Lease Admin

Mri Software; Cape Town; On-site; ZAR 300,000 - 450,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Office breakfasts

Competitive Personal Pension plan

25 days annual leave

Tuition Reimbursement Schemes

Job summary

Mri Software in Cape Town is seeking a Lease Administrator to support clients across lease management areas. The role involves data abstraction, system updates, and liaising with landlords, alongside various projects to foster learning.

The ideal candidate will have 2-4 years of commercial experience, strong communication skills, and the ability to work independently. Benefits include medical aid, a personal pension plan, and flexibility to work from anywhere for two weeks per year.

Qualifications

• 2-4 years’ experience as a Lease Administrator focused on Occupiers in the commercial sector.
• Ability to work during UK/NA hours and South African public holidays.
• High degree of dependability, motivation, and flexibility.

Responsibilities

• Assist in administering all levels of Lease Administration and special projects.
• Assist with abstraction of key data points from leases.
• Liaise with Landlords, requesting copies of invoices.
• Support running IFRS-16 calculation in the system.
• Understand clients’ portfolios for lease-related enquiries.

Skills

Communication skills

Organizational skills

Independence

Flexibility

Tools

MRI Software

Job description

Position Overview

The Lease Administrator will work closely with our clients to help support across all lease management areas. The tasks will cover abstraction, system updates and liaising with landlords. The Lease Admin will work on various projects as they arise, providing the chance to learn new systems, processes and procedures. The below responsibilities are not an exhaustive list, and each one could contain more sub‑tasks.

Responsibilities

• Assist in administering all levels of Lease Administration and special projects as needed by management.
• Assist with abstraction of key data points from leases.
• Assist with creating leasing data in relevant system(s), whilst also running business processes (indexation to uplift rent, show clients commitments to landlords, etc).
• Assist with client reporting e.g. scheduling key events reporting and discussing with clients in detail.
• Act on behalf of our clients to liaise with Landlords, requesting copies of invoices to reconcile against what they should be paying according to their lease and challenging where necessary.
• Support with system administration activities including user maintenance, updating configuration, customising the system, etc.
• Support with running IFRS·16 calculation in the system (post lease update activity).
• Service charge reconciliation.
• Uploading sales data and calculating turnover rent (for Retail clients).
• Understanding clients’ portfolios to be the main contact point for internal and external lease‑related enquiries.
• Assist with sub‑leasing portfolio to cover activities such as raising tenant invoices, posting receipts and providing aging reports.

Requirements

• Must be able to work during UK/NA hours and South African public holidays (you will receive UK/NA holidays instead of SA holidays).
• 2‑4 years’ experience as a Lease Administrator focused on Occupiers in the commercial sector.
• Ability to communicate effectively with clients, peers, and management through written and/or verbal communication.
• Ability to work independently.
• Ability to work under deadlines.
• Good organisational skills and the ability to manage priorities.
• A high degree of dependability, motivation and flexibility.

Nice to have

• Experience using MRI Software applications.
• Legal background.
• Understanding of Property & Lease Management processes & principles.
• Comfortable with System Administration tasks (non‑technical).
• Knowledge of Turnover Rent and / or IFRS·16.
• Previous experience with client‑facing roles.

Benefits

• Office breakfasts, quarterly lunches and virtual social events.
• Medical Aid Scheme.
• Competitive Personal Pension plan.
• Parental Leave benefit.
• 25 days annual leave plus public holidays, and 16 hours "Flex Time Off".
• Tuition Reimbursement Schemes.
• Flexibility to work from anywhere in the world for two weeks a year.

Work arrangement

Flexible working environment – hybrid model with 3 days working from home per week. Requires alignment with either UK or North American business hours, Monday to Friday.

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