Real Estate Asset Manager, Industrial
Epej Churchemployment · Salt Lake City, Utah, United States · onsite
Property Reserve is hiring for a Real Estate Asset Manager on our Industrial portfolio.
At Property Reserve, our people, values, and work come together to build something greater. Property Reserve is the real estate investment arm of the reserve funds for The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. In the spirit of time-tested self-reliance principles, Property Reserve creates sustainable cashflow for future needs.
As caretakers of sacred funds, we invest in income-generating properties and land to support the Church’s mission. Our focus is on the acquisition, build-to-hold development, and portfolio level management of office, industrial, multi-family, build-to-rent, hospitality, and retail properties.
Property Reserve provides a diverse range of investment experiences, interacting with a seasoned leadership team. Working in a highly collaborative environment, each Property Reserve team member has the chance to contribute meaningfully and frequently to the company culture. Headquartered in downtown Salt Lake City, we offer a locale with a unique blend of world-class outdoor recreation, a thriving culture & arts scene, and diverse housing options with convenient commutes.
JOB FUNCTION:
The Asset Manager independently manages a portfolio of industrial real estate assets and is accountable for developing and executing strategies that optimize financial performance, mitigate risk, and maximize long-term investment value. This position oversees asset business plans, financial performance, leasing strategy, property operations, capital initiatives, and third-party partners while identifying opportunities to enhance asset performance and returns.
The Asset Manager serves as a subject-matter expert for assigned industrial assets and markets, builds strong relationships with property managers, brokers, leasing agents, tenants, municipalities, and other key stakeholders, and provides strategic recommendations to senior leadership.
PRIMARY DUTIES & RESPONSIBILITIES:
• Manage an assigned portfolio of industrial real estate assets and develop and execute annual business plans, operating and capital budgets, and strategies to improve cash flow, asset utilization, long-term value, and investment returns.
• Analyze financial and operating performance through cash flow modeling, valuation, forecasting, market research, NOI and budget variance analysis, and other quantitative and qualitative methods; identify performance issues and recommend or implement corrective actions.
• Develop and execute leasing and tenant strategies, including lease and renewal negotiations, lease economics, tenant retention, rollover exposure, vacancy mitigation, and other initiatives to optimize occupancy and asset performance.
• Identify and execute value-creation opportunities, including capital investments, operational improvements, repositioning strategies, while proactively identifying and managing asset-level risks.
• Select, direct, and evaluate property managers, leasing agents, brokers, consultants, and other third-party service providers, establishing performance expectations and ensuring alignment with asset strategies and investment objectives.
• Evaluate, prioritize, and oversee capital improvement projects, including scope, budget, schedule, investment return, asset condition, leasing impact, and expected contribution to long-term asset performance.
• Conduct property inspections and proactively address property management, tenant, leasing, vendor, capital, and operational issues that could affect asset performance or value.
• Participate in acquisitions, dispositions, and asset transitions through underwriting, due diligence, financial and operational analysis, evaluation of property management requirements, and transition planning.
• Maintain current knowledge of industrial market conditions, including supply and demand, vacancy, absorption, rental rates, development activity, tenant trends, and competitive properties, and incorporate market intelligence into asset strategies and investment decisions.
• Develop and maintain strong relationships with tenants, brokers, property managers, consultants, municipalities, operating partners, and internal stakeholders to advance asset objectives and resolve complex issues.
• Ensure assets are managed in accordance with contractual requirements, approved investment strategies, organizational policies, procedures, and governance standards while maintaining accurate and timely asset-level documentation.
Required Skills and Experience:
• Member of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints with a current temple recommend.
• Bachelor’s degree in finance, accounting, economics, real estate, business, or a related field. MBA, MRED, or other relevant advanced degree preferred.
• 8+ years of relevant experience in commercial real estate asset management, investments, acquisitions, finance, or a related field.
• Experience with industrial real estate asset management, leasing, property operations, and capital planning.
• Strong commercial real estate knowledge and advanced financial analysis and modeling skills, including Excel, cash flow modeling, valuation, budgeting, forecasting, and investment return analysis.
• Excellent analytical, problem-solving, organizational, negotiation, communication, and relationship-management skills with the ability to independently manage multiple assets and priorities.
Preferred Qualifications:
• Experience with Argus Enterprise, Yardi, or similar real estate valuation, asset management, or financial reporting systems.
• Experience with commercial real estate acquisitions, dispositions, due diligence, lease negotiations, and asset transitions.
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