Nakisa Lease Administration
by Nakisa · Lease Accounting
Enterprise lease accounting software for IFRS 16, ASC 842 and GASB 87 compliance.
Updated August 2026 · By the ERP Research Editorial Team · Independent and vendor-neutral.
- 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.
Modules & capabilities
Nakisa Lease Administration covers 22 of 41 capabilities we track in this category
54%- ASC 842 (US GAAP) complianceCore strength
- IFRS 16 complianceCore strength
- GASB 87 / public-sector complianceSupported
- Parallel multi-standard reportingDual-ledger support for parallel accounting under multiple standardsCore strength
- Finance vs. operating lease classificationSupported
- ROU asset & lease liability calculationSupported
- Automated remeasurement on modificationsAutomated lease classification and remeasurementCore strength
- Lessor accountingNot evidenced
- Embedded leases, subleases & sale-leasebacksNot evidenced
“Not evidenced” means our research found no public documentation of this capability — the vendor may still offer it. Confirm on a demo.
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
Native bidirectional integration for SAP ECC and S/4HANA over SAP's Java Connector (TCP/IP); syncs master data and posts journal entries to GL accounts. Vendor states the connector is listed in the SAP marketplace, but we could not independently confirm a store.sap.com listing.
Bidirectional integration with Oracle Cloud Financials syncing master data and posting journal entries to GL accounts. Vendor states it is validated by Oracle partners; not independently confirmed on an Oracle marketplace domain.
Vendor product materials list Workday among supported ERPs, but the vendor's own integration-technology page does not name a Workday connector; no docs found.
Connector details independently verified against vendor marketplaces and documentation; last checked 2026-08-11.
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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