorities. • Demonstrate readiness to act and take initiative. • Navigate work independently with self-direction, while also engaging collaboratively within a team to achieve common goals. • Identify essential tasks, develop timelines, and execute strategies with efficiency and mindfulness. • Build and maintain working relationships at all organizational levels. • Project a positive and professional demeanor. • Articulate information clearly and persuasively through both formal and informal documentation. • Utilize analytical skills to identify relationships, draw logical conclusions, and interpret results.
Educational/Previous Experience Requirements
• Bachelor's Degree (B.A.) in related field and a minimum of seven (7) years of relevant real estate experience including physical property site inspections and interpreting financial statements. • Any equivalent combination of experience, education, and/or training approved by Human Resources.
Licenses/Certifications
• Tax Credit Certification from a recognized agency, or ability to obtain in 6 months.
Working Conditions
• Hours: Normal business hours. Some additional hours may be required. • Travel Required: Up to 40%. Must have a valid driver's license and be eligible for coverage under the firm's Vehicle Fleet Safety Policy to drive on company business. • Working Environment: Climate controlled office environment during normal business hours.
At Raymond James
Our associates use five guiding behaviors (Develop, Collaborate, Decide, Deliver, Improve) to deliver on the firm's core values of client-first, integrity, independence, and a conservative, long-term view. We expect our associates at all levels to:
• Grow professionally and inspire others to do the same. • Work with and through others to achieve desired outcomes. • Make prompt, pragmatic choices and act with the client in mind. • Take ownership and hold themselves and others accountable for delivering results that matter. • Contribute to the continuous evolution of the firm.
As part of our people-first culture, we honor, value, and respect the uniqueness, experiences, and backgrounds of all of our Associates. When associates bring their best authentic selves, our organization, clients, and communities thrive. The Company is an equal opportunity employer and makes all employment decisions on the basis of merit and business needs.