AVP - Contracts Management - Aircraft Leasing

Le Meas Executive Search; Dublin; On-site; EUR 65,000 - 85,000; Full time

Job summary

Le Meas Executive Search partners with a global aircraft leasing leader to recruit a Contracts Manager for the contracts team. The role oversees invoicing, journals, receivables, and compliance across lease, finance, and credit arrangements, ensuring timely payments and accurate reporting.

You will liaise with airlines and investors, manage CMS data, and support ad-hoc transactions. The ideal candidate has 2-5 years in contracts management within aircraft leasing and can navigate complex lease

Qualifications

• 2-5 years contracts management experience in aircraft leasing is required.
• Strong understanding of lease, finance and credit arrangements.
• Ability to manage complex invoicing and payment workflows.
• Experience in CMS data management and reporting.

Responsibilities

• Oversee rent and maintenance reserve invoices and monitor and record payment obligations.
• Manage journals for Lease rentals and Maintenance reserves.
• Collect receivables and check outstanding payments, send demand letters and notices of default, reconcile deposits and lease payments.
• Review late interest calculations and invoicing.
• Monitor lease/purchase/sale stipulations and keep track of critical events to ensure compliance with aircraft agreements and related obligations.
• Monitor Letter of Credits and arrange drawdown as appropriate.
• Interface with airline clients, prepare, collect, and reconcile outstanding receivables to ensure delivery and redelivery of aircraft per contracts.
• Capture and manage integrity of lease information in the CMS and make data available companywide.
• Prepare and distribute lease/portfolio information reports.
• Update Investors and Debt providers on Lessee performance.
• Review and enter loan schedules, including internal shareholder loans.
• Review and input debt covenants and flag event dates in the diary system.
• Ensure all journals for debt and accrued interest are exported to SUN.
• Manage ad-hoc special transactions

Job description

Le Meas Executive Search are delighted to partner with a global leader in Aircraft Leasing on a new opportunity on their contracts team.

This role manages all aspects of clients portfolio and supports commercial business activities.

Responsibilities:

• Oversee rent and maintenance reserve invoices and monitor and record payment obligations.
• Manage journals for Lease rentals and Maintenance reserves
• Collect receivables and check outstanding payments from customers, prepare and send demand letters and notices of default, reconcile security deposits and lease payments.
• Review late interest calculations and invoicing.
• Monitor, check and manage lease/purchase/sale stipulations and requirements as well as track critical events to ensure compliance with the various aircraft agreements (Lease, Sale, Purchase, Financing), Letter of Credit Management and insurance obligations.
• Monitor Letter of Credits and arrange drawdown as appropriate.
• Interface with airline clients, prepare, collect, and reconcile any outstanding receivables, as outlined in the contract to ensure delivery and redelivery of aircraft in accordance with the contractual agreements.
• Capture and manage integrity of all relevant lease and portfolio lease information in the Company's contract management system (CMS) and make all contractual data available companywide.
• Prepare and distribute lease/portfolio information reports.
• Update Investors and Debt providers on Lessee performance
• Review and enter loan schedules, including internal Shareholder loans.
• Review and input Debt covenants, ensuring all event dates are clearly flagged and entered in the automated Diary system.
• Ensure all journals for debt and accrued interest are exported to SUN.
• Manage ad-hoc special transactions

Requirements:

• 2-5 years Contracts Management experience in Aircraft Leasing