Senior Manager, Lease Administration
About The Position
The Senior Manager, Transitions Lease Administration oversees onboarding, transition, and integration of lease administration portfolios, including acquisitions, dispositions, and client onboarding and offboarding. The role is accountable for transition strategy, execution, and governance, ensuring operational continuity, data integrity, and compliance across complex client portfolios. It combines project management, lease administration, data migration, process implementation, and client service delivery expertise. The position serves as a subject matter expert in lease abstraction, financial reconciliation, system integration, and transition governance, partnering with clients, brokers, and cross-functional teams to deliver high-quality transition outcomes. It reports to the Director of Transitions. Cresa describes its culture as collaborative, innovative, and client-centric, with a supportive and inclusive environment that encourages team members to contribute ideas and expertise. The company prioritizes personal and professional growth, opportunities for advancement, work-life balance, and a positive workplace culture. Reasonable accommodations may be made for individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.
Requirements
- 5–7+ years of lease administration, commercial real estate, or transition management experience.
- Proven ability to lead large, complex portfolio transitions and multi-workstream projects in a fast-paced environment.
- Strong knowledge of commercial lease administration, lease terminology, lease accounting principles, and real estate operations.
- Advanced proficiency in Microsoft Excel and data analysis, including formulas, complex functions, data modeling, and automation.
- Ability to analyze and manage large volumes of complex data and translate it into actionable insights.
- Strong project management, organizational, analytical, and problem-solving skills.
- Excellent communication and client relationship skills, with a focus on high-quality service.
- Experience with ASC 842 and IFRS 16 lease accounting standards and journal entry processes.
- Experience supporting system implementations, data migrations, and platform integrations.
Nice To Haves
- Bachelor’s degree in Business, Real Estate, Finance, Accounting, or a related field is preferred.
- Exposure to AI-assisted automation, workflow tools, or data processing technologies.
- Experience with lease administration and accounting platforms such as MRI ProLease, Yardi, CoStar, Quarem, TRIRIGA, Tango, Lucernex, REAP, Visual Lease, Lease Harbor, LeaseAccelerator, LeaseCalcs, or similar systems.
- PMP certification or equivalent project management experience.
Responsibilities
- Lead end-to-end lease administration transition projects, including onboarding, offboarding, acquisitions, and dispositions.
- Develop and manage transition strategies, project plans, timelines, and governance from initiation through steady-state operations.
- Partner with clients, internal stakeholders, technology teams, and external vendors to ensure successful project execution and service delivery.
- Oversee lease data collection, abstraction, validation, migration, and integration across lease administration and accounting platforms.
- Review and validate lease abstractions, financial reconciliations, and reporting for accuracy, consistency, and compliance with client requirements.
- Support lease accounting compliance initiatives, including ASC 842 and IFRS 16 reporting.
- Support AI and automation initiatives in transition workflows, including lease abstraction, data validation, workflow automation, and process improvement.
- Develop and implement operational workflows, transition procedures, governance models, and best practices to improve scalability and efficiency.
- Identify and mitigate risks and assist with change management throughout the transition lifecycle.
- Support system implementations, upgrades, testing, workflow optimization, and reporting enhancements.
- Mentor and develop team members, fostering collaboration and continuous improvement.
Benefits
- Opportunities for personal and professional growth and advancement.
- Supportive and inclusive work environment.
- Work-life balance.
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Senior
