Manager, Landowner Services

NextEra Energy•Juno Beach, FL

About The Position

NextEra Energy Resources is seeking a Manager, Landowner Services to lead the team responsible for accurate and timely landowner payments across construction and operating projects. The role provides hands-on operational leadership over payment analysts who review contractual obligations, validate calculations, resolve exceptions, and process payments according to land agreements and established controls. The Manager develops a detailed understanding of land agreements and payment provisions, oversees complex or non-standard payment scenarios, and maintains payment accuracy and integrity through review, reconciliation, documentation, and approval processes. This leader also oversees real estate transaction administration and data entry and validation, and manages landowner relationships across the country. The position leads business validation and user acceptance testing for payment-system enhancements, establishes scalable processes and controls, and helps drive adoption of system-based workflows. It evaluates manual and spreadsheet-based processes for opportunities to improve efficiency, reliability, and scalability while maintaining appropriate controls. The Manager partners with Land, Development, Construction, Operations, Legal, Finance/Accounting, Technology, and other internal teams to resolve issues and continuously improve the payment process.

Requirements

Bachelor's degree.
At least 7 years of experience.
At least 3 years of supervisor or management experience.
Strong attention to detail, financial acumen, and a controls-oriented mindset.
Ability to work with contractual requirements, payment calculations, systems, and processes.
People leadership and problem-solving capabilities.

Nice To Haves

Master's degree in Accounting or Finance.
Master's degree.

Responsibilities

Lead the review and approval of landowner payments across construction and operating projects, ensuring accuracy, timeliness, supporting documentation, and consistency with contractual obligations and controls.
Lead, coach, and develop payment analysts; set expectations, standardize processes, and build team capabilities and accountability.
Oversee payment calculations, investigate discrepancies, resolve exceptions, and ensure land agreement obligations are executed appropriately.
Maintain payment controls, including review, reconciliation, documentation, and approval processes; partner with stakeholders on audit, compliance, and control requirements.
Lead business validation and user acceptance testing of payment-system enhancements, including test-scenario development, results validation, defect resolution, and production-readiness assessment.
Evaluate payment processes and controls to simplify workflows, reduce manual effort and duplication, and improve accuracy and scalability while preserving financial and contractual controls.
Drive adoption of system-based payment processes and develop sustainable methods for payment validation and exception management as spreadsheet-based activities are phased out.
Escalate and resolve complex payment and system issues; identify root causes and assess financial and operational impacts in coordination with business and technology partners.
Collaborate with Land, Development, Construction, Operations, Legal, Finance/Accounting, Technology, and other internal stakeholders to resolve issues, interpret requirements, improve processes, and support business needs.
Establish and monitor metrics, controls, and operating routines for payment accuracy, timeliness, exceptions, workload, and process performance.
Review and analyze real estate calculations for development, construction, and operational payments for wind, solar, and storage projects.
Manage landowner relationships across the country.
Manage the entry and validation of real estate transaction information in computer-based systems.
Prepare monthly lease, option, purchase, and contract reports.
Perform other job-related duties as assigned.