Lease Manager

**Job Title**

Lease Manager
**Job Description Summary**

The Lease Manager role is responsible for managing aspects of the client/s lease portfolio and providing day-to-day lease advice.

The Cushman & Wakefield / Property and Development NSW account team is responsible for the delivery of a range of property and facilities management services across Property and Development NSW and its various clusters and agencies. The nominated portfolio consists of freehold and leasehold properties across New South Wales (NSW). The delivery includes property and facility management, procurement exercises, minor churn, environmental and associated financial management services.

**About the Role**:

- Review and approve lease obligation summary and send to relevant parties
- Review and approve annual CPI and Fixed increases implemented
- Liaise directly with the Transaction Management team to ensure alignment of data for lease abstraction, amendments, correspondence and exceptions, premises being exited or changes to current premises so that all database entries are complete and accurate always
- Quality reviews for compliance and insurance certifications
- Expenditure rent roll review and variance reporting
- Approve all workflows relating to recurring payments, non-recurring payments and lease terminations
- Resolve all payment exceptions and communicate resolution to Landlord/agent
- Revenue rent roll review and variance reporting
- Revenue recharges - identify variances, rectify and approve workflow
- Prepare outgoings recharge sheet for new tenants
- Follow up revenue tenants for outstanding payments and approve workflow.
- Review year end reconciliation documentation and engage with Auditor.
- Review, balance, verify and reconcile annual expenditure budgets and reconciliations of outgoings
- Circulate reconciliation report to internal/external stakeholders
- Quality review audit findings
- Interpret lease stipulations for specific client obligations
- Site renewals - upon receiving data from Leasing Executive, consult with and instruct solicitors on lease documentation and execute lease
- Exercise of Option - upon receiving data from Leasing Executive, consult with and instruct solicitors on lease documentation and execute lease
- New revenue tenant - upon receiving data from Leasing Executive, consult with and instruct solicitors on lease documentation and execute lease

**About You**:

- Minimum 3+ years’ experience working with Property/Lease Management databases and related reporting systems
- Experience & knowledge across a broad range of property activities essential.
- Ability to perform critical lease document administration and management functions.
- Strong client focus and customer service mindset essential.
- Demonstrated ability to act upon client instructions and to negotiate outcomes in line with client expectations.
- Able to work independently and as part of both a local and international team.
- Tertiary qualification in Real Estate, Business or Finance, Estate Agents License or Agent’s Representative

**Why join Cushman & Wakefield?**

As one of the leading global real estate services firms transforming the way people work, shop and live working at Cushman & Wakefield means you will benefit from; Being part of a growing global company; Career development and a promote from within culture; An organization committed to Diversity and Inclusion We're committed to providing work-life balance for our people in an inclusive, rewarding environment. We achieve this by providing a flexible and agile work environment by focusing on technology and autonomy to help our people achieve their career ambitions. We focus on career progression and foster a promotion from within culture, leveraging global opportunities to ensure we retain our top talent. We encourage continuous learning and development opportunities to develop personal, professional and technical capabilities, and we reward with a comprehensive employee benefits program.

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That's why we support and celebrate inclusive causes, not just on days of recognition throughout the year, but every day. We embrace diversity across race, colour, religion, sex, national origin, sexual orientation, gender identity or persons with disabilities or protected veteran status. As part of our ongoing commitment to RAP, Aboriginal or Torres Strait Island Islanders are highly encouraged to join us (For AUS only) We ensure DEI is part of our DNA as a global community - it means we go way beyond than just talking about it - we live it. If you want to live it too, join us.