Onsite HOA - General Manager (CIL2024-7721) - RealManage

Overview

GrandManors is a Division of RealManage, a company that specializes in the management of community associations with onsite staff. Our mission is to provide the best possible lifestyle HOA management services to our partner communities by encompassing the Best People, Best Technology, and Best Service reputation of RealManage and its CiraConnect division. The GrandManors professional staff has decades of experience managing age-restricted communities, luxury high-rise condominiums, co-ops, urban mixed-use, and large-scale single-family developments with complex amenities. Our focus is on customer service and lifestyle for the residents and the boards we serve, ensuring that the community receives the finest management in the industry.

RealManage is a values-based company with the following values as our guiding principles:

• Integrity: we always do the right thing.
• Respect: for our customers, employees and company; mutual respect is the cornerstone for every RealManage relationship.
• Selflessness: more than teamwork; we are part of something special and much larger than any of us.
• Personal Relationships: we are a professional services company; people do business with people they like.
• Always Improving: never satisfied, always learning and always growing; one is either getting worse or getting better...never staying the same. At RealManage, we are always getting better.

The General Manager (GM) serves as the Chief Operating Officer of the Home Owners Association. This position has ultimate responsibility for the day-to-day operations of the PPOA, including all activities and relationships between the Association, Board of Directors, members, guests, employees, community, government and industry.

Property Summary:

Lake Park Plaza is a high-rise in the heart of Chicago, blocks from the shores of Lake Michigan. The property has 441 units and was built in 1968. The property is located at 3930 N. Pine Grove Avenue in the Lakeview East neighborhood. The property has valet parking, self-parking, 24-hour door service, a fitness center, pool, tennis and basketball courts and a sundeck making finding things to do and staying fit easy without ever having to leave the building. On-site laundry, a convenience store, and on-site grills ensure that you don’t have to go far to make your life easier.

Responsibilities

We are currently seeking a General Manager with outstanding leadership and communication skills, a passion for delivering outstanding guest and member services, strong business acumen, excellent planning, and organizational skills. The General Manager must cultivate and maintain many important relationships for the association including working with governing entities and provide service deliverables while managing effective and fiscally sound operations.

• Conduct daily and frequent site inspections to ensure the highest possible standards of safety, courtesy, cleanliness and efficiency are met.
• Maintain a high visible presence within the community and among the team to provide exceptional customer service by promptly addressing all members’ inquiries, concerns, and feedback.
• Public charisma and ability to develop positive relationships.
• Responsible for compliance with all of the community’s policies/procedures as defined by the Board of Directors.
• Plans, develops and approves operational policies, procedures, methods and regulations related to general operating procedures.
• Directs the work of all department managers.
• Primary driver in the development of the annual operating, cash, and capital budgets. Develops periodic checkpoints to assess compliance of the published budget.
• Responsible for the timely preparation of monthly financial reports to the Board of Directors.
• Coordinates the development of long-range and annual business plans aligned with association by-laws and policies.
• Oversees the impact and effect of association policies/programs/processes. Recommends changes as needed.
• Monitors quality of association products and services to ensure maximum member and guest satisfaction.
• Secures and protects all the association assets.
• Establishes and maintains on-going dialogue with members to elicit input on Association direction and improvements.
• Coordinates with Board of Directors on the development and implementation of all strategic plans.
• SECONDARY DUTIES/RESPONSIBILITIES:
• Plans, develops and approves specific operational programs, procedures, methods, rules and regulations in concert with general policies.
• Evaluates committee activities that report to the General Manager.
• Ensures compliance with purchasing policies and procedures.
• Provides counsel to the Management staff to ensure all employees are properly trained, supervised, scheduled and are knowledgeable of their responsibilities.
• Develops, maintains, and disseminates a basic management philosophy to guide all association personnel towards optimal operating results.
• Supports internal controls.
• Other duties as directed.

Qualifications

• Illinois CAM License will be required.
• Minimum of 5-7 years of Community Management experience in Illinois, preferably in high-rise or condominium communities.
• Hospitality/club management background preferred.
• Bachelor’s degree preferred. Associates degree or relevant experience required.
• Previous onsite management experience required.
• CMCA certification required.
• AMS and PCAM certifications are a plus.
• Strong interpersonal, supervisory and customer service skills are required.
• Able to set priorities, plan, organize, and delegate effectively.
• Strong written and verbal communication skills. Must have command of the English language both written and verbal.
• Excellent phone etiquette.
• Ability to work effectively under time constraints and deadlines.
• Ability to read, understand, and explain financial statements including balance sheets, income statements and general ledger.

Pay and Benefits:

$100,000 to $130,000, depending on education and experience.

Benefits include:

• Medical Insurance - * ‘Employee’ Insurance premium is paid for by company
• Dental Insurance
• Vision Insurance
• Life and Disability Insurance
• HSA (Required High Deductible Medical Plan to be eligible)
• FSA
• Education Reimbursement
• 401K matching
• Employee Assistance Program (EAP)
• 11 Paid Holidays