CRE Accounting Analyst - AI Evaluation Team

REAL; Boston (MA); On-site; USD 70,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

REAL seeks a CRE Accounting Analyst to handle financial data for its AI Execution Platform in Boston, MA. This role involves reviewing and processing real estate documents, extracting and validating key financial data, and ensuring accuracy and consistency within the U.S. commercial real estate market. Candidates should have 2-4 years of experience in real estate or property accounting, alongside strong attention to detail and proficiency in Excel. The position emphasizes a data-driven mindset and collaboration with various teams.

Qualifications

• 2-4 years of experience in real estate accounting or similar fields.
• Native-level English is a must for reading and writing professional documents.
• Strong analytical mindset to identify gaps and inconsistencies in data.

Responsibilities

• Review and process real estate, lease, and financial documents daily.
• Extract key data points from financial statements and property reports.
• Clean, organize, and validate large volumes of financial data.

Skills

Real estate accounting

Lease accounting

Financial analysis

Attention to detail

Data management

Excel

Communication

Tools

Excel

Google Sheets

Job description

REAL is building an AI Execution Platform for real estate organizations. Today, the data required to run real estate is scattered across fragmented systems, leading to missed insights and preventable financial leakage.

REAL transforms this complexity into connected intelligence and automated execution, enabling enterprises to operate with greater precision and confidence.

REAL Values

• Ownership: We take responsibility and move decisively.
• Clarity: We simplify complexity to deliver meaningful impact.
• Accuracy: Precision matters in everything we build.
• Velocity: We work with urgency and intent.
• Partnership: We collaborate closely with customers and teammates.

Role Overview

As a CRE Accounting Analyst at the AI Evaluation Team at REAL, you will work hands‑on with real estate, lease, and financial data, turning complex source materials into structured, high‑quality inputs that power our platform. This is a highly operational role with a strong analytical component. You will work closely with lease agreements, rent rolls, financial statements, budgets, recoveries, CAM reconciliations, property reports, and asset‑related data, primarily within the U.S. commercial real estate market. The role is ideal for someone with a background in real estate accounting, lease accounting, property accounting, real estate finance, asset management, or CRE operations who enjoys working with financial data, documents, and details, and can make messy information structured, accurate, and scalable.

What You’ll Do

• Review and process real estate, lease, and financial documents on a daily basis
• Extract key data points from leases, rent rolls, financial statements, budgets, CAM reconciliations, and property reports into structured systems
• Work with U.S. commercial real estate, accounting, lease, and property‑finance terminology
• Clean, organize, and validate large volumes of financial and property‑level data
• Identify inconsistencies, missing information, anomalies, and reconciliation gaps, and help resolve them
• Analyze lease and accounting‑related inputs to support accurate data structuring and evaluation
• Work closely with internal teams to ensure data is accurate, consistent, and aligned with product needs
• Support onboarding of new customer financial and property data into the system
• Maintain high data quality and accuracy standards
• Improve internal workflows and data handling processes over time
• Gradually build deeper domain expertise in real estate, accounting, financial data, and customer use cases

Requirements

• 2‑4 years of experience in real estate accounting, property accounting, lease accounting, fund accounting, real estate finance, asset management, property management, or CRE operations
• Experience working with leases, rent rolls, financial statements, budgets, recoveries, CAM reconciliations, operating statements, or other property‑level financial data
• Experience in accounting, property accounting, lease accounting, real estate finance, asset management, or CRE operations roles involving lease and/or property‑level financial data — strong advantage
• Native‑level English — must; ability to read, write, and understand professional documents, contracts, reports, and financial materials in English
• Strong attention to detail and ability to work with high accuracy
• Comfortable working with data; Excel / Google Sheets required
• Analytical mindset and ability to identify issues, gaps, inconsistencies, and reconciliation problems in data
• Ability to work independently and handle operational tasks at scale
• Strong sense of ownership and responsibility
• Technical curiosity and willingness to work with data systems and AI‑driven workflows
• Good communication skills and ability to collaborate with different teams