Manager, Lease & Rent Accounting

Position Overview

We are seeking an experienced Interim Manager, Lease & Rent Accounting to support a large global organization undergoing post-merger integration and an upcoming ERP transformation with a D365 rollout planned.

This role oversees rent accounting operations across North America including the US and Canada. It is designed to address immediate capacity gaps and requires a hands-on leader who can operate at a manager or director level to ensure accuracy continuity and process stability.

Key Responsibilities

Global Rent Process Oversight

• Oversee end to end rent processes in a centralized multi entity environment
• Ensure accuracy and timeliness of rent payments and billings including intercompany
• Monitor lease schedules payment terms and escalations

Payment Management and Vendor Coordination

• Review and approve weekly variable rent payments
• Validate data general ledger coding and batch processing
• Partner with accounts payable and shared services teams
• Resolve discrepancies including billing errors CAM and escalations

Month End Close and Financial Support

• Prepare journal entries including rent expense accruals and prepaids
• Perform variance analysis and investigate changes
• Ensure alignment between rent activity and the general ledger

Variable Rent Oversight

• Manage percentage rent utilities and shared costs
• Oversee reconciliations true ups and adjustments

Systems and Data Integrity

• Work within systems including Vantage SAP and D365
• Ensure consistent and accurate lease and payment data

Reconciliation and Reporting

• Perform subledger to general ledger reconciliations
• Review payments against contractual terms
• Provide insight into rent spend variances and billing accuracy

Cross Functional Coordination

• Partner with finance accounts payable and shared services teams including offshore
• Provide oversight and quality control across workflows
• Ensure adherence to internal controls

Process Improvement and Controls

• Stabilize workflows impacted by resource gaps
• Improve documentation within systems such as Vantage
• Strengthen controls around data approvals and general ledger coding
• Identify opportunities for process improvement and automation

Key Success Factors

• Ability to step into a leadership role quickly
• Strong attention to detail and focus on accuracy and controls
• Operates at a leadership level beyond transactional execution
• Comfortable working in a complex evolving environment
• Effective communicator across cross functional teams
  

Qualifications and Experience

Required

• 5 to 8 plus years of experience in lease accounting real estate accounting or accounting operations
• Experience managing high volume multi location rent portfolios
• Experience with Vantage preferred
• Experience with ERP systems including SAP or Microsoft Dynamics 365
• Strong understanding of journal entries accruals reconciliations rent payments and variance analysis

Preferred

• Experience in a global or matrixed organization
• Experience supporting shared services or offshore teams
  

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