Senior Asset Manager

Description

Goodwin Knight’s strategy is “Making Life Better” by building attainable housing for the missing middle. All Goodwin Knight projects target the missing middle, those who make too much to qualify for a subsidy, but not enough to afford the sky-high cost of housing.

Job Title: Senior Asset Manager               Company: Goodwin Knight, LLC

Department: Asset Management            Reports to: Head of Asset Management

Job Type: Regular Full-Time                       Work Hours: M-TH 8-5, F 8-12

Effective Date: September 2026              Exemption Status: Exempt

Salary Range: $130,000 – $180,000 (DOE)

Benefits

• Medical/Dental/Vision Insurance
• Life/AD&D/Short-Term Disability Insurance
• Unlimited Paid Time Off (PTO)
• Paid Holidays
• 401K Investment with 6% company match
• Bonus/Profit Sharing
• Employee Wealth Program (Home purchase and Rental discounts)

Role Summary

The Senior Asset Manager will take ownership of day-to-day performance management across a growing portfolio of cottage-style and multifamily communities. The position demands detail-oriented work while maintaining direct and consistent touchpoints with multiple third-party property managers across the portfolio. The Senior Asset Manager will be the operational engine of the Asset Management function: driving weekly property performance, coordinating with property managers, managing budgets/forecasts, monitoring lease-ups, and ensuring data integrity and reporting discipline. This position pushes third-party property managers (PMs) respectfully but firmly and provides clean, accurate analysis that leadership can rely on. This is a highly visible role with direct impact on NOI, valuation, and portfolio outcomes.

Supervisory Responsibility: None

Essential Functions/Accountabilities:

1. Property Performance Oversight (Core Duty)

• Monitors weekly occupancy, renewal, absorption, and rent-roll health; flags issues early and drives corrective actions.
• Holds PMs accountable on KPIs: delinquency, work order completion, preleasing, concessions, staffing levels, marketing execution.
• Provides oversight of PM partners across multiple states.
• Elevates issues early to senior leadership.

2. Budgeting, Forecasting & Variance Management

• Owns property-level budgets (drafting, review, updates).
• Prepares monthly and quarterly variance packages with commentary.
• Maintains updated forecasts, including lease-up pacing and operational reforecasts.

3. Financial & Operational Reporting

• Works closely with the Asset Management Analyst to ensure data accuracy across Yardi, internal dashboards, and valuation models.
• Produces weekly, monthly, and quarterly reporting for leadership—clean, consistent, and error-free.
• Coordinates capex tracking, draw schedules, and project progress with construction.

4. Lease-Up & Revenue Management Support

• Tracks lease-up velocity vs pro forma; recommends pricing, concessions, and marketing adjustments.
• Coordinates revenue management changes with PMs, ensuring strategies align with GK goals.
• Conducts rent-roll audits to validate market rent, renewal strategy, and unit-level performance.

5. Site Visits & Operational Quality Control

• Performs regular site inspections; ensures brand, curb appeal, staffing, and operations meet GK standards.
• Provides written reports and action plans post-visit.

6. Cross-Functional Coordination

• Partners with construction to track punch list, turnovers, deliveries, and pre-lease readiness.
• Works with development/acquisitions to transition new communities into operations cleanly.
• Supports strategic decision-making by preparing data for hold/sell/refi analysis.

Requirements

Minimum Qualifications;

Education: Associate degree in Real Estate, Finance, Business Administration, or a related field; plus experience

Experience: 

• +7 years in multifamily asset management, operations, or property management.
• Strong grasp of NOI drivers, budgeting, forecasting, and rent-roll mechanics.
• Comfortable working with PMs in a professional manner to drive results.
• Proficient with Microsoft Office Suite or related software, especially Excel.

Preferred Education/Credentials/Knowledge/Skills/Abilities

• Bachelor’s degree in Real Estate, Finance, Business Administration, or a related field; preferred.
• Advanced Excel user strongly preferred.
• Yardi/RealPage experience strongly preferred.
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills: can translate property operations into clear insights.
• Excellent interpersonal and customer service skills.
• Excellent organizational skills and attention to detail.
• Excellent time management skills with a proven ability to meet deadlines.
• Ability to function well in a high-paced environment.