RealManage is one of the largest community association management firms in the country, serving thousands of community associations across 19 or more states with approximately $275 million in revenue and 2,300 team members. We are backed by American Securities and we are building the leading platform in our industry through disciplined, programmatic acquisition. We are looking for a Manager, Corporate Development to help us find, win, and close the deals that will define the next chapter of this company.
This role owns the full deal lifecycle. You will source great companies, build relationships with the founders who own them, underwrite the purchase, manage the diligence, and carry the transactions through closing and into integration. Community association management is a highly fragmented industry made up of thousands of independent, founder-owned firms. Your job is to find the best of these firms and earn the right to bring them onto our platform.
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How We Do Deals
“Love the hunt.” The best acquisitions are found through original work. You research markets, walk conference floors, work referral networks, and pick up the phone. Sourcing is a craft and we treat it that way.
Founders come first. Most of our sellers spent decades building their businesses. We win by earning their trust, respecting their people, and doing exactly what we say we will do, from the first call through funding.
Speed with discipline. We move quickly and we underwrite honestly. A committed yes moves at full speed through close.
Own the whole loop. You source it, model it, diligence it, close it, and hand it off to the integration team with a clear playbook. Accountability runs the full length of the deal.
What You’ll Actually Do
- Build and manage the acquisition pipeline, including market mapping, target research, and tracking across our priority states.
- Source directly through outbound campaigns, industry conferences, trade associations, and broker and banker relationships.
- Lead valuation and underwriting, including financial models, quality of earnings analysis, EBITDA adjustments, and returns analysis against our deal criteria.
- Support letter of intent negotiation and deal structuring alongside the CEO, CFO and the American Securities team.
- Manage due diligence end to end. Coordinate departmental workstreams through the diligence request list to keep the transaction on schedule.
- Prepare investment memos and approval materials for executive leadership and our board.
- Drive the handoff to integration and track post-close performance against the deal model.
Disclaimer
This description is not intended to be an exhaustive list of duties. The employee may perform other duties as assigned to meet the ongoing needs of the organization. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable qualified individuals to perform the essential functions of this position.
What You Bring
The record:
- A finance foundation built over three to seven years in investment banking, transaction advisory, corporate development, or private equity.
- Closed deals. This is a hard requirement. You have carried transactions from first meeting through signed purchase agreement and funding, and you can walk us through every one of them.
- Strong modeling and valuation skills, with fluency in quality of earnings, working capital mechanics, and purchase price adjustments.
The mindset:
- You genuinely love the hunt. Finding a great company before anyone else knows it is for sale is the part of the job that gets you up in the morning.
- You are comfortable on the phone and in the room with founder sellers, and you build trust naturally with people who are making the biggest decision of their careers.
- You stay organized and reliable under deal pressure, juggling multiple live transactions without letting details slip.
- You write clearly. Investment memos, outreach letters, and board materials all carry your name and read like it.
You’ll Stand Out If You’ve
- Sourced transactions yourself, with closed deals you can point to that started with your own outreach.
- Worked inside a private equity-backed multi-site services consolidator
- Built relationships with owners over months or years before a deal came together.
- Executed tuck-in acquisitions of founder-owned businesses and lived through the integration that followed.
- Used conference circuits and industry associations as a deliberate sourcing channel.
Physical Requirements
- Ability to sit for prolonged periods at a desk and work on a computer.
- Ability to occasionally stand, walk, bend, or reach as needed.
- Ability to lift or move objects up to 10–15 pounds (e.g., files, office supplies).
- Manual dexterity to operate a computer keyboard, mouse, telephone, and other office equipment.
- Visual acuity to read printed materials, spreadsheets, and computer screens.
- Hearing and speech ability to communicate effectively in person, by phone, and in virtual meetings.
- Ability to work in a standard office environment with moderate noise levels.
- Ability to work a standard schedule, with occasional extended hours as required.
Compensation
- Base salary up to $170,000, depending on experience.
- Annual target bonus of 25 percent.
- Comprehensive benefits, including medical, dental, vision, and 401(k).
Benefits include:
- Medical Insurance
- 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