Client Manager, Lease Administration

JLL; Pittsburgh (Allegheny County); On-site; USD 70,000 - 75,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

401(k) plan with company matching

Comprehensive Medical, Dental & Vision

Paid parental leave

Paid Time Off and holidays

Daily Pay

Job summary

JLL is seeking a Lease Administration Client Manager to lead client accounting and lease management for diverse portfolios. You will oversee abstracting, payments, and reconciliations, ensuring accuracy and timely reporting for client stakeholders.

Ideal candidates have 5+ years in lease administration, strong analytical skills, and a collaborative approach to cross-functional teams. Travel-light and multilingual options are a plus as you support multiple clients.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree required.
• 5+ years in Lease Administration or related field.
• 2 years supervisory experience.
• Strong financial/analytical skills.
• Detail-oriented with high accuracy.
• Proactive issue spotting and problem solving.
• Ability to interpret data and use Excel for analysis.
• Multilingual a plus; light travel.

Responsibilities

• Serve as Relationship manager and first point of client escalations.
• Manage client/vendor/landlord relationships.
• Coach team on procedures, lease interpretation, audits and billing calculations.
• Ensure client accounts comply with internal and client policies.
• Review abstracts and interpret commercial lease documents.
• Resolve rent and landlord/tenant issues.
• Oversee subtenant accounts, billing and collections, delinquency reports.
• Coordinate invoicing to clients and collections as necessary.
• Share best practices and strengthen internal controls and data quality.
• Lead special projects as assigned by manager.

Skills

Lease Administration

Real Estate Accounting

Financial Analysis

Data Interpretation

Attention to Detail

Travel Willingness

Education

Bachelor's degree

Tools

Excel

Office Suite

Job description

JLL empowers you to shape a brighter way

Our people at JLL are shaping the future of real estate for a better world by combining world class services, advisory and technology for our clients. We are committed to hiring the best, most talented peopleand empowering them tothrive, grow meaningful careers and to find a place where they belong. Whether you've got deep experience in commercial real estate, skilled trades or technology, or you're looking to apply your relevant experience to a new industry, join our team as we help shape a brighter way forward.

Client Manager, Lease Administration - JLL

We are seeking a Lease Administration Client Manager 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:

As a Lease Administration Client Manager, you will have exposure to the full scope of our Lease Administration platform. You will bring a strong knowledge & familiarity of Corporate Real Estate to our clients and other team members. You will be a key member of the team that provides oversight, management and development to our broader Lease Administration Team. You will abstract & reviews client leasing details and will help drive our client deliverables and key initiatives. You will be a key player in ensuring accuracy, management and resolution of client leasing management. Your expertise will ensure we continue to expertly support our clients and grow our core business.

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. You will exhibit a customer first mindset and have a proven ability to exceed client and key stakeholder expectations.

As a Lease Administration Client Manager, you will be responsible for a full scope of Lease Administration services for one or more clients including:

• Serving as Relationship manager and first point of client escalations
• Client/vendor/landlord relationship management
• Provide coaching for team members regarding procedures, lease interpretation, desktop audits and billing calculations
• Responsible for ensuring that client(s) accounts are in full compliance with all internal and client specific policies and procedure
• Reviewing abstracts and interpreting commercial lease documents (leases, amendments, subleases)
• Resolution of rent and other landlord/tenant issues
• Oversee subtenant account management, including the billing and collections of third-party tenant rents, review of the cash receipts posting reports and review of the monthly Delinquency Report
• Coordinate invoicing to client(s) and collections as necessary
• Document and share best practices, participate in efforts to strengthen internal controls and improve data quality
• Support, exposure and leadership of other special projects as assigned by manager

Required Qualifications:

• Bachelor's degree
• At least 5 years of work experience in Lease Administration, Real Estate Accounting, Real Estate Law or Property Management
• 2 years previous experience in a supervisory role operating at a strategic level with both internal and external teams
• Strong financial/analytical skills
• Ability to maintain a strong attention to detail with a continued high efficiency and accuracy rate for performing work/tasks
• Ability to spot issues proactively and head them off and/or start the solutioning process
• Ability to understand and interpret data, and use of technology to be more efficient
• Desire to learn and grow
• Multilingual a plus
• Willingness for light travel

Dynamic and Highly Skilled

You’ll need to be dynamic and technologically savvy and utilize software to support planning solutions and communicate ideas clearly with planning team and lines of business. You will be successful if you have advanced skills in Microsoft Excel to slice, dice, and filter large data sets. Proficiency in Microsoft Office suite (Word, Excel & Outlook) and ability to consolidate data and master company specific account and database programs is highly valued. You’ll be effective in your role by learning to ask the right questions to understand the underlying needs of our clients. You will be accountable for delivery of projects against expectations, including on-budget and to outlined/agreed upon specifications. You’ll discover how to be proactive and innovative with solutions for your stakeholders.

Organized, Open and Flexible

Strong, proactive and effective communication skills are important - both written and spoken - and we’ll expect you to work independently, multi-task under pressure, and manage your time to meet deadlines. You keep on top of tasks and will remain agile, as you’ll often need to reorganize your time day to day, to deal with your the team’s changing necessities and requests. An individual with strong interpersonal skills with an ability to interact with executive level external and internal clients will be successful in the role. Ability to build strong relationship and work within various internal teams. You will openly embrace change and have passionate for driving yourself, the team and the firm forward. Most importantly, you’ll want to work as part of a diverse, collaborative, driven and professional team.

Behavioral Competencies

• Think Big - Thinks strategically, simplifies the complex, solves complex problems, sees the big picture
• Drive Change - Thrives on change, learning agility, intellectually curious, appetite for risks, digital drive
• Helps others - Builds relationships, actively collaborates, helps others succeed.
• Get it done - Acts decisively, drives results, passion to win, takes ownership, accountable, resilient
• Business first - Focuses on customers and clients, business/financial acumen, JLL first
• Inspire - Inspire others, creates vision and strategy, energizes others

What you can expect from us

We succeed together-across the desk and around the globe and believe the best inspire the best, so we invest in supporting each other, learning together and celebrating our success.

Our Total Rewards program reflects our commitment to helping you achieve your career ambitions, recognizing your contributions, investing in your well-being and providing competitive benefits and pay.

Expected compensation for this position:

70,000.00 - 75,000.00 USD per year

Final compensation packages are determined by various considerations including but not limited to candidate qualifications, location, market conditions, and internal considerations.

Location:

Remote -Pittsburgh, PA

Personalized benefits that support personal well-being and growth:

JLL recognizes the impact that the workplace can have on your wellness, so we offer a supportive culture and comprehensive benefits package that prioritizes mental, physical and emotional health. Some of these benefits include:

• 401(k) plan with matching company contributions
• Comprehensive Medical, Dental & Vision Care
• Paid parental leave at 100% of salary
• Paid Time Off and Company Holidays
• Early access to earned wages through Daily Pay

At JLL, we harness the power of artificial intelligence (AI) to efficiently accelerate meaningful connections between candidates and opportunities. Using AI capabilities, we analyze your application for relevant skills, experiences, and qualifications to generate valuable insights about how your unique profile aligns with the specific requirements of the role you’re pursuing.

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