About the Position:
Hyde Park Ventures Partners is looking for an organized, friendly, and detail-oriented Office Manager to join our office in Chicago’s River North neighborhood. You will support our company’s leadership and accounting teams, and will ensure our office runs smoothly and effectively.

As our Office Manager, you will be a proactive jack-of-all-trades capable of executing projects start-to-finish, driving day-to-day office operations, and supporting the accounting function with bookkeeping responsibilities.  You will interact with all team members on a regular basis, with a special focus on acting as the Executive Assistant to our leadership team.  You approach your work with a customer service mindset and take pride in your work product.

This position offers exposure to some of the smartest and most accomplished entrepreneurs and startups across the mid-continent.  We work in a fast-paced environment with the freedom to create meaningful impact at the leading venture capital firm in the mid-continent.  Come join us!

Responsibilities:
Bookkeeping and Accounting (~30-40% of your time)

• Assist our Chief Administrative Officer with bookkeeping 
• Input and categorize expenses, as well as paying recurring and adhoc bills
• Organize and track travel expense receipts for the whole firm
• Grow in this role to be able to enter information into Quickbooks, as well as processing 1099s at year end

Office Operations (~30% of your time)

• Act as Office Manager and Receptionist for our River North HQ
• Answer phones, greet guests, and ensure that everyone (employees and guests) have delightful experiences in our office
• Keep supplies, equipment, and snacks stocked, as well as keeping the office organized and clean
• Receive incoming mail/package deliveries as well as assist with outgoing mail/packages
• Manage external suppliers and vendors, as well as manage internal IT
• Assist with event planning and management including food ordering, vendors, contracts, guest lists, etc.
• Partner with our People and Marketing teams to co-manage team and portfolio events, holiday parties, happy hours, lunches, etc.
• Assist with employee onboarding and offboarding, as needed
• Point of contact for basic office maintenance, including building access

Executive Assistant (~30% of your time)

• Support our leadership team with scheduling meetings and travel logistics (booking travel, managing changes, etc)
• Understand preferences in order to make informed decisions
• Act with discretion and confidentiality related to sensitive and/or personal and professional information
• Provide daily and/or weekly meeting summaries and preparation

Requirements:

• 2+ years of professional experience, preferably in Office Management, Reception, Customer Service, or Hospitality role
• A bachelor's degree or equivalent work experience
• Our must have: Highly organized, reliable, and detail-oriented (with systems/processes ready to implement)
• Intuitive, self-motivated, and approaches challenges/projects with a learner’s mindset 
• Interest and desire to work across many functions of a business, including accounting/finance
• Ability to handle multiple tasks/requests/workstreams at once
• Strong communication and interpersonal skills, both written and verbal
• Tech-savvy and comfortable with standard equipment and software of a modern office (computer, Google Suite, Slack, online vendor/billing systems,  copy machine, etc)
• Upstanding moral character and high degree of integrity
• Comfortable with making travel arrangements, managing calendars, and communicating with executives
• Ability to lift up to 40 lbs.

About Hyde Park Venture Partners:
Hyde Park Venture Partners is an early-stage venture investing firm focused on high-growth technology startups in Chicago and the broader mid-continent. With an extensive on-the-ground network and activity throughout the region, we invest in seed and early series A software startups across B2B, marketplace, and consumer service business models. 

We take pride as a team in being tenacious, responsive, and impactful to all of our stakeholders: entrepreneurs, co-investors, and limited partners alike. Among others, our portfolio includes top mid-continent startups like FourKites, G2, Shipbob, Terminus, Avant, Amount, Fixer, LogicGate, Provi, RoadSync and Tock.

How we work:
We respect and celebrate entrepreneurs and their ideas. We are responsive and tenacious, and we do what we say. We communicate openly and honestly about fact and emotion. We make data driven decisions. We believe that rewards should accrue to those who create value. These are our values, and we take them seriously.

We are committed to helping grow a diverse and equitable tech community in Chicago and the mid-continent. We apply this to all parts of our business, especially in hiring and deal sourcing.  Accordingly, we welcome and encourage applicants of all backgrounds to apply for this role. 

We have a fully vaccinated team that has returned to our office full time in downtown Chicago, and will expect our new team members to join us. 

What you’ll get:
Hyde Park Venture Partners is a small, tight-knit team that trusts each other to do our best work.  While we offer competitive compensation, a solid benefits package, and a flexible work environment, the real excitement in working with us is your ability to gain insight into venture capital and early stage investing with growth opportunities to match your career ambitions.  Join, learn, grow - here we go!