Note: The job is a remote job and is open to candidates in USA. Cresa is a company dedicated to enhancing the quality of life for clients and employees through better real estate solutions. The Manager, Lease Administration oversees the onboarding and integration of lease administration portfolios, ensuring operational continuity and compliance while partnering with various stakeholders to deliver high-quality outcomes.
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 within transition workflows, including lease abstraction, data validation, workflow automation and process improvement to increase operational efficiency
- Develop and implement operational workflows, transition procedures, governance models, and best practices to improve scalability and efficiency
- Identify and mitigate risks while assisting in change management efforts throughout the transition lifecycle
- Support system implementations, upgrades, testing, workflow optimization, and reporting enhancements
- Mentor and develop team members, fostering collaboration and continuous improvement
Skills
- 4+ 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
- Demonstrated 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 delivering high-quality service
- Bachelor's degree in Business, Real Estate, Finance, Accounting, or related field
- Experience with ASC 842 and IFRS 16 lease accounting standards and journal entry process
- Exposure to AI assisted automation, workflow tools, or data processing technologies
- Systems 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
- PMP certification or equivalent project management experience
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