Contracts Manager

Manager, Contract Administration
About the job

Summary:
Coordinate close of lease, purchase and sale transactions associated with aviation equipment, mainly aircraft engines. Work closely with customer, Marketing, Finance, in-house counsel and/or outside counsel in negotiation and production of lease, purchase/sale, financing, and trust documents. Assist with initialization of new lending facilities.

Responsibilities :

Pre-Closing

• Ensure lessee compliance to lease transaction conditions before close.
• Ensure buyer/seller compliance to purchase/sale transaction conditions before close.
• Preparing and forwarding required lease documents (which includes extensions, amendments, etc.) to in-house counsel and lessee on a transaction-by-transaction basis.
• Preparing and forwarding required purchase/sale documents to in-house counsel and buyer/seller on a transaction-by-transaction basis.
• Coordinating the filing of certain documents with governmental agencies mainly the FAA and International Registry.
• Coordinating preparation and positioning of necessary documents with the FAA.
• Preparing and forwarding lender required documents to lenders on a transaction-by-transaction basis.
• Preparing and forwarding trust/mortgage and other various required documents to owner trustee.

Post-Closing

• Follow-up on post-closing items, Chattel Paper, and original documentation
• Releasing and obtaining documents from escrow.
• Disseminating final documents to the parties.
• Indexing operative documents for records

On-going

• Ad hoc reporting
• Preparing and forwarding agency agreements
• Other duties as may be assigned

Qualifications / Requirements

• 15+ years’ experience in leasing industry (aviation a plus)
• Excellent verbal and written communications skills
• Ability to work independently while keeping deadlines.
• Must be highly organized and have excellent attention to detail, as well as flexibility and a willingness to take on a variety of tasks.
• Proficiency with Microsoft Office Suite