Director, Lease Administration

Responsibilities

“Being a trailblazer and breaking new ground”
As a Lease Administration Director, 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 and will be responsible of effectively managing & developing diverse and dynamic Lease Administration Teams.
You will maintain and develop relationships with our clients and will serve as a point of client escalation.
As an expert in Lease Administration and Client Relationship Management, you will participate in client presentations, and your expertise will ensure we continue to expertly support our clients and grow our core business.

Qualifications

• A bachelor’s degree with at least 10 years of work experience in Lease Administration, advanced knowledge of Real Estate Accounting practices or Property Management (of which at least 5 years is Lease Administration or closely related)
• 5 years previous experience in a supervisory role, operating at a strategic level with both internal and external teams
• Strong financial/analytical skills
• Strong leadership skills
• Ability to spot issues proactively and head them off and/or start the solutioning process
• Ability to coach and mentor junior talent as well as effectively deal with poor performers
• Ability to understand and interpret data, and use of technology to be more efficient
• Desire to learn and grow
• Willingness for light travel

Dynamic and Highly Skilled

• Advanced skills in Microsoft Excel to slice, dice, and filter large data sets
• Proficiency in Microsoft Office suite (Word, Excel & Outlook)
• Creative problem-solving and decision-making abilities
• Ability to interpret complex commercial lease language
• Keen ability to process work quickly & accurately, often under pressure situations or time-sensitive deadlines
• Adaptable and flexible, able to adjust to changing priorities with ease and grace
• Superior attention to detail, and maintaining high levels of organization at all times

Organized, Open and Flexible

• Strong, proactive and effective communication skills – both written and spoken
• Independent, multi-task under pressure, and manage your time to meet deadlines
• Open to change and passionate about driving yourself, the team and the firm forward
• Builds relationships, actively collaborates, helps others succeed

Behavioural 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