Lease Administrator

NVIDIA NVIDIA · Semiconductors · Santa Clara, CA

This role is for a Lease Administrator at NVIDIA, focusing on managing the end-to-end lifecycle of real estate leases, including data integrity, payment processing, and strategic oversight for data center portfolios. The role requires extensive experience in lease administration, financial reconciliation, and using lease accounting software. While NVIDIA is an AI company and uses AI in recruiting, this specific role is not directly involved in AI/ML development or research.

What you'd actually do

  1. Cross-functional leadership and communication. Drive the project life cycle through lease execution and landlord delivery. Responsible for aligning and collaborating cross-functionally with a diverse group of partners.
  2. Proactively manage data center portfolio by tracking and reporting on new data center leases/amendments, upcoming lease events, critical project achievement dates, and other initiatives, ensuring all implementations align with company standards for quality, speed, and budget.
  3. Managing payments and maintaining data correctness. Carry out expert invoice abstraction and enter data into APEX (Lease Harbor), guaranteeing the reliable data essential for our payment automation efforts.
  4. Process high volumes of lease-related payments timely, including the management of Purchase Requisitions (PRs), vendor setup, and cost center creation.
  5. Monitor, research, and resolve complex payment discrepancies. Lead the cleanup of historical outstanding invoices to ensure a healthy ledger.
  6. Strategic Portfolio Oversight. Provide strategic direction to resolve advanced lease enforcement issues; remain accountable for the regional goals of the GFN portfolio.

Skills

Required

  • Bachelor's degree (or equivalent experience) in Finance, Accounting or a Business-related related field.
  • 8+ years in lease administration with a focus on data center real estate portfolios.
  • Proven experience in lease abstraction, payment processing, and financial reconciliation within a large-scale global portfolio.
  • Practical experience with APEX (Lease Harbor) or comparable Lease Accounting software.
  • Strong skills in Excel for data cleanup and reporting.
  • Dynamic interpersonal skills, positive team chemistry, self-starter, innovator, and track record of success.
  • Excellent strategic and critical thinking, problem-solving, and analytical skills.

Nice to have

  • MBA or advanced degree is a plus.
  • Experience with a leading tech company is a plus.
  • Prior work experience in real estate, construction, or facilities management.
  • An understanding of lease accounting standards (ASC 842) and their correlations and impacts.
  • Outstanding ability to communicate complex lease issues to senior leadership and align proposed projects with short- and mid-term business goals.
  • The ability to work and stay organized in a fast-paced, constantly evolving environment.