Executive Assistant - Top Real Estate Team

Your job title: Executive Assistant

Where you will work: Keller Williams Preferred Realty w/ CMS Home Group

Who’s the Leader?: Chad Skluzacek - CMS Home Group Leader

Who are we?

The mission of the CMS Home Group is to provide the premier customer service experience for each home seller and home buyer we work with. Knowledge we’ve gained through years of working in the local market empowers us to provide our home buyers and sellers with the advice they need to make informed decisions. Whether it’s selling a home, searching for a home, or negotiating a contract, each member of the CMS Home Group is an experienced real estate professional who applies their expert skills to each step of the process to help each client achieve an outstanding result.

Who are we looking for?

The Executive Assistant is an individual who is willing and able to earn the right to be an Assistant Executive. This person relishes the opportunity to build, implement, and manage multiple systems with minimal supervision. The Executive Assistant is deeply committed to completing tasks the right way with a high degree of quality, attention to detail, and consistent communication. This person has immense focus and can do one thing for a long time without getting distracted. This individual may exhibit some drive and desire to influence; however, the overriding marker of his/her behavior is persistence and stability.

An Executive Assistant is deeply committed to supporting the group leader in achieving greater and greater levels of success, and to growing his/her own skills and developing into a supportive leader within the team. As the success of the team grows, this individual will be responsible for hiring, training, and leading additional team members to ensure all administrative tasks of the lead agent’s business continue to be completed to high standards with maximum efficiency. They must be adaptable to change and be solutions oriented. He/She will manage the entire contract-to-close process efficiently and effectively to ensure all transactions close on time, with little or no hassle to clients and third parties. This individual must provide exceptional customer service.

What will you do?
These are the standards a well-above-average performer will maintain or exceed:

• Build, implement, and manage all systems for sellers, buyers, lead generation, database management, information management, and back-office support
• Responsible for some financial systems, including maintaining the books, paying the bills, assuring the collection of commissions, maintaining the budget, and generating financial reports
• Oversee all contracts through closing and provide exceptional customer service throughout the entire closing process
• Create and maintain an operations manual that documents all systems and standards
• Coordinate the purchase, installation, and maintenance of all office equipment
• Be the first point of contact in handling customer inquiries or complaints
• Keep the lead agent informed regarding any problems or issues that need to be handled
• Responsible for hiring, training, consulting, and holding accountable all additional administrative team members

Essential duties and responsibilities

• System development, implementation, and management
• Act as liaison between real estate agents, clients, attorneys, escrow companies, and mortgage brokers during the process of a real estate sale and effectively manage the administrative tasks involved in closing a sale
• Create timelines and follow up with individuals as needed to ensure all deadlines are met and contingencies are released
• Maintain accurate and compliant files for all transactions
• Create a house file (either in Dotloop or physical) for all transactions
• Create Greensheets
• Understand the contracts in order to summarize all important terms, conditions, and contingency dates
• Communicate with the agent several times throughout the transaction including all important dates, missing documents, calendar reminders, file compliance status, etc.
• Communicate regularly with the client to send them reminders, check in, and let them know what to expect in each step of the closing process
• Establish relationships with all third parties including lenders, inspectors, appraisers, and all agents in order to ensure a smooth closing process and share relevant information
• Draft any addenda needed along the way and keep a record of them on file and ensure they are shared with relevant parties
• Be the first point of contact/resource for all questions that arise throughout the closing process from agent (and client, attorneys, lenders, appraisers, other transaction coordinators/Realtors, etc.)
• Stay in good communication with the agent if any issues arise that they need to handle or negotiate
• Coordinate closing date, time, and location and notify all parties
• Notify client about utility accounts to set up/cancel
• Draft a commission statement for our listings and verify commissions for our buyer side transactions prior to closing (along with utility and other pro rations)
• Put together the closing file for the agent including any documents needing signatures/initials/dates, commission amount for the check to bring back, and any other documents needed from closing
• Close out the file after the closing including changing the MLS status to closed for our listings, double-checking the file, making an electronic copy of the HUD, and processing the check.
• Add closed file to Dotloop.
• Follow up with clients after the sale to check in and request a testimonial

Knowledge/Skills

• Strong written and verbal communication skills
• Exceptional organizational and project management abilities
• Great ability to focus
• Concerned about doing things the right way
• Calm under pressure
• Learning based
• Service-based attitude
• Proven ability to succeed
• High school graduate
• Bachelor’s degree preferred
• Real estate license preferred
• 1–3 years of service and management experience
• 3–5 years of administrative experience