Manager, Post Closing

April Housing•Los Angeles, CA

10d•$105,000 - $110,000

About The Position

At April Housing, we’re building a team of bold, mission-driven professionals who are motivated by meaningful work and energized by collaboration. Our work supports a clear purpose of expanding access to high-quality housing, and each role plays an important part in advancing that mission. You’ll collaborate shoulder‑to‑shoulder with some of the most talented experts in the industry, gaining hands-on exposure that helps you grow your skills and broaden your perspective from the day one. Our environment is dynamic, fast paced and evolving, designed to support curious, ambitious people as they take on new challenges and develop capabilities that translate throughout their careers. April Housing is a leading owner and operator of high‑quality affordable housing across the United States. Founded in 2022 and headquartered in Los Angeles, we are a portfolio company of Blackstone Real Estate, supporting the affordable housing and LIHTC (Low-Income Housing Tax Credit) portfolio. Our mission is clear: preserve critical affordable housing stock while delivering exceptional management and high‑quality homes to the communities we serve. We are committed to being a fair, transparent, and responsible owner. Backed by Blackstone Real Estate enabling us to invest in the creation and preservation of affordable housing for the long run. We are making a bold commitment to preserving affordable housing across the country. April Housing is dedicated to ensuring our assets aligned with high standards of excellence, including ongoing property improvements and elevated resident services. We’re looking for individuals who share our commitment to excellence and believe in the impact that thoughtful, well-executed work can have on communities. If you’re driven by purpose, value collaboration, and are excited to grow while contributing to something meaningful, April Housing offers a place to build experience, expand your impact, and do work that matters. To support our resyndication activities, we are seeking a Post Closing Manager to manage, facilitate and coordinate administrative processes across all deals during the closing and construction phase.

Requirements

Excellent interpersonal skills, ability to communicate with external and internal counterparts with a “customer service” mentality
Strong writing skills
Strong organizational skills
Facility with Microsoft Office suite of products
Ability to prepare effective presentations
Ability to manage and prioritize simultaneous and competing activities while meeting deadlines
4-6 years’ experience in multi-family facilities management, asset management, property management, or a combination thereof
Communicates Effectively: Listens effectively and confirms understanding when needed. Cooperates effectively with teammates (immediate colleagues and cross-functionally) and provides and takes feedback with ease.
Drives Results: Works hard to ensure understanding of all critical performance targets. Lines up personal and team performance to deliver results. Accepts feedback and pivots activities and behaviors when needed to improve results.
Plans and Aligns: Understands plans communicated and asks for clarity when needed. Provides input when plans require front-line input. Makes an effort to ensure teammates are aligned on daily and weekly actions supporting the plan.
Manages Ambiguity: Carefully listens to the need for change or the need to wait for instruction in times of change. Keeps moving daily and weekly tasks forward while waiting for any pivots to workstream.
Develops Talent/Professional Development: Works with leadership to execute individual development plans for self and others. Make time to become the best in their current role and to learn aspects of future potential roles.
Resilient: Stays abreast of results individually and for the team and reacts with persistence, especially when results are less than planned. Keeps a positive attitude and entertains and develops ideas to enhance results.

Nice To Haves

Affordable housing exposure/experience a plus, but not require

Responsibilities

Review and coordinate moving and relocation contracts between project and asset management teams for adequacy of scope and budget
Coordinate Town Hall presentations to residents; attend Town Halls as appropriate
Work with the PMCO to verify transfer of the project to the new legal entity
Verify new partnership information is transferred within April Housing’s record keeping systems
Coordinate with Capital Markets team to ensure loan/bond information is entered into appropriate tracking systems
Coordinate with Asset Management team and PMCO to arrange pest control inspections and determine needed pest remediation activities
Interview prospective tenant relocation vendors; evaluate proposals and advise on vendor selection
Coordinate the resident relocation process between the relocation consultant and property managers.
Facilitate ad-hoc problem solving on tenant issues related to the renovation/ resident relocation process between property management, asset management, compliance, and the relocation consultants
Attend weekly OAC calls; as needed, facilitate further communication between contractors, property management companies, relocation consultants, and April Housing counterparties
In coordination with relocation consultants, asset managers, and project managers, create residential onsite “hoteling plans” for select residents who cannot be temporarily relocated offsite
Lead small team meetings focused on renovation of clubhouses
Coordinate timing/strategy of lease-up against projected credit delivery to investor with compliance, project management, asset management team, and property managers
Produce monthly update report on construction/lease-up activity across resyndication, with assistance and data collected from FP&A, asset management and project management teams
Assist with coordination of final inspections of state agencies post rehab completion
Support project managers, directors of construction, and compliance team to ensure all construction close-out documentation is obtained, filed, and where applicable, submitted to appropriate agencies
Support Comms team for Grand Re-Opening and other events
Ensure internal database captures Scope of Work completed, and other relevant information
Collect and review due diligence as needed for other workstreams