<p><strong>Requisition ID:</strong>  98205 </p><p> </p><p>NextEra Energy Resources is one of America’s largest wholesale electricity generators, harnessing diverse energy sources to power progress. We deliver tailored energy solutions that fuel economic growth, strengthen communities, and help customers achieve their energy goals. Ready to make a lasting impact? Take the next step in your career with us!</p><p> </p><p><span style="font-size:16.0px;"><strong>Position Specific Description</strong></span></p><p></p><p>NextEra Energy is seeking a <strong>Manager, Landowner Services</strong> to lead the team responsible for the accurate and timely processing of landowner payments supporting projects across the construction and operating portfolios. This individual will lead a team of payment analysts responsible for reviewing contractual payment obligations, validating payment calculations, resolving exceptions, and ensuring payments are processed in accordance with applicable land agreements and established controls.</p><p>This is a hands-on operational leadership role requiring strong attention to detail, financial acumen, and a controls-oriented mindset. The Manager will develop a deep understanding of land agreements and associated payment obligations and will provide oversight and guidance on complex or non-standard payment scenarios. The ideal candidate will bring an accounting or financial mindset and be comfortable working across detailed contractual requirements, payment calculations, systems, and processes to ensure payment accuracy and integrity.</p><p>The Manager will also play a key role in the continued adoption and optimization of the team's land payment system. As system capabilities continue to evolve, this individual will help establish scalable processes and controls, lead business testing of system enhancements, and ensure new functionality performs as intended prior to deployment. A key focus will be evaluating existing manual processes and controls—including spreadsheet-based activities—and determining how system functionality, reporting, and appropriate controls can be leveraged to create a more efficient, sustainable, and reliable payment process.</p><p>The successful candidate will be a strong people leader and problem solver who is comfortable working through complex details while maintaining a broader focus on operational excellence. This individual will partner across Land, Development, Construction, Operations, Legal, Finance/Accounting, IT, and other internal teams to resolve issues and continuously improve the landowner payment process.</p><p><strong>Key Duties &amp; Responsibilities</strong></p><ul><li><strong>Landowner Payment Oversight:</strong> Lead the review and approval of landowner payments across construction and operating projects, ensuring payments are accurate, timely, appropriately supported, and consistent with contractual obligations and established controls.</li><li><strong>Team Leadership &amp; Development:</strong> Lead, coach, and develop a team of payment analysts; establish clear expectations and consistent processes, provide guidance on complex payment scenarios, and build team capabilities and accountability.</li><li><strong>Agreement &amp; Payment Validation:</strong> Develop a strong understanding of land agreements and associated payment provisions to provide oversight of payment calculations, investigate discrepancies, resolve exceptions, and ensure payment obligations are executed appropriately.</li><li><strong>Financial Controls &amp; Payment Integrity:</strong> Maintain a strong control environment around landowner payments, including appropriate review, reconciliation, documentation, and approval processes. Partner with relevant stakeholders to support audit, compliance, and control requirements.</li><li><strong>System Enhancement &amp; Testing:</strong> Lead the business validation and user acceptance testing of payment system enhancements, including development of test scenarios, validation of expected results, identification and resolution of defects, and assessment of production readiness.</li><li><strong>Process Optimization:</strong> Evaluate existing payment processes and controls to identify opportunities to simplify workflows, reduce manual effort, eliminate unnecessary duplication, and improve accuracy and scalability while maintaining appropriate financial and contractual controls.</li><li><strong>System Adoption &amp; Change Management:</strong> Drive adoption of system-based payment processes by helping the team understand and trust system functionality, reporting, workflows, and controls. Develop sustainable approaches for validating payments and managing exceptions as processes transition away from spreadsheet-based activities.</li><li><strong>Issue Resolution &amp; Root-Cause Analysis:</strong> Serve as an escalation point for complex payment and system issues, identify root causes, assess financial and operational impacts, and coordinate resolution across appropriate business and technology partners.</li><li><strong>Cross-Functional Partnership:</strong> Collaborate with Land, Development, Construction, Operations, Legal, Finance/Accounting, Technology, and other internal stakeholders to resolve payment issues, interpret requirements, improve processes, and support evolving business needs.</li><li><strong>Operational Excellence:</strong> Establish and monitor appropriate metrics, controls, and operating routines to provide visibility into payment accuracy, timeliness, exceptions, workload, and process performance and to identify opportunities for continuous improvement.