Transaction Manager- Industrial

Cushman & Wakefield; New York (NY); Remote; USD 123,000 - 145,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading real estate services firm is seeking a Transaction Manager specializing in Industrial transactions. This role requires strong analytical and communication skills to manage lease and sale transactions effectively. You'll engage with local brokers and ensure client needs are met while supporting their real estate strategies in a dynamic environment.

Benefits

Health, vision, and dental insurance

Flexible spending accounts

Retirement savings plans

Life and disability insurance

Paid and unpaid time away from work

Qualifications

• 2+ years of commercial real estate experience required.
• Ability to operate efficiently individually and as part of a team.
• Experience in creating cash flow analyses is preferable.

Responsibilities

• Manage lease transactions with senior brokers' support.
• Coordinate client feedback and support documentation during transaction management.
• Track and report lease expirations and critical dates.

Skills

Analytical skills

Attention to detail

Communication skills

Multitasking

Education

Bachelor’s Degree

Tools

CoStar

Real Capital Analytics

Job description

Job Title

Transaction Manager- Industrial

Job Description Summary

Are you analytical, highly detail-oriented, and passionate about commercial real estate? We’re seeking a motivated, driven individual to support our brokerage team in managing client relationships, overseeing lease and sale transactions, analyzing lease portfolios, and conducting financial analysis.

You’re a creative thinker who can identify challenges and respond quickly with effective, client-focused solutions. You thrive in a fast-paced environment, remain composed under pressure, and excel at prioritizing tasks and following them through to completion.

You have strong verbal and written communication skills and a proven ability to build and maintain trusted client relationships. As a self-starter with excellent interpersonal skills, you’re eager to take ownership of transactions, drive process management, and contribute to client success—while helping grow the business.

You will be responsible for delivering strategic transaction solutions for clients, engaging with local brokers around North America to oversee the end-to-end transaction process, remaining the key point of contact for the client. You will work with the Account Director to review critical dates, and work with the portfolio strategy team to optimize the client’s real estate strategy. You will also be responsible for self-managing a small number of these transactions, ensuring client specific needs and documentation are met.

The position is remote but can report to an office in a hybrid role if desired.

Job Description

Primary Job responsibilities include, but are not limited to:

• Manage lease transactions with the support of senior brokers

• Provides operational coordination to C&W transaction management professionals who are supporting a client’s dispersed portfolio of real estate locations, primarily in North America.

• Process paperwork (e.g. ensure proper distribution once documents are fully executed, act as a liaison between Real Estate, Lease Administration, and other service lines as needed)

• Coordinate client feedback questionnaires/surveys

• Support the transactions team with any documentation required to be used during the transaction’s management process including new leases, renewals, purchases, sales, subleases, options, etc.

• Interface directly with clients as needed to report and update stakeholders

• Track and report upcoming lease expirations and other critical dates

• Draft and process all requests for service or client initiation documents

• Draft and process all Co-Broker and agent engagement letters

• Participate in client meetings and presentations

• Unlimited growth opportunities to manage and close deal transactions.

Minimum Requirements

• Bachelor’s Degree

• 2 or more years of commercial real estate experience

• Experience using CoStar and Real Capital Analytics a plus

• New Jersey Real Estate Salesperson’s License, or ability to obtain one within six months of employment.

• Exceptional analytical skills and rigorous attention to detail

• Experience in creating cash flow analyses is preferable

• Ability to read and interpret financial statements and leases

• Ability to operate efficiently both individually and as part of a team

• Strong written and oral communication skills

• Ability to multitask and prioritize assignments

Cushman & Wakefield also provides eligible employees with an opportunity to enroll in a variety of benefit programs, generally including health, vision, and dental insurance, flexible spending accounts, health savings accounts, retirement savings plans, life, and disability insurance programs, and paid and unpaid time away from work. In addition to a comprehensive benefits package, Cushman and Wakefield provide eligible employees with competitive pay, which may vary depending on eligibility factors such as geographic location, date of hire, total hours worked, job type, business line, and applicability of collective bargaining agreements.
The compensation that will be offered to the successful candidate will depend on factors such as whether the position is covered by a collective bargaining agreement, the geographic area in which the work will be performed, market pay rates in that area, and the candidate’s experience and qualifications.
The company will not pay less than minimum wage for this role.
The compensation for the position is: $123,250.00 - $145,000.00 Cushman & Wakefield is an Equal Opportunity employer to all protected groups, including protected veterans and individuals with disabilities. Discrimination of any type will not be tolerated.

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