Senior Global Lease Administrator
Role Purpose
The Senior Global Lease Administrator plays a key role in ensuring the integrity, accuracy, and compliance of Corning’s global real estate lease portfolio. This role involves leading and innovating within lease administration processes while supporting ASC 842 reporting, SOX compliance, lease accounting operations, and vendor coordination.
Key Responsibilities
- Manage lease documentation and coordinate with GRE Lease Administration and Transaction teams
- Maintain accurate lease records, abstractions, and supporting documents in IWMS/ERP systems
- Review lease data, resolve discrepancies, and ensure compliance with internal standards
- Support lease accounting, ASC 842 reporting, reconciliations, disclosures, and close activities
- Execute controls for rent validation, critical date tracking, audit readiness, and SOX compliance
- Prepare lease reports, dashboards, schedules, and analyses for stakeholders
- Maintain audit-ready documentation and support internal/external audits
- Partner with Finance, Technical Accounting, Shared Services, Workplace Services, vendors, and business teams
- Manage vendor performance and lease-related inquiries
- Improve processes, data integrity, documentation, training materials, and operational efficiency
- Support special projects, identify control gaps, and assist with remediation efforts.
Experiences/Education - Required
- Bachelor’s degree in Accounting, Business, Real Estate, Finance, or a related field
- 5+ years of experience in lease administration, real estate accounting, property management, or a related field with exposure to commercial leases
- Strong understanding of commercial lease language and the ability to interpret complex lease terms
- Experience with lease administration databases; IBM TRIRIGA preferred
- Advanced analytical and financial skills
- Experience supporting lease accounting and reporting processes; ASC 842 experience strongly preferred
- Knowledge of SOX compliance, internal controls, and audit support
- Advanced Microsoft Excel skills, with the ability to manage and analyze large datasets
- Proficiency in Microsoft Office Suite, especially Excel, Word, and Outlook
- Ability to maintain high accuracy, strong attention to detail, and efficiency in a fast-paced environment
- Strong communication and relationship-building skills
- Ability to work independently, manage multiple priorities, and adapt to shifting deadlines
Experiences/Education - Desired
- CPA or progress toward CPA is a plus
- Paralegal experience is a plus
- Experience with SAP, PeopleSoft, SAP ECC, or SAP S/4HANA
- Familiarity with lease accounting schedules such as amortization, accretion, and NPV schedules
- Experience in audit, technical accounting support, or financial statement analysis
- Experience with process automation, analytics tools, or dashboard reporting
Pay and Benefits
This position does not support immigration sponsorship. The range for this position is $86,359.00 - $118,744.00 assuming full time status. Starting pay for the successful applicant is dependent on a variety of job-related factors, including but not limited to geographic location, market demands, experience, training, and education.
Corning offers a comprehensive compensation and benefits package designed to support your health and wellness, financial aspirations, and career from day one. This includes:
- Company-wide bonuses and long-term incentives aligned with key business results
- 100% company-paid pension benefit with fixed contributions that grow throughout your career
- Health and well-being benefits including medical, dental, vision, paid parental leave, family building support, fitness, company-paid life insurance, disability, disease management programs, paid time off, and an Employee Assistance Program (EAP)
- A recognition program to celebrate successes and reward colleagues who make exceptional contributions
We prohibit discrimination on the basis of race, color, gender, age, religion, national origin, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, disability, veteran status or any other legally protected status. Corning is committed to providing equal employment opportunities and considers requests for reasonable accommodations in accordance with applicable laws.