General Manager, Queens NY

POSITION SUMMARY

A privately held New York real estate investment company is looking for a ‘General Manager’. The successful candidate will be responsible for commercial office buildings totaling 1000,000 plus sq. ft. located in Queens, NY.

Knowledge & Experience

• A minimum of ten (10) years working in real estate within commercial property management.
• Must have knowledge and experience with financial accounting in real estate, financial reporting and budgeting.
• Hands-on experience with base building construction projects.
• Ability to plan, organize and coordinate multiple projects, ability to read and understand construction specifications and blueprints.
• Minimum of 10 years’ experience directly supervising and managing a staff including experience in planning and assigning work, performance assessments, training, hiring, discipline and development.
• Strong literacy in MS Word and Excel.
• Highly organized and skilled with time management.
• Strong Customer service/tenant relation skill required.
• Excellent communication skills (written reports/analysis and oral presentation).
• 4 year College Degree Preferred
• Energetic, Personable & able to prioritize assigned duties

Principal Responsibilities

• Has primary responsibility for the day-to-day operation of the properties to ensure that all the site operations are in compliance with established policies and procedures, the management agreement, and are consistent with the Ownership’s overall objectives.
• Prepares annual budget, monthly financial variance reports, operations analysis, and leasing activity reports for the Ownership.
• Conducts formal site inspections on a routine basis as needed in compliance with established standard operating policies and procedures.
• Monitors and enforces the terms of all lease agreements, the billing and collection of rents and other tenant charges in compliance with leases
• Bears primary responsibility for the creation and maintenance of all site-specific documentation including but not limited to property’s information book, site operating manual and emergency operations manual.
• Establishes and maintains open, positive relationships with occupants ensuring that all services and needs are met and in compliance with lease agreements.
• Conducts periodic visits, inspections and surveys and develops and implements effective tenant retention program.
• Hires, trains and supervises a qualified team of building, administrative and maintenance staff for the properties to promote efficient and cost effective operation.
• Participates in the negotiation of service contracts with outside vendors to achieve the highest levels of performance at the lowest cost.
• Performs other related duties as requested and required.

Financial management of the properties.

· Ability to read and understand financial statements

· Strong budgeting and budget analysis capability. Create annual budgets, including monthly budget variance reports for both cash and accrual basis

· Review and approve bills, accruals and tenant charges.

· On a quarterly basis, prepare variance reports and, if needed, a re-forecasted budget.

· Other monthly reporting requirements and research as needed.