The Team
We are seeking a Support Services Specialist (Transaction Support) to join the company’s U.S. Tower division’s Property Management organization. The organization maximizes and protects the value of the real estate portfolio, owns and streamlines relations with property owners, and ensures all properties operate smoothly. As a Support Services Specialist, you will assist our Real Estate Transaction team with reviewing, submitting, and closing real estate transactions. This includes intaking critical deal information, routing it for appropriate approvals, ensuring compliance with legal requirements, and interacting with transaction-related parties to facilitate smooth transactions through the closing and funding processes. The ideal candidate will possess strong communication skills, attention to detail, and a thorough understanding of real estate agreements and transactions.
Responsibilities
What You Can Offer Us
- Assist the Real Estate Transaction team with deal submissions, including valuations through provided financial models and workflows, ensuring they align with set financial hurdles and transaction guardrails.
- Identify, review, and share supporting documentation, as requested, with transaction appropriate parties.
- Coordinate and manage transaction packages through dissemination, the execution process, and intake, ensuring all necessary documentation is completed accurately. Maintain organized files, databases, checklists, and worklists.
- Collaborate with the division’s Legal department and other cross-functional teams to understand transaction specific drafting, due diligence, and curative needs, such as supporting documentation, slip sheet approvals, or necessary reporting forms. Fulfill such needs as required.
- Communicate effectively with internal teams, vendors, lessors, sellers, banks, attorneys, transaction related parties, and other institutions to procure necessary approvals and documents.
- Monitor transactions and critical dates, including those relating to 1031 exchanges, rights of firsts refusal, hard closes, business as usual cycle times, diligence forecasts, and closing forecasts. Provide timely updates on transaction progress to relevant parties.
- Manage, lead, or assist with the transaction funding process.
- Audit, review, and process vendor invoices, consistent with service agreement payment terms.
- Identify opportunities to streamline transaction processes and propose improvements to enhance efficiencies and accuracy.
- Other duties as assigned.
What You Need To Succeed
- Bachelor’s degree with a concentration in Business, Finance, Real Estate, Law, or a related field, or equivalent work experience, required.
- Minimum of 1 year experience in the wireless industry, real estate, finance, law, or a related environment required.
- Experience managing projects, deals, or transactions in a high-volume environment strongly preferred.
- Paralegal studies or training preferred.
- Good written and oral communication skills, including the ability to discuss transactions via phone or email and present information and needs clearly and effectively.
- Ability to work with different functional groups and levels of employees to achieve results effectively and professionally.
- Strong organizational skills; ability to accomplish multiple tasks within the agreed upon timeframes through effective prioritization of duties and functions in a fast-paced environment.
- Proficiency in Salesforce and the Microsoft Office Suite.
- Less than 5% travel may be required in support of the position’s responsibilities.
We are one of the largest global Real Estate Investment Trusts (REITs) and a publicly traded (NYSE:AMT), Fortune 500 Company headquartered in Boston, Massachusetts. The next decade will be an exciting time as we evolve our infrastructure to meet tomorrow’s needs and position our people to elevate their impact, their potential, and our shared success. Come grow your career with us!
For more information about how American Tower is building a more connected world, visit americantower.com
American Tower is proud to be an equal opportunity employer and will not discriminate against an applicant or employee based on age, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, race, color, creed, religion, national origin or ancestry, citizenship, marital status, familial status, disability, military or veteran status, genetic information, pregnancy, reproductive decisions, or any other characteristic protected under applicable law.
American Tower is committed to fair and equitable compensation practices. Placement within the salary range is based on a variety of factors, including relevant experience, skills, certifications, job level, and location. For U.S.-based candidates only, please see the base salary range for this position listed below. This position is also eligible for annual bonus, and annual equity award and participation in the Employee Stock Purchase Plan (ESPP). For candidates outside of the U.S., salary and benefits are based upon local market practice.
American Tower also offers a comprehensive benefits package, which includes healthcare coverage, a 401(k) savings plan, paid time off, company holidays, sick leave, parental leave, and access to an Employee Assistance Program focused on mental and financial wellness, please click here to learn more.
Skills Required
- Bachelor's degree in Business, Finance, Real Estate, Law, or related field, or equivalent work experience
- Minimum of 1 year experience in the wireless industry, real estate, finance, law, or a related environment
- Experience managing projects, deals, or transactions in a high-volume environment
- Paralegal studies or training
- Good written and oral communication skills
- Ability to work with different functional groups and levels of employees
- Strong organizational skills and ability to prioritize multiple tasks in a fast-paced environment
- Proficiency in Salesforce and the Microsoft Office Suite
What We Do
With the rollout of new wireless technologies like 5G, the explosive growth in the Internet of Things (IoT), and the continued proliferation of smartphones worldwide, there’s never been a more exciting time to work in wireless. American Tower is a Fortune 500, S&P 500 and Forbes Global 2000 company that provides the infrastructure for modern digital communications. Starting in 1995 with 2,700 towers, our global portfolio today includes over 220,000 owned or managed sites around the globe. Headquartered in Boston, Massachusetts, we have operations throughout the Americas, Europe, Africa and Asia. We’ve experienced exceptional growth over the past decade, and we believe that our outlook for the future is just as strong. If you like to be where things are happening, this is the place for you.









