Lease Administrative Lead (Consultant, Asset Management)

Please note the job title for this role will be known internally as Consultant Asset Management

About the Role

McDonalds operates one of the largest restaurant estates in the UK & Ireland and our Development (Estates) team plays a critical role in keeping it running smoothly. Were looking for a Lease Administration Lead to take ownership of the endtoend administration governance and accuracy of our commercial lease portfolio.

This role is central to ensuring our lease data critical dates and occupancy costs are managed with precision. Youll work closely with Development Finance Legal and global partners to maintain strong controls deliver highquality reporting and support effective estate management. Youll also lead a small team driving best practice and continuous improvement across lease administration and property data.

What Youll Do:

In this role youll lead the endtoend administration of our commercial leases ensuring strong data governance accurate occupancy cost management and highquality reporting across the UK & Ireland estate. You will:

• Oversee all lease data within the global lease accounting system (e.g. TRIRIGA) ensuring accuracy completeness and alignment with legal documentation
• Maintain strong data governance version control and audit readiness supporting SOX and external audit requirements
• Act as the subjectmatter expert for lease administration standards processes and best practice
• Lead the administration of rent service charge insurance and other occupancyrelated costs working closely with Finance on payment schedules vendor maintenance and reconciliations
• Produce clear reporting on lease status critical dates and occupancy costs for Estates Finance and senior stakeholders
• Identify data gaps risks and process inefficiencies driving continuous improvement and supporting system enhancements
• Harmonise data systems inputs and reporting across the Development team
• Deliver insights and analytics to support new site planning estate optimisation and construction performance
• Develop dashboards and reporting tools (e.g. Power BI) to support realtime decisionmaking
• Analyse storelevel performance footfall and demographic data to support strategic estate planning
• Lead coach and develop a small team of lease administrators promoting strong analytical capability and data storytelling across the wider Property & Development team

Qualifications :

What Were Looking For:

Essential

• Proven experience in commercial lease administration within a large multisite property portfolio
• Strong understanding of commercial property leases occupancy costs and related financial processes
• Experience partnering with Finance on invoicing reconciliations and vendor management
• High attention to detail with a strong data governance and controls mindset
• Strong technical capability including SQL Excel and data visualisation tools (Power BI Tableau)
• Confident communicator with strong stakeholder management skills
• Line management experience

Desirable

• Experience within a corporate occupier or national retail/leisure estate
• Familiarity with UK & Ireland lease structures and market practice
• Experience working with outsourced partners and service providers

Additional Information :

Company Vision and Culture

Our Global vision is to build a better McDonalds and in the UK and Ireland we are working hard to be the UK & Irelands best-loved restaurant company.

McDonalds is defined by its culture. Our culture shapes and informs everything we think and everything we do. Our culture influences the way we interact with each other and how we interact with customers franchisees and suppliers. Our culture motivates and inspires us to attract and retain great talent creating positive energising exceptional working environment for us all.

Our values drive our culture and shape our beliefs our priorities and our actions. They influence the decisions we make how we treat one another and how we show up as a brand to the world.

Serve: We put our customers and our people first
Inclusion: We open our doors to everyone
Integrity: We do the right thing
Community: We are good neighbours
Family: We get better together

At McDonalds we are People from all Walks of Life... 

People are at the heart of everything we do and they make the McDonalds experience. We embrace diversity and are committed to creating an inclusive culture that means people can be their best authentic self in our restaurants and offices which helps us to better serve our customers. We have a strong heritage of diversity and representation within our communities which we are proud of. The diversity of our people customers Franchisees and suppliers gives us strength.

We do not tolerate inequality injustice or discrimination of any kind.  These are hugely important issues and a brand with our reach and relevance means we have a very meaningful role to play.

We also recognise our responsibility as a large employer to continue being active in our communities helping to develop skills and drive aspirations that will help people to be more aware of the world of work and more successful within it whether with McDonalds or elsewhere.

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Remote Work :

No

Employment Type :

Full-time