Transaction Manager

Cresa Vancouver; Chicago (IL); On-site; USD 75,000 - 100,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading real estate company seeks a Transaction Manager to join its Client Solutions team in Chicago. This role involves providing analytical and organizational support to clients' real estate decisions, including managing transactions, reviewing lease documents, and delivering high-level market analysis. Ideal candidates possess strong communication skills and a proactive problem-solving approach, with experience in commercial real estate services.

Qualifications

• 3-5 years of relevant experience in commercial real estate services.
• Active real estate license required.
• Ability to work independently across multiple time zones.

Responsibilities

• Review lease documents and deliver transaction support.
• Develop financial models for lease evaluations.
• Summarize analytic findings in executive-level documents.

Skills

Analytical skills

Organizational skills

Communication

Project management

Teamwork

Critical thinking

Attention to detail

Education

Associates/Bachelor’s degree or equivalent experience

Tools

MS Office

Smartsheet

Salesforce reporting

Power BI

Tableau

CoStar

Visual Lease

Job description

As a Transaction Manager, you’ll join the Client Solutions team, providing high-quality transaction and account support as well as financial, market and portfolio analytics to inform and support our clients' real estate decision making. Armed with exceptional analytical and organizational skills and an eye for details, you’re a problem solver who constantly seeks to achieve better results.

Responsibilities

• Review lease documents, write lease summaries and abstracts and review other materials as part of the due diligence process
• Deliver on client-driven priorities, tracking progress and milestones
• Experience developing analytics models and methodologies using a variety of data points to develop informed recommendations to clients
• Experience with developing and/or completing financial models for evaluation of lease cash flows and P&L impact
• Ability to analyze business performance data and budgets for executive-level operations reporting
• Review critical dates, evaluate contract options, and provide recommendations.
• Create and implement reports including but not limited to: PIF (Project Initiation Forms), Requests for Proposals (RFPs), Market Comps, Business Case, Location analysis, (BOV) Broker opinion of value
• Support all transaction activity, preparing forecasts and savings results reporting.
• Apply critical thinking and market knowledge to assist with unique client-specific research requests such as strategic planning, portfolio reviews, and highest and best use analyses.
• Summarize and communicate analytic findings, insights and recommendations via executive-level summary documents and presentations.
• Complete other client driven initiatives to support their internal real estate needs
• Strong written and verbal communication skills
• A strong work ethic and the ability to work as a team player
• Resourceful, attention to detail, and strong organizational skills including the ability to multi-task, prioritize efficiently and meet tight deadlines.

Qualifications

• 3-5 years relevant experience
• Prior experience managing transactions for commercial real estate services
• Associates/Bachelor’s degree or equivalent experience
• Active real estate license in state of residence.
• Strong writing, editing and proofreading skills – attention to detail is critical
• Excellent project management and organizational skills
• Ability to work independently and manage competing deadlines
• Strong interpersonal skills and proven experience working with cross-functional teams
• Advanced proficiency in MS Office (MS Word, MS Excel, MS PowerPoint, and Outlook). Advanced MS Excel proficiency is a must.
• Advanced proficiency in Smartsheet and Salesforce reporting preferred; proficiency in Power BI and Tableau preferred.
• Experience with lease administration platforms (CoStar, Visual Lease)
• Ability to work across multiple time zones to accommodate global initiatives

Location: This position is based in Chicago, IL, but willing to consider other Cresa office locations or remote work on a case by case basis.