Senior Manager, Lease Administration

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At Cresa, we offer an opportunity to be part of something bigger. To learn, advance, mentor and be recognized. Your voice will be heard, and you will be valued for both your individual and team contributions.

Summary

The Senior Manager, Transitions Lease Administration oversees the onboarding, transition, and integration of lease administration portfolios, including acquisitions, dispositions, and client onboarding/offboarding initiatives. This role is accountable for transition strategy, execution, and governance, ensuring operational continuity, data integrity, and compliance across complex client portfolios.

This position combines expertise in project management, lease administration, data migration, process implementation, and client service delivery. The role serves as a subject matter expert in lease abstraction, financial reconciliation, system integration, and transition governance, while partnering with clients, brokers, and cross-functional teams to deliver seamless and high-quality transition outcomes. This position reports to the Director of Transitions.

Essential duties and responsibilities

• Oversee training plan for new and/or advancing employees in the group. Participate as a subject matter expert in training plan for other groups.
• Help gather specific metrics as requested for discussion in meetings with Senior Management Group:
  • Routine deliverable and company initiative completion status
  • Assigned project completion status
  • Lease quota and assignments to keep team aligned to measurement
  • Need for resources or resource shifts within the team
  • Workflow review and expense one-time tie-out confirmation with a focus on Processed By; Dates; Process Stage; Accuracy; Processing Notes
  • Oversite of key client deliverables – recapping yearly performance, compiling data and communicating effectively with clients on these deliverables.
• Ensure Client deliverables are met including:
  • High data quality
  • Data is processed in a timely fashion
  • Doc log is current with no or minimal delinquent work
• Perform monthly reporting control checklists for a designated group of accounts
• Attend monthly client calls and ensure issues raised, solutions offered, and follow-ups communicated
• Participate in quarterly company meetings by presenting topics /ideas as requested
• Identify income-generating and savings opportunities or expense reductions
• Identify and groom employees for supervision or account manager roles within the group or department
• Use Lease Admin tools: Weekly plan, billing workbooks, onboarding book, procedures manuals, workflow system reports
• Additional tasks or responsibilities as requested /required.
• Assist with sales process
• Assist with client contracts, renewals, amendments, work orders etc.
• Assist with Employee Onboarding & Offboarding
• Perform or assist with monthly client billings and billing log

Qualifications

• Excellent communication skills. Can discuss issues that are more strategic and defend a position both verbally and in writing and act as a resource in meetings
• Intermediate math skills including calculating CPI increases, percentage change, etc. Some interpretive understanding
• Database maintenance capabilities. Capability to create necessary spreadsheets and documents with analysis
• Can arrange and participate in meetings as required. Proficiency with presentation software and business case preparation required. Complete resource to set the agenda, prepare the presentation, drive a consensus and assign follow up duties

Education/Experience

• Bachelor’s degree from a four-year college or university or one to two years related experience and /or training; or equivalent combination of education and experience
• Proficient with Windows software
• Proficient in Microsoft Office software (Word, Excel, PowerPoint, etc.)

Proficiency Measurements:

• 0% over-SLA items; all performers > 3.0 average or better at annual evaluations
• SLA’s and deliverables on-time /in quality range above 98%
• Client satisfaction score of 90% or greater
• Uses personnel resources efficiently
• Leads a company project /quarter and /or two client onboardings /quarter (service or new)
  
  

Company Culture:

Our company values collaboration, innovation, and a client-centric approach. We foster a supportive and inclusive work environment where all team members are encouraged to contribute ideas and share their expertise. We prioritize personal and professional growth and provide opportunities for advancement within the company. We believe in work-life balance and promote a healthy, positive, and enjoyable workplace culture.

Physical Requirements:

Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions in accordance with the Americans with Disabilities Act.

NOTE: The job description is an overview of the functions and requirements for this position. This document is not intended to be an exhaustive list encompassing every duty and requirement of this position; supervisors may assign other duties as deemed necessary.

Cresa is committed to developing and maintaining a diverse workforce. Cresa strongly believes in equal opportunity extended to all individuals in all aspects of the employment relationship without regard to race, color, religion, belief, creed, age, sex, pregnancy or maternity (including childbirth and related conditions), family responsibility (e.g. child care, elder care), nationality, ethnic or national origin or ancestry, citizenship, marital status, civil partner status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, transgender status, veteran’s status, genetic information, political view or status as a qualified individual with a disability, protected leave status or any other protected characteristic in accordance with applicable law.