Nakisa Lease Administration
by Nakisa · Lease Accounting
Enterprise lease accounting software for IFRS 16, ASC 842 and GASB 87 compliance.
- Works with
- SAP, Oracle, Workday
- Deployment
- Cloud
- Company size
- Enterprise
- Pricing
- Quote-based
Overview
Nakisa Lease Administration (NLA) is an enterprise lease accounting application from Nakisa, a company with over 20 years of history in decision-intelligence and finance software, best known for its long-standing SAP Solution Extension partnership dating back to 2007. NLA is built for large organisations managing complex, high-volume lease portfolios spanning real estate, equipment, fleet and land, and is designed to keep those portfolios compliant with IFRS 16, ASC 842, GASB 87 and local GAAP simultaneously through dual-ledger and parallel-standard accounting.
The platform covers the full lease lifecycle: AI-assisted abstraction of lease terms from contracts and amendments, contract- and asset-level accounting, complex payment structures (variable rent, CPI indexation, multi-currency), mass operations for bulk modifications, critical-date alerts, and audit-ready disclosure reporting (asset roll-forward, lease liability, weighted-average metrics, maturity analysis) suitable for regulatory filings.
Nakisa markets NLA at organisations with 1,000+ leases, citing customers such as Pfizer, Walmart, Nestle, L'Oreal, PUMA, 3M, Danone, Volvo, BP and Unilever, and claims it can be deployed faster than competing solutions that require lengthy custom ERP integration work because of its prebuilt Nakisa Cloud Connector to SAP and Oracle.
Screenshots & demo
Demo video from the vendor's YouTube channel.
Features & capabilities
Lease Data & Contract Management
Capturing and organising lease agreements at the contract and asset level.
- AI-powered document abstraction from lease agreements, amendments and invoices
- Contract- and individual asset-level accounting
- Master lease agreement management
- Critical date alerts and renewal/termination tracking
- Mass operations for bulk modifications, indexations and workflow transitions
Lease Accounting & Compliance
Dual-standard lease accounting engine for parallel compliance reporting.
- IFRS 16, ASC 842, GASB 87 and local GAAP compliance
- Dual-ledger support for parallel accounting under multiple standards
- Multi-currency FX translation (ASC 830, IAS 21)
- Variable and percentage-based rent, CPI indexation handling
- Automated lease classification and remeasurement
Payments, Schedules & GL Postings
Automated schedule generation and journal entry posting to the general ledger.
- Automated amortisation and payment schedules
- Scheduled journal entries and postings to the lease subledger
- Posting to multiple ledgers across multiple connected ERPs
- Segregation of duties with role-based access control
Reporting & Disclosures
Audit-ready financial and regulatory reporting.
- Income statement, balance sheet and cash flow reporting
- Asset roll-forward, lease liability and maturity analysis disclosures
- Weighted-average lease term and discount rate reporting
- Regulatory filing support (10-K, 10-Q)
- Drill-down, audit-ready transactional reporting
ERP & System Connectivity
Prebuilt connectivity layer linking NLA to ERP systems of record.
- Nakisa Cloud Connector for REST API-based ERP integration
- Native bidirectional SAP ECC and S/4HANA integration
- Oracle Cloud Financials integration
- Support for up to 45 concurrent bi-directional ERP connections
- Integration with BlackLine and other reconciliation/BI tools
Platform & Security
Cloud-native architecture with enterprise security controls.
- Cloud-native SaaS with 99.5% uptime target
- Single sign-on (SSO)
- Data encryption at rest and in transit
- Configurable at environment, ERP, company or entity level
Common use cases
- Consolidating a global real estate, equipment and fleet lease portfolio of 1,000+ leases onto one system
- Running parallel IFRS 16 and ASC 842 (or GASB 87) compliance for the same lease population without duplicate data entry
- Automating lease journal entry postings directly into SAP or Oracle general ledgers
- Abstracting lease terms from scanned contracts and amendments with AI instead of manual data entry
- Producing audit-ready disclosure reports (asset roll-forward, maturity analysis) for 10-K/10-Q filings
- Managing complex variable and CPI-indexed rent schedules across multiple currencies
- Replacing spreadsheet-based lease accounting ahead of an ASC 842/IFRS 16 compliance deadline
Strengths & considerations
Strengths
- Long-standing SAP Solution Extension (SolEx) partner since 2007, with native SAP ECC and S/4HANA integration built collaboratively with SAP
- Supports parallel dual-ledger accounting for IFRS 16, ASC 842 and GASB 87 simultaneously rather than a single standard
- Nakisa Cloud Connector supports up to 45 concurrent bi-directional ERP integrations, positioned for large multi-entity, multi-ERP enterprises
- AI-powered lease document abstraction to reduce manual data entry on large portfolios
ERP integrations
Master data sync and journal entry/GL account postings; SAP Solution Extension partner since 2007, native support for SAP ECC and S/4HANA
Integration with Oracle Cloud Financials; connector validated by Oracle partners and listed in Oracle's marketplace
Pricing
Pricing is not publicly listed. Nakisa describes a modular approach where organisations pay for the modules and features selected, scaled to portfolio size (typically aimed at 1,000+ leases). Get an independent shortlist with pricing guidance below.
Technical & security
- Hosting
- SaaS (cloud-native)
- Compliance
- SOC 1 Type II, SOC 2 Type II, ISO 27001, ISO 27017, GDPR
- Languages
- English
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Nakisa Lease Administration — frequently asked questions
Does Nakisa Lease Administration integrate with SAP?
Yes. Nakisa has been an SAP Solution Extension partner since 2007 and offers native bidirectional integration with SAP ECC and SAP S/4HANA via the Nakisa Cloud Connector, syncing master data and posting lease journal entries directly to GL accounts.
Which lease accounting standards does Nakisa Lease Administration support?
It supports IFRS 16, ASC 842, GASB 87 and local GAAP, including running parallel dual-ledger accounting so the same lease population can be reported under more than one standard at once.
How much does Nakisa Lease Administration cost?
Nakisa does not publish pricing. It uses a quote-based, modular pricing model scaled to the modules selected and the size of the lease portfolio, and is typically aimed at organisations with 1,000 or more leases.
What ERPs does Nakisa Lease Administration connect to besides SAP?
The Nakisa Cloud Connector also supports bidirectional integration with Oracle Cloud Financials and Workday, and can connect to reconciliation and reporting tools such as BlackLine over REST APIs, with support for up to 45 concurrent ERP connections.
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