The body corporate manager looks after the back-office aspects including compliance with the body corporate laws, organising the building insurance, collecting of levies and approving payment of expenses, producing financial reports, following up levy arrears and other secretarial, treasury and administrative functions. A strata manager works from their own office and typically manages anywhere from 50 to 150 buildings.
The building managers main functions are communication with residents, facilitating the booking of shared facilities, repair and maintenance of common area issues, inspections of common areas, plant and equipment, managing contractors, key/fob/swipe management and other functions best handled by an on-site presence. A building manager works from the building they are managing. They typically manage only 1 building or 2 buildings.