CFO Tech Outlook Recognizes Occupier’s Holistic Lease Management Platform
Last Updated on June 10, 2025 by Morgan Beard
Leading finance publication highlights how Occupier streamlines complex lease processes from decision-making to compliance
We’re honored that CFO Tech Outlook has featured Occupier in its Top 10 Lease Accounting Solutions of 2022 for our comprehensive approach to lease lifecycle management. This recognition from a respected finance publication underscores the critical role that modern lease management technology plays in helping organizations navigate increasingly complex real estate portfolios.
The Challenge: Fragmented Lease Management Across Teams
As CFO Tech Outlook noted in their coverage, companies face significant challenges in managing lease lifecycle processes efficiently. From the real estate team’s early-stage decision-making on commercial leases to the accounting team’s need to recognize expenditures and maintain compliance with ASC 842 and IFRS 16 mandates, the traditional approach often involves disconnected systems and workflows.
The publication highlighted a key insight that drives our platform development: organizations need a single source of truth for all real estate information. When multiple teams—real estate, finance, legal, and operations—work from different data sources, inefficiencies multiply and compliance risks increase.
Our Solution: True Collaborative Lease Management
What sets Occupier apart, as recognized by CFO Tech Outlook, is our commitment to creating a platform where “everyone inside and outside the organization that needs access to real estate information is working off one single source of truth.”
Comprehensive Data Integration
Our platform houses all real estate data in a structured, easily searchable, and filterable format. This approach eliminates the common problem of lease documents and information being scattered across desktop folders, email attachments, and spreadsheets. Instead, teams can access critical information including:
- Financial reporting and compliance documentation
- Critical dates and renewal notifications
- Lease clauses and legal obligations
Streamlined Stakeholder Collaboration
The coverage emphasized our focus on enabling both internal and external real estate stakeholders to work collaboratively. This includes integrating brokers directly into the platform, allowing them to provide valuable market insights while maintaining data security and organization.
Addressing the Human Capital Challenge
CFO Tech Outlook recognized an important aspect of our approach: accounting for human capital and payroll as the third-largest stakeholder in total expenditure management. Traditional lease management solutions often focus on one aspect of the process, but Occupier acknowledges that effective lease management requires coordination across multiple departments and external partners.
Our platform addresses this by:
- Centralizing communication between all stakeholders
- Automating workflow notifications to keep teams aligned
- Providing role-based access to ensure the right people have the right information
- Tracking accountability across complex, multi-party lease transactions
Beyond Basic Lease Administration
While many solutions focus primarily on lease administration, rental payment tracking, or financial reporting in isolation, Occupier takes a holistic approach. As the publication noted, we differentiate ourselves by providing comprehensive service that covers the entire lease lifecycle.
This includes:
- Strategic decision support during site selection and lease negotiation
- Ongoing compliance management for evolving accounting standards
- Advanced reporting capabilities that provide actionable insights
- Integration capabilities that work with existing finance and ERP systems
Investor Confidence Validates Our Approach
The CFO Tech Outlook coverage also highlighted our recent $10.5 million funding round from CRE Ventures and Stage 2 Capital. This investment validates the market need for comprehensive lease management solutions and supports our continued innovation in serving enterprise clients.
The White-Glove Difference
What particularly resonated with CFO Tech Outlook was our commitment to providing white-glove service alongside powerful technology. We understand that implementing new lease management processes can be complex, which is why we combine our robust platform with dedicated support to ensure successful adoption and ongoing value creation.
Looking Forward: The Future of Lease Management
This recognition from CFO Tech Outlook reinforces our belief that the future of commercial real estate management lies in integrated, collaborative platforms. As lease accounting standards continue to evolve and real estate portfolios become more complex, organizations need solutions that can adapt and scale with their needs.
Our platform continues to evolve based on customer feedback and industry trends, ensuring that we’re not just meeting today’s challenges but anticipating tomorrow’s opportunities.
Experience the Occupier Difference
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Originally featured in CFO Tech Outlook: “Occupier: Holistic and Streamlined Lease Lifecycle Management Workflows”
