Senior Lease Auditor

Summary of Job Description:

The Sr. Lease Auditor is responsible for performing a high volume of complex lease audits to ensure Panda is accurately billed. This position prepares clear and comprehensive audit reports, negotiates directly with landlords to resolve moderately complex to advanced audit findings and secures significant financial recoveries. The Sr. Lease Auditor provides strategic insights to Real Estate Legal & Property Management, influencing cost-saving initiatives, lease language improvements, and long-term expense control strategies.

Job Responsibilities:

• Conducts a high volume of audits, including a minimum of 200 desktop audits in addition to 10-20 onsite audits annually. Performs advanced analysis of CAM, real estate taxes, insurance and other pass-through expenses to ensure strict compliance with lease terms and identify overcharges. Conducts detailed reviews of landlords' books and annual operating expense reconciliations; applies advanced knowledge of lease language, historical trends, industry standards and market benchmarks to uncover discrepancies and maximize recoveries.
• Obtains, evaluates, researches/investigates, and interprets complex supporting documentation to validate billed expenses and ensure compliance with lease requirements, compliance with laws/regulations and industry standards.
• Prepares detailed, accurate and well-organized audit reports that clearly outline findings, supporting evidence, documentation and recommended actions. Communicates with landlords and their representatives to resolve moderately complex to advanced audit disputes, recover funds, negotiate settlements and successfully close out audit with minimal supervision. Ensures all credits and charges are accurately applied and properly documented as part of the audit results.
• Provides guidance and answers questions that impact lease accounting during month-end close.
• Collaborates with legal, finance, property management and other departments to ensure a coordinated and informed response to audit findings. Offers strategic recommendations related to CAM language, billing practices and audit trends to support future lease negotiations and strengthen overall expense-control strategies.
• Acts as the liaison between Operations and landlords regarding property management issues concerning the premises and common areas and/or related billings and develops and maintains positive working relationships with Operations and landlords. Assist property management with special projects, while assisting the department to meet its annual goals.
• Overviews new store openings and prepares LTS for new stores and renewals accurately.Maintains the accuracy of the property management database (AMT Direct), which includes tracking critical dates, lease abstracts, and lease summaries.

How we reward you:

• Hybrid Work schedule
• 401K with company match
• Yearly bonus opportunity*
• Full medical, dental, and vision insurance *
• On-site fitness center, biometric screen, and flu shot clinic
• Discounts at Panda restaurants, theme parks, and gym memberships
• Paid time off starting at 15 days with 7 federal holidays*
• Continuous education assistance and scholarships*
• Income protection including Disability, Life and AD&D insurance*
• Bereavement leave*

*Benefits available for eligible permanent full time associates

Your background & experience:

• Bachelor's degree required, preferably in accounting, finance or real estate
• Minimum five years of lease auditing experience, preferably in the hospitality industry
• Successful completion of initial and periodically required trainings.
• Obtaining a valid Food Handler's Card within 30 days of employment is a requirement of this position.

Pay Range: P3: $90,000 - $126,500 / Annual

* Within the range, individual pay is determined using various factors, including work location and experience.

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Founded in Glendale, California, we are now the largest family-owned American Chinese Restaurant concept in America. With close to 2,800 locations globally, we continue our mission of delivering exceptional Asian dining experiences by building an organization where people are inspired to better their lives. Whether it's impacting our team or the communities we work in, we're proud to be an organization that embraces family values.

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Panda Restaurant Group, Inc. is an Equal Opportunity Employer and is committed to providing equal opportunity, and does not discriminate on the basis of any characteristic protected by law, including but not limited to sex/gender (including pregnancy, childbirth, lactation and related conditions), gender expression, race, color, religion, national origin, sexual orientation, gender identity, disability, age, ancestry, medical condition, genetic information, marital status, and veteran status. Additionally, Panda Restaurant Group, Inc. complies with all federal, state, and local laws regarding requests for workplace accommodation.The Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) prohibits discrimination against qualified individuals on the basis of disability.Applicants are entitled to reasonable accommodations, absent undue hardship, to effectively participate in the application and hiring process, for example, sign language interpreters.If you believe you require an accommodation for the application or interview process or for the position for which you are applying, please reach out to TASupport@PandaRG.com.