The Place for Talent

About the opportunity:  

Purpose

The Senior Asset Manager is accountable for the strategic positioning and direction of the assets under their management. The role focuses on the identification of strategies that will enhance capital value and meet the needs of the customer, ultimately delivering sustainable returns.

What you'll be doing

Senior Asset Managers review property performance and meet with customers, market influencers and advisors regularly to understand their customer needs, competitor options and market forces. Partnerships forged and knowledge gained create opportunities to best position assets, lock in renewals ahead of lease expiries and attract new customers to the portfolio. These initiatives drive higher building occupancy, retention rates and increase value.

• Overall accountability of performance of assets under their management.

• The financial outperformance of the asset including financial risk management.

• Assessing valuation and identify strengths, weaknesses and opportunities in the cash flow horizon.

• Leading market knowledge through a vast network and understanding of each property market

• Fostering active partnerships internally by ensuring information flow between AMs and PMs

• Creating and maintaining strong relationships with customers (both tenants and investors), management team members (Asset Services Team, ESG, Flexible Spaces, PM, FM, Capital Works Managers etc) and other key internal stakeholders (i.e. Finance team and Fund Managers)

• Creating and implementing strategies to best position assets under their management to attract and retain customers

• Recommending appointment of leasing agents and driving the strategic marketing of the asset

• Negotiating and coordinating major leases

• Preparing and presenting the annual Strategic Asset Plan ie asset budget, including income assumptions and capital expenditure to be jointly agreed with the Fund Manager

• Ensuring the valuation assumptions align to the asset forecast and fund expectations

• Overseeing the Property Management service to ensure the key strategies and the budget are being delivered

• Attending monthly property meetings, along with the PM, CWO Manager and FM

• Where possible improving the sustainability performance of Assets (and endorsement of Funds initiatives, where applicable)

• Support property management in management of WHS risk across assets under their management.

• Support and drive the annual tenant customer survey action plans.

• Market participation with inclusion on key industry panels etc.

• Enhancing the customer experience through place creation and technology.

• Building and maintaining tenant relationships and developing rapport and trust with key tenant representatives

• Achieving internal budget targets and financial results including property level budgets and leasing/valuation outcomes

• Understanding the positioning of assets in the broader market

• Influencing internal stakeholders to deliver on asset strategy

Benefits that matter

Our people share in our success. From employee share ownership to career development, we back our people for the long term.

• Wealth: Short and long-term incentives, salary continuance and crisis insurance, employee securities and salary packaging.
• Family: 20 weeks paid primary carers leave, 10 weeks secondary carers leave, parental transition support, school holiday programs.
• Well-being: Sonder 24/7 EAP, Tuesday breakfasts, wellbeing leave, WELL-accredited workplaces and AIA Vitality.
• Learning: On-the-job experiences, 24/7 online learning, mentoring and coaching.
• Leave: Birthday leave, purchased leave, volunteer leave, career breaks, fertility leave, and wellbeing leave.
• Community: Pledge 1%, volunteer leave, workplace giving and dollar matching
  

Why Charter Hall

As Australia’s leading diversified property funds manager, we bring together scale, expertise and a strong performance track record to deliver for our investors. What sets us apart is our active approach – managing funds, assets, leasing and development across Office, Industrial & Logistics, Retail, Diversified and Social Infrastructure to unlock long-term value.

We’re always looking ahead, exploring new ways to connect people, capital and opportunity. Backed by an entrepreneurial, collaborative and customer-focused culture, Charter Hall is a place where talented people can step up, contribute and make an impact.

Learn more: https://www.charterhall.com.au/

Ready to join us?
Apply now or reach out confidentially to Alex Smout ([email protected]) to help shape what’s next.