ERP Implementation2 min read
ERP Implementation Team: Roles and Responsibilities
Who you need on an ERP implementation team: sponsor, project lead, key users, data owner, consultants and developers, with realistic time commitments.
Industry · Construction & Property
Real estate ERP for leases, tenants and property finances
Property businesses manage long-running contracts rather than transactions: leases with escalations, deposits, service charges and renewals, plus maintenance and owner reporting across a portfolio.
- M01Leases / Subscriptions
- M02Accounting
- M03Maintenance
- M04CRM
- M05Documents
- M06Portal
Context
ERP in real estate
An ERP for real estate puts leases, billing, maintenance and accounting in one place, with property-level profitability.
01Operational challenges
What usually breaks before the ERP project starts
01
Lease terms in spreadsheets
Rent reviews, escalations and break dates missed.
02
Manual rent billing
Invoices created by hand each month.
03
Arrears follow-up
Late payments chased inconsistently.
04
Maintenance coordination
Tenant requests lost between email and contractors.
02Core flows
How the ERP should handle each part of the business
- Sales flow
- Units marketed and leased; developers sell units with milestone payments.
- Procurement
- Maintenance contractors and services purchased against properties.
- Inventory
- Limited — maintenance spares where held.
- Warehouse
- Not usually applicable beyond maintenance stores.
- Accounting
- Rent and service charge billing, deposits held, arrears, property-level P&L and owner statements.
- CRM
- Prospective tenants and buyers, lease renewals and tenant communications.
03Industry workflows
Workflows specific to real estate
01
Lease lifecycle
Leases with terms, escalations, renewals and break options, with alerts.
02
Recurring billing
Rent and service charges invoiced automatically by schedule.
03
Maintenance requests
Tenant requests logged, assigned to contractors and recharged where applicable.
04
Milestone sales
Off-plan unit sales billed by construction milestones.
04 — Reporting
Reports that should come out of the system, not a spreadsheet
- Occupancy and vacancy by property
- Rent roll and lease expiries
- Arrears ageing
- Property P&L
- Maintenance cost per property
- Owner statements
05 — Compliance
Compliance considerations
Lease accounting standards (such as IFRS 16 or ASC 842 for lessees), deposit protection rules and local landlord regulations. Configure accounting policies with your accountants.
Regulatory requirements vary by jurisdiction. We configure the system to support your obligations; confirm specific rules with your auditor or compliance advisor.
06 — Integrations
Systems the ERP needs to talk to
Listing portals, payment gateways for tenant payments, banking, e-signature for leases and accounting systems are typical integrations.
07AI opportunities
Where AI is genuinely useful here
Practical uses that sit on top of clean ERP data. None of them replace getting the core transactions right first.
01
Lease abstraction
Extract key terms from lease documents into structured records.
02
Tenant query responses
Draft replies to common tenant questions.
03
Arrears prioritisation
Highlight tenants at risk based on payment patterns.
08ERP modules
Modules a typical deployment includes
- M01Leases / Subscriptions
- M02Accounting
- M03Maintenance
- M04CRM
- M05Documents
- M06Portal
- M07Sign
- M08Reporting
09Roadmap
Implementation roadmap
- 01
Portfolio data
Properties, units, tenants and leases.
- 02
Billing and collections
Recurring invoices and payments.
- 03
Maintenance
Requests and contractor management.
- 04
Portals
Tenant and owner self-service.
10Common mistakes
Mistakes we see repeatedly
01
Incomplete lease data
Missing escalation and break data leads to lost revenue.
02
Manual escalations
Automate rent reviews with alerts.
03
No property dimension
Accounting must report by property.
04
Ignoring deposits
Deposits need separate liability tracking.
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FAQ
Frequently asked questions
Can rent be billed automatically?
Yes, through recurring invoices based on lease schedules.
Can tenants pay online?
Through a portal with payment gateway integration.
Can we report per property?
Yes, with analytic accounting per property or unit.
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Industries with related workflows
Next step
Leases and rent in spreadsheets?
We will show lease-to-cash in one system.