Senior Associate, Lease Admin

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About JLL –

We’re JLL—a leading professional services and investment management firm specializing in real estate. We shape the future of real estate for a better world by using the most advanced technology to create rewarding opportunities, amazing spaces and sustainable real estate solutions for our clients, our people and our communities. As a Fortune 500 company, we help real estate owners, occupiers and investors achieve their business ambitions. We have nearly 300 corporate offices across 80 countries, with a team of more than 93,000 individuals and believe a diverse and inclusive culture is one where everyone succeeds. That’s why we’re committed to creating an environment where we all feel welcomed, valued and empowered to achieve our full potential.

With us, you’ll have a chance to innovate with the world’s leading businesses, put that expertise into action on landmark projects, and work on game-changing real estate initiatives. You’ll also make long-lasting professional connections and be inspired by the best. We’re focused on opportunity and want to help you make the most of yours. Achieve your ambitions—join us at JLL.

About JLL – Lease Administration

We are seeking a Senior Lease Administration Associate to join our Lease Administration team. Our Lease Administration platform supports a diverse set of client needs from basis management of lease abstractions and critical dates, to full financial management of landlord invoices and reconciliation audits. We provide comprehensive knowledge and access to data across the portfolio that enables our clients to make strategic real estate decisions that support and enhance their core business.

What this job involves – Responsibilities “Being a trailblazer and breaking new ground”

As a Senior Lease Administration Associate, you will have exposure to the foundational elements of the breadth of our Lease Administration platform, and you will be building knowledge & familiarity with Corporate Real Estate. You will be a key member of the team that abstracts & reviews client leasing details and will gain visibility to client deliverables driving key initiatives for the client. You will understand the basics of Lease Administration and will be a key player in ensuring accuracy and management of client leasing management.

To be successful in this role, you should be able to ensure accurate reporting and reconciliation of information, and foster critical relationships between various individuals, teams and our clients.

As a Senior Lease Administration Associate, you will be responsible for the full scope of Lease Administration abstraction services including: 

• Coordination of abstractions from transition team
• Coordination of abstractions required from regional teams
• Project assignment and tracking of double check process
• Client/vendor/landlord relationship management
• Review CAM and other escalations & real estate tax invoices
• Review data entry, validation and management of lease documents
• Review rent variance analysis and rent payment processing
• Review Subtenant account management, and billing/collections of third-party tenant rents
• Management of project abstraction services
• Tracking and maintaining critical milestone dates
• Financial analysis and volume trends
• Partnership with outsource providers
• Invoice preparation
• Streamlining current process and driving efficiencies                                                                                           
• Approach client and key stakeholder interactions with a Customer First Mindset
• Support, exposure and leadership of other special projects as assigned by manager

Sound like you? To apply you need to be:

The Candidate: Qualifications

• The ideal candidate will have a bachelor’s degree and at least 3 years of work experience in lease administration, real estate accounting or property management with exposure to commercial leases
• Prior experience with using a lease administration database preferred
• Ability to interpret complex commercial lease language