Senior Manager, Lease Administration

🕒 July 27

🌽 Illinois – Remote

🌽 Illinois – Remote

💵 $80k - $90k / year

⏰ Full Time

🟠 Senior

🖥️ Administration

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Cresa

WebsiteLinkedInAll Job Openings

1001 - 5000 employees

🏠 Real Estate

💼 Consulting

🤝 B2B

🔥 Funding within the last year

💰 Private equity on 2025-11

Real Estate • Consulting • B2B

Cresa is the world's leading global commercial real estate advisory firm that exclusively represents occupiers. It provides unbiased, occupier-focused services including transaction management, workplace solutions, project and development services, location advisory, lease administration, capital strategies, portfolio solutions and strategic consulting. Cresa emphasizes data-driven intelligence for occupiers and has introduced an AI-powered occupier technology platform (Cresa Core) to centralize portfolio data and accelerate decision-making. The firm positions itself as a conflict-free advocate for corporate tenants, helping organizations optimize real estate strategy and operations.

📋 Description

• 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.

🎯 Requirements

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

🏖️ Benefits

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