Acquisitions Manager

ABOUT INVESTORKITInvestorKit is a premier buyers agency in Australia, renowned for its data-driven approach and high-performance culture. We specialise in helping clients achieve their financial goals through strategic property investments backed by comprehensive market analysis and insights. Our team is dedicated to delivering exceptional results and exceeding client expectations by leveraging cutting-edge technology and industry expertise.

ROLE DESCRIPTION

The Acquisitions Manager is responsible for leading a high-performing team of Senior Property Acquisitions Analysts (SPAAs) to deliver outstanding client outcomes, consistent purchase volumes, and strong negotiation standards. Sitting between tactical execution and strategic leadership, this role blends people management, acquisition expertise, and cross-functional coordination. You'll be accountable for team development, acquisition output, and elevating standards of due diligence, negotiation, and agent relationship building across your state. This is a delivery-oriented role requiring deep property investment knowledge, structured management systems, and coaching ability. The role reports to the Head of Acquisitions and plays a pivotal part in fulfilling our commitments to our clients, our staff, and our organisation.

Role Title: Acquisitions Manager

Reporting To: Head of Acquisitions

Direct Reports: 7 x Senior Property Acquisitions Analysts (SPAA)

Location: Remote

KEY RESPONSIBILITIES

The responsibilities outlined below represent the core expectations of your role. These are subject to review and may evolve over time as the needs of the business grow and change, and we expect you to adapt in step with those shifts. As a leader at InvestorKit, you're also expected to actively uphold our values, contribute to our mission, and make decisions that support our vision of becoming Australia's leading buyers agency.

Team Leadership and Performance

Lead and manage a team of seven SPAAs across your assigned state.Conduct weekly 1:1s and monthly performance reviews with each team member.Build a high-performance culture through ongoing coaching, mentoring, and accountability frameworks.Ensure recruitment, onboarding, and training of new SPAAs are seamless and aligned with company standards.

Purchase Delivery & Execution Oversight

Ensure state-based purchase targets are consistently met or exceeded.Oversee due diligence, valuation, cash flow assessments, and brief alignment checks on all deals presented.Intervene in complex negotiations or escalated agent scenarios to drive outcomes.Ensure a minimum quality benchmark is met on all acquisitions before proceeding to briefing or settlement.

Process Management and Risk Mitigation

Uphold and enforce all InvestorKit acquisition systems, frameworks, and quality assurance checkpoints.Identify and eliminate performance bottlenecks, data inconsistencies, and due diligence risks.Support national rollouts of process improvement initiatives, system upgrades, or market strategy pivots.

Strategic Collaboration

Collaborate with the Head of Acquisitions to shape state-level strategies and purchasing tactics.Work closely with Strategy and Research teams to ensure alignment between brief setting and acquisitions.Maintain agent and developer relationships to support scalable sourcing of pre- and off-market opportunities.

Client Experience and Cross-Team Alignment

Proactively coordinate with Strategists, Settlement Coordinators, and leadership to support a seamless client journey.Ensure client confidence, risk communication, and milestone management remain proactive and transparent.

CONTRIBUTING TO OUR PURPOSE

As a member of the InvestorKit team, you are expected to make decisions and take action in alignment with our Vision; 'to become the most trusted, data-driven buyers agency for successful business owners and professionals', and our Mission, which is; 'To improve our clients' lives by helping them invest with confidence, outperform the market, and build high-performing property portfolios.'

KEY PERFORMANCE INDICATORSThe following Key Performance Indicators apply to your role for the 2025 financial year. These KPIS are reviewed regularly and may be adjusted at the discretion of senior leadership to reflect changes in business needs, performance, market conditions, or divisional capacity.

QUANTITATIVE PERFORMANCE FRAMEWORK

These KPIs provide a clear and objective framework for operational performance. They are designed to assess purchasing output, leadership rhythm, process quality, and team contribution to the overall business.

KPI Area

Metric

Target

Team Purchase Delivery

Number of unconditional purchases completed per month

Meets or exceeds the monthly team target set in collaboration with SLT

Time to purchase

Effective management of buying timelines and urgent clients

Clients purchase within monthly SLA target as set by the SLT

Pipeline Accuracy

Accuracy of data across all systems, including but not limited to; client notes, property status, pipeline stages

Maintain data accuracy, with random audits showing minimal critical errors (missing or incorrect data and/or status)

Coaching Rhythm

Completion of weekly 1:1 coaching, audits, and feedback loops

100% completion rate, tracked in coaching records and reinforced with action plans

Call/Deal Reviews

Quality audits and reviews across negotiation, due diligence, and settlement

Minimum 1 per SPAA per week, with documented feedback and training adjustments

Refunds & Incident Costs

Cost impact from refunds, repair issues or speed to purchase quality

Minimise and mitigate costs incurred to business as set by the SLT

Review Quality

Ensure a high service culture through the collecting and maintaining of our online review scores

Maintain a 4.9 / 5 star rating on Google, minimum of 15 clients leave a review per month.

System Adherence

Compliance with acquisition processes, due diligence and documentation

Minimise compliance issues across settlement and acquisitions on critical workflows

Onboarding Performance

Speed to competency of new hires

New hires to be client ready at the 4 week mark. Measured by post training capability assessment and call audits.

Team Underperformance

Proportion of team below minimum monthly target

No more than 25% of team below any KPI for more than 2 consecutive months

EXPECTATIONSAs a member of our family at InvestorKit we expect you to work towards our vision of becoming Australia's leading buyers agency, making decisions and taking actions that directly align with our mission to positively impact our clients lives by providing an industry leading client experience that helps them realise their aspirations through property.We work to outcomes at InvestorKit, focussing on achieving tasks and delivering projects that improve the way we work, the lives of our staff and the financial outcomes of business. We believe that accountability, humility, openness and honesty are fundamental values and behaviours that create success, and we expect our people to have a growth mindset and the ambition to not only be the best version of themselves, but the desire to bring that out of others.Across your time at InvestorKit you will have moments that will test you, but if you can embrace all of the above then we can guarantee that those moments will lead you to your greatest successes.Let's lead the way together and build something truly special.Stephen BamburyHead of Acquisitions

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