</li></ul><p> </p><p></p><div><div style="padding:10.0px 0.0px;border:1.0px solid transparent;"><div style="font-size:16.0px;"><h2 style="font-size:1.0em;margin:0.0px;">Job Overview</h2></div><div><p style="margin:0.0in 0.0in 10.0pt;"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;"><span style="line-height:115%;"><span style="font-family:'Arial' , sans-serif;">Employees in this role manage administration of real estate transactions for renewable energy site development. This position is responsible for related processes and maintaining real estate data within Land Services. Individuals in this role manage the entry and validation of real estate transaction information into computer base systems. This position prepares monthly lease/option/purchase/contract reports.</span></span></span></p></div></div><div style="padding:10.0px 0.0px;border:1.0px solid transparent;"><div style="font-size:16.0px;"><h2 style="font-size:1.0em;margin:0.0px;">Job Duties &amp; Responsibilities</h2></div><div><ul><li>Reviews and analyzes real estate calculations for development, construction, and operational payments for wind, solar and storage projects</li><li>Manages landowner relationships across the country</li><li>Manages  the entry and validation of real estate transaction information</li><li>Performs other job-related duties as assigned</li></ul></div></div><div style="padding:10.0px 0.0px;border:1.0px solid transparent;"><div style="font-size:16.0px;"><h2 style="font-size:1.0em;margin:0.0px;">Required Qualifications</h2></div><div><ul><li>Bachelor's Degree</li><li>Experience: 7+ years</li><li>Supervisor/Management Experience: 3+ years</li></ul></div></div><div style="padding:10.0px 0.0px;border:1.0px solid transparent;"><div style="font-size:16.0px;"><h2 style="font-size:1.0em;margin:0.0px;">Preferred Qualifications</h2></div><div><p> </p><ul><li>Master's - Accounting / Finance</li><li>Master's Degree</li></ul></div></div></div><p> </p><p>NextEra Energy offers a wide range of benefits to support our employees and their eligible family members. Click <strong><a href="https://www.nexteraenergy.com/careers/life-at-nextera/benefits.html">here</a></strong> to learn more.</p><p> </p><p><strong>Employee Group:</strong>  Exempt<br><strong>Employee Type:</strong>  Full Time<br><strong>Job Category:</strong>  Real Estate/Facilities Mgmt/Land Svcs<br><strong>Organization:</strong>  NextEra Energy Resources, LLC <br><strong>Relocation Provided:</strong>  Yes, if applicable</p><p> </p><p><span style="font-size:12.0px;"><span style="color:#333333;">NextEra Energy is an Equal Opportunity Employer. Qualified applicants are considered for employment without regard to race, color, age, national origin, religion, marital status, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, genetics, disability, protected veteran status or any other basis prohibited by law. </span></span></p><p style="margin-bottom:11.0px;text-align:justify;"> </p><p style="margin-bottom:11.0px;text-align:justify;"><span style="font-size:12.0px;"><span style="color:#333333;">NextEra Energy and provides reasonable accommodation in its application and selection process for qualified individuals, including accommodations related to compliance with conditional job offer requirements, consistent with federal, state, and local laws. Supporting medical or religious documentation will be required where applicable and permitted by applicable law. To request a reasonable accommodation, please send an e-mail to </span><a style="color:blue;text-decoration:underline;" href="mailto:recruiting-coordinator.sharedmailbox@nexteraenergy.com"><span style="color:#0096db;">recruiting-coordinator.sharedmailbox@nexteraenergy.com</span></a><span style="color:#333333;">, providing your name, telephone number and the best time for us to reach you. </span></span></p><p style="margin-bottom:11.0px;text-align:justify;"> </p><p style="margin-bottom:11.0px;text-align:justify;"><span style="font-size:12.0px;"><span style="color:#333333;">NextEra Energy will not discharge or in any other manner discriminate against employees or applicants because they have inquired about, discussed, or disclosed their own pay or the pay of another employee or applicant. However, employees who have access to the compensation information of other employees or applicants as a part of their essential job functions cannot disclose the pay of other employees or applicants to individuals who do not otherwise have access to compensation information, unless the disclosure is (a) in response to a formal complaint or charge, (b) in furtherance of an investigation, proceeding, hearing, or action, including an investigation conducted by the employer, or (c) consistent with the contractor’s legal duty to furnish information.</span></span></p><p style="margin-bottom:11.0px;text-align:justify;"> </p><p style="margin-bottom:11.0px;text-align:justify;"><span style="font-size:12.0px;"><span style="color:#333333;">NextEra Energy <strong>does not</strong> accept any unsolicited resumes or referrals from <strong>any third-party recruiting firms or agencies</strong>. Please see our </span><a style="color:blue;text-decoration:underline;" href="https://jobs.nexteraenergy.com/content/Third-Party-Recruiters/?locale=en_US&amp;previewLink=true&amp;referrerSave=false&amp;token=a4un1TiWoTYJimvq3RG1Jw%3D%3D"><span style="color:#0096db;">policy</span></a><span style="color:#333333;"> for more information.</span></span></p><p><span style="color:#ffffff;"><span style="font-size:4.0px;">#LI-MK1 </span></span></p>

<p>NextEra Energy, Inc. (NYSE: NEE) is a leading clean energy company headquartered in Juno Beach, Florida. NextEra Energy owns two electric companies in Florida: Florida Power &amp; Light Company, which serves more than five million customer accounts in Florida and is the largest rate-regulated electric utility in the United States as measured by retail electricity produced and sold; and Gulf Power Company, which serves more than 460,000 customers in eight counties throughout Northwest Florida. NextEra Energy also owns a competitive energy business, NextEra Energy Resources, LLC, which, together with its affiliated entities, is the world&rsquo;s largest generator of renewable energy from the wind and sun and a world leader in battery storage. Through its subsidiaries, NextEra Energy generates clean, emissions-free electricity from eight commercial nuclear power units in Florida, New Hampshire, Iowa and Wisconsin. A Fortune 200 company and included in the S&amp;P 100 index, NextEra Energy has been recognized often by third parties for its efforts in sustainability, corporate responsibility, ethics and compliance, and diversity. NextEra Energy is ranked No. 1 in the electric and gas utilities industry on Fortune&rsquo;s 2019 list of &ldquo;World&rsquo;s Most Admired Companies&rdquo; and ranked among the top 25 on Fortune&rsquo;s 2018 list of companies that &ldquo;Change the World.&rdquo;</p>

Manager, Landowner Services

<p><strong>Requisition ID:</strong>  98205 </p><p> </p><p>NextEra Energy Resources is one of America’s largest wholesale electricity generators, harnessing diverse energy sources to power progress. We deliver tailored energy solutions that fuel economic growth, strengthen communities, and help customers achieve their energy goals. Ready to make a lasting impact? Take the next step in your career with us!</p><p> </p><p><span><strong>Position Specific Description</strong></span></p><p></p><p>NextEra Energy is seeking a <strong>Manager, Landowner Services</strong> to lead the team responsible for the accurate and timely processing of landowner payments supporting projects across the construction and operating portfolios. This individual will lead a team of payment analysts responsible for reviewing contractual payment obligations, validating payment calculations, resolving exceptions, and ensuring payments are processed in accordance with applicable land agreements and established controls.</p><p>This is a hands-on operational leadership role requiring strong attention to detail, financial acumen, and a controls-oriented mindset. The Manager will develop a deep understanding of land agreements and associated payment obligations and will provide oversight and guidance on complex or non-standard payment scenarios. The ideal candidate will bring an accounting or financial mindset and be comfortable working across detailed contractual requirements, payment calculations, systems, and processes to ensure payment accuracy and integrity.</p><p>The Manager will also play a key role in the continued adoption and optimization of the team's land payment system. As system capabilities continue to evolve, this individual will help establish scalable processes and controls, lead business testing of system enhancements, and ensure new functionality performs as intended prior to deployment. A key focus will be evaluating existing manual processes and controls—including spreadsheet-based activities—and determining how system functionality, reporting, and appropriate controls can be leveraged to create a more efficient, sustainable, and reliable payment process.</p><p>The successful candidate will be a strong people leader and problem solver who is comfortable working through complex details while maintaining a broader focus on operational excellence. This individual will partner across Land, Development, Construction, Operations, Legal, Finance/Accounting, IT, and other internal teams to resolve issues and continuously improve the landowner payment process.</p><p><strong>Key Duties &amp; Responsibilities</strong></p><ul><li><strong>Landowner Payment Oversight:</strong> Lead the review and approval of landowner payments across construction and operating projects, ensuring payments are accurate, timely, appropriately supported, and consistent with contractual obligations and established controls.</li><li><strong>Team Leadership &amp; Development:</strong> Lead, coach, and develop a team of payment analysts; establish clear expectations and consistent processes, provide guidance on complex payment scenarios, and build team capabilities and accountability.</li><li><strong>Agreement &amp; Payment Validation:</strong> Develop a strong understanding of land agreements and associated payment provisions to provide oversight of payment calculations, investigate discrepancies, resolve exceptions, and ensure payment obligations are executed appropriately.</li><li><strong>Financial Controls &amp; Payment Integrity:</strong> Maintain a strong control environment around landowner payments, including appropriate review, reconciliation, documentation, and approval processes. Partner with relevant stakeholders to support audit, compliance, and control requirements.</li><li><strong>System Enhancement &amp; Testing:</strong> Lead the business validation and user acceptance testing of payment system enhancements, including development of test scenarios, validation of expected results, identification and resolution of defects, and assessment of production readiness.</li><li><strong>Process Optimization:</strong> Evaluate existing payment processes and controls to identify opportunities to simplify workflows, reduce manual effort, eliminate unnecessary duplication, and improve accuracy and scalability while maintaining appropriate financial and contractual controls.</li><li><strong>System Adoption &amp; Change Management:</strong> Drive adoption of system-based payment processes by helping the team understand and trust system functionality, reporting, workflows, and controls. Develop sustainable approaches for validating payments and managing exceptions as processes transition away from spreadsheet-based activities.</li><li><strong>Issue Resolution &amp; Root-Cause Analysis:</strong> Serve as an escalation point for complex payment and system issues, identify root causes, assess financial and operational impacts, and coordinate resolution across appropriate business and technology partners.</li><li><strong>Cross-Functional Partnership:</strong> Collaborate with Land, Development, Construction, Operations, Legal, Finance/Accounting, Technology, and other internal stakeholders to resolve payment issues, interpret requirements, improve processes, and support evolving business needs.</li><li><strong>Operational Excellence:</strong> Establish and monitor appropriate metrics, controls, and operating routines to provide visibility into payment accuracy, timeliness, exceptions, workload, and process performance and to identify opportunities for continuous improvement.</li></ul><p> </p><p></p><div><div><div><h2>Job Overview</h2></div><div><p><span><span><span>Employees in this role manage administration of real estate transactions for renewable energy site development. This position is responsible for related processes and maintaining real estate data within Land Services. Individuals in this role manage the entry and validation of real estate transaction information into computer base systems. This position prepares monthly lease/option/purchase/contract reports.</span></span></span></p></div></div><div><div><h2>Job Duties &amp; Responsibilities</h2></div><div><ul><li>Reviews and analyzes real estate calculations for development, construction, and operational payments for wind, solar and storage projects</li><li>Manages landowner relationships across the country</li><li>Manages  the entry and validation of real estate transaction information</li><li>Performs other job-related duties as assigned</li></ul></div></div><div><div><h2>Required Qualifications</h2></div><div><ul><li>Bachelor's Degree</li><li>Experience: 7+ years</li><li>Supervisor/Management Experience: 3+ years</li></ul></div></div><div><div><h2>Preferred Qualifications</h2></div><div><p> </p><ul><li>Master's - Accounting / Finance</li><li>Master's Degree</li></ul></div></div></div><p> </p><p>NextEra Energy offers a wide range of benefits to support our employees and their eligible family members. Click <strong><a href="https://www.nexteraenergy.com/careers/life-at-nextera/benefits.html">here</a></strong> to learn more.</p><p> </p><p><strong>Employee Group:</strong>  Exempt<br /><strong>Employee Type:</strong>  Full Time<br /><strong>Job Category:</strong>  Real Estate/Facilities Mgmt/Land Svcs<br /><strong>Organization:</strong>  NextEra Energy Resources, LLC <br /><strong>Relocation Provided:</strong>  Yes, if applicable</p><p> </p><p><span><span>NextEra Energy is an Equal Opportunity Employer. Qualified applicants are considered for employment without regard to race, color, age, national origin, religion, marital status, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, genetics, disability, protected veteran status or any other basis prohibited by law. </span></span></p><p> </p><p><span><span>NextEra Energy and provides reasonable accommodation in its application and selection process for qualified individuals, including accommodations related to compliance with conditional job offer requirements, consistent with federal, state, and local laws. Supporting medical or religious documentation will be required where applicable and permitted by applicable law. To request a reasonable accommodation, please send an e-mail to </span><a href="mailto:recruiting-coordinator.sharedmailbox@nexteraenergy.com"><span>recruiting-coordinator.sharedmailbox@nexteraenergy.com</span></a><span>, providing your name, telephone number and the best time for us to reach you. </span></span></p><p> </p><p><span><span>NextEra Energy will not discharge or in any other manner discriminate against employees or applicants because they have inquired about, discussed, or disclosed their own pay or the pay of another employee or applicant. However, employees who have access to the compensation information of other employees or applicants as a part of their essential job functions cannot disclose the pay of other employees or applicants to individuals who do not otherwise have access to compensation information, unless the disclosure is (a) in response to a formal complaint or charge, (b) in furtherance of an investigation, proceeding, hearing, or action, including an investigation conducted by the employer, or (c) consistent with the contractor’s legal duty to furnish information.</span></span></p><p> </p><p><span><span>NextEra Energy <strong>does not</strong> accept any unsolicited resumes or referrals from <strong>any third-party recruiting firms or agencies</strong>. Please see our </span><a href="https://jobs.nexteraenergy.com/content/Third-Party-Recruiters/?locale=en_US&amp;previewLink=true&amp;referrerSave=false&amp;token=a4un1TiWoTYJimvq3RG1Jw%3D%3D"><span>policy</span></a><span> for more information.</span></span></p><p><span><span>#LI-MK1 </span></span></p>

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