Manager, Lease Administration

This is a fully remote position, open to applicants in Illinois.

📋 Description

• Lead comprehensive lease administration transition projects, encompassing onboarding, offboarding, acquisitions, and dispositions.

• Create and manage transition strategies, project plans, timelines, and governance from initiation to steady-state operations.

• Collaborate with clients, internal stakeholders, technology teams, and external vendors to ensure effective project execution and service delivery.

• Supervise lease data collection, abstraction, validation, migration, and integration across lease administration and accounting platforms.

• Assess and verify lease abstractions, financial reconciliations, and reporting for accuracy, consistency, and compliance.

• Support lease accounting compliance initiatives, including ASC 842 and IFRS 16 reporting requirements.

• Assist with AI and automation initiatives within transition workflows.

• Develop and establish operational workflows, transition procedures, governance models, and best practices.

• Identify and mitigate risks while aiding in change management throughout the transition lifecycle.

• Contribute to system implementations, upgrades, testing, workflow optimization, and reporting enhancements.

• Mentor and nurture team members, promoting collaboration and continuous improvement.

• Report directly to the Director of Transitions.

⛳️ Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in Business, Real Estate, Finance, Accounting, or a related field (preferred).

• 4+ years of experience in lease administration, commercial real estate, or transition management.

• Proven ability to lead large, complex portfolio transitions and multi-workstream projects.

• In-depth knowledge of commercial lease administration, lease terminology, lease accounting principles, and real estate operations.

• Advanced skills in Microsoft Excel and data analysis, including formulas, complex functions, data modeling, and automation.

• Capability to analyze and manage extensive volumes of complex data and translate it into actionable insights.

• Strong project management, organizational, analytical, and problem-solving abilities.

• Excellent communication and client relationship skills.

• Familiarity with ASC 842 and IFRS 16 lease accounting standards and journal entry processes.

• Experience in supporting system implementations, data migrations, and platform integrations.

• Exposure to AI-assisted automation, workflow tools, or data processing technologies is advantageous.

• Experience with lease administration and accounting platforms such as MRI ProLease, Yardi, CoStar, Quarem, TRIRIGA, Tango, Lucernex, REAP, Visual Lease, Lease Harbor, LeaseAccelerator, LeaseCalcs, and similar systems is preferred.

• PMP certification or equivalent project management experience.

🏝️ Benefits

• Opportunity to learn, progress, mentor, and be acknowledged.

• Individual and team contributions are valued.

• Diverse workforce and equal opportunity workplace.

• Reasonable accommodations for individuals with disabilities.