Senior Transaction Manager

JLL; New York (NY); On-site; USD 140,000 - 210,000; Full time

Job summary

JLL is seeking a Senior Transaction Manager to join the Americas Brokerage Group in New York. You will manage a high volume of complex leases and capital transactions, ensuring client satisfaction, and coordinating with national broker partners and field teams.

You will oversee financial analyses, reporting, and KPI achievement while negotiating favorable terms and protecting client interests. Fluency in Spanish and Portuguese is required to support global occupiers.

Qualifications

• 10–12 years of experience in Transaction Management or Corporate Real Estate.
• Experience managing complex transactions with high volume.
• Experience supporting large, global occupiers.
• Experience managing confidential initiatives with escalation as needed.
• Proven skills in contract review and lease negotiations.
• Self-starter able to manage multiple transactions simultaneously.
• Strong understanding of financial and accounting impacts.
• Excellent verbal and written communication, presentation, and stakeholder management.
• Fluent in Spanish and proficient in Portuguese.

Responsibilities

• Manage and execute complex, large, and mid-size transactions.
• Collect client requirements, obtain market data, review reports, and work with broker partners.
• Oversee site selection and site evaluation; create RFPs.
• Negotiate LOIs, leases, and purchase/sale agreements; prepare approval packages.
• Coordinate with field brokers; review broker engagements and commissions.
• Monitor progress of transactions; develop occupancy cost savings strategies.

Skills

Transaction management

Client relationship management

Financial analysis

P&L understanding

Negotiation

Communication

Spanish fluency

Portuguese proficiency

Multitasking

Job description

We are seeking a Senior Transaction Manager to join the Americas Brokerage Group of JLL. The position will support a significant, NY based, global occupier and provide transaction management and related portfolio services.

The Senior Transaction Manager will be responsible for ensuring a high level of client satisfaction, by managing a large volume of transactions, delivering upon key client initiatives as well as ensuring consistency in processes, systems and reporting. The individual will manage and execute complex leases and/or capital transactions, including reporting, budgets, cash flow forecasts, executive approvals, and strategic planning

Core Responsibilities

Transaction Management

• Independently manage and execute complex, large, and mid-size transactions with a high level of proficiency and knowledge.
• Collect client requirements; obtain market data; review market reports; and retain real estate broker partners nationally.
• Oversee site selection and site evaluation.
• Create requests for proposals (RFPs).
• Negotiate letters of intent (LOIs), leases, and purchase and sale agreements.
• Prepare transaction approval packages for the client’s executive management.
• Negotiate favorable economic and flexible lease terms.
• Coordinate with field brokers; review and finalize broker engagements; and review commission invoices to ensure accuracy.
• Actively monitor progress of assigned transactions.
• Develop occupancy cost savings strategies and evaluate alternative occupancy solutions.

Client/Stakeholder Management

• Manage relationships with key stakeholders in the client’s organization.
• Attend regular client meetings and conference calls.
• Manage transaction and pipeline reporting to the client, including ongoing communication and manual pipeline upkeep.
• Execute and proactively suggest opportunities to improve client transaction management processes.

Financial Management and Measurement

• Demonstrates financial acumen including understanding of P&L impacts on real state decision making
• Support the client with development of financial analyses in accordance with the client’s process.
• Be responsible for achievement of key performance indicators (KPIs), service levels, and other measures.

Required Qualifications and Skills for Success

• 10–12 years of experience in Transaction Management or Corporate Real Estate.
• Experience managing complex transactions and working with high transaction volume.
• Experience supporting large, global occupiers.
• Experience managing confidential initiatives, including knowing when to escalation with urgency, and how to de-escalate and mitigate risks.
• Proven skills in contract review and lease negotiations.
• Self-starter with the ability to manage multiple transactions simultaneously.
• Solid understanding of financial and accounting impacts.
• Strong verbal and written communication, presentation, and stakeholder management skills.
• Detail-oriented and able to understand and adhere to process.
• Fluent in Spanish and proficient in Portuguese.