Senior Analyst - Real Estate Lease Abstractor / Administration

DESRI (formerly D. E. Shaw Renewable Investments) is a market-leading owner and operator of renewable energy projects throughout the United States. We have acquired or developed approximately 13 gigawatts of contracted capacity across a portfolio of over 85 renewable energy projects in 24 states.

• Review executed leases, amendments, and renewals to abstract critical financial and operational terms, including rent schedules, escalations, CAM charges, and other payment obligations.
• Track rent commencement dates, renewal deadlines, and amendment effective dates to ensure timely payment processing.
• Enter and maintain lease data in third-party lease administration software, ensuring accuracy and completeness of all records.
• Own end-to-end payment tracking throughout the lifecycle of each renewable energy project — from lease execution and rent commencement through ongoing operations — ensuring all financial obligations are identified, scheduled, and paid on time.
• Set up new locations and landlords in internal and third-party systems once leases are executed, including banking information, vendor forms, and ticketing. • Process monthly rent obligations in accordance with internal Spend & Transaction Policies, including invoice validation through payment execution, to ensure timely and accurate payments.
• Review and reconcile monthly landlord statements, flagging discrepancies between abstracted lease terms and billed amounts (rent, CAM, taxes).
• Oversee integration of lease payment data with accounting system and other third-party ERP and lease administration systems, ensuring accurate setup, mapping, and troubleshooting of payment workflows. • Prepare cash flow statements and lease payment reports to support budgeting, forecasting, and finance team requirements.
• Communicate regularly with internal and external stakeholders — including legal, finance, developer, project management, PDL, and commercial teams, as well as landlords — to clarify lease terms, resolve issues, and keep payments on schedule.
  
  Qualifications

• Education: Bachelor’s degree or equivalent experience.
• Experience: 2–4 years in commercial real estate or lease administration, including lease abstraction, rent processing, and landlord statement reconciliation within industrial, commercial, retail, or data center environments.
• Technical / Functional skills: Proficiency in Microsoft Excel (advanced), Power Query; hands-on experience with third-party lease administration and ERP platforms or a strong aptitude to learn them quickly
• Renewable energy lease experience (solar, wind, land/easement agreements) or large-scale, multi-location lease portfolio management.
• Ability to work effectively with US-based legal, finance, and property management teams in a cross-border environment.
• Experience working cross-functionally with legal, finance, and operations teams. • Reporting tools like Power BI
• Familiarity with lease accounting standards and AP/AR processes