Real Estate Accounting Summer Intern

The Inland Real Estate Group LLC; Downers Grove (IL); In loco; USD 51.000 - 54.000; Tempo pieno

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Competitive benefits

Internal promotion opportunity

Descrizione del lavoro

The Inland Real Estate Group LLC is offering a ten-week Summer Internship at its Downers Grove, Illinois headquarters. The internship provides hands-on exposure to fund accounting, property accounting and SEC reporting within the Inland Real Estate Investment Corporation (IREIC) team.

Interns will rotate through the groups, support monthly close, reports and variance analyses, and gain practical experience with Yardi, Excel and related systems while developing real estate accounting skills.

Competenze

• Pursuing a bachelor's degree in accounting.
• Minimum 3.0 GPA.
• Junior at time of application.
• Ability to work 40 hours per week in Downers Grove, IL.
• Strong MS Office skills; knowledge of Yardi and Active Disclosure.
• Attention to detail and analytical mindset.

Mansioni

• Assist fund accounting tasks in Yardi in accordance with US GAAP.
• Assist in monthly close and supporting workbooks in Excel.
• Prepare monthly/quarterly reports, variance analyses and management reports.
• Support external audit procedures during quarterly reviews.

Conoscenze

MS Office

Yardi

Active Disclosure

Attention to detail

Analytical thinking

Communication skills

Formazione

Bachelor's degree in accounting

Strumenti

Excel

Word

PowerPoint

Active Disclosure

Descrizione del lavoro

Inland Real Estate Investment Corporation ("IREIC") is a leading sponsor of public and private real estate programs. Inland Real Estate Investment Corporation is a part of The Inland Real Estate Group of Companies, Inc. ("Inland"). Inland, headquartered in Oak Brook, Illinois, is one of the nation's largest commercial real estate and finance groups, engaged for more than 50 years in the diverse facets of real estate such as property management, leasing, marketing, acquisition, real estate brokerage, development, redevelopment, construction, real estate financing and other related services.

IREIC currently is the sponsor of three public non-listed REITs and one private REIT. The fund accounting team for these REITs maintains the REIT books and records in Yardi, prepares the monthly close and prepares monthly/quarterly/annual reports, variance analyses, and management reports. The property accounting team maintains accounting books and records in Yardi for 70+ multifamily residential properties as well as 200+ multi-tenant retail and single tenant retail properties across the US. The SEC reporting team prepares and manages the approval process of external filings such as the 10K, 10Q and 8K.

Summer Internship

The summer internship is a ten-week rotational program designed to provide exposure to the fund accounting, property accounting and SEC reporting department. The Real Estate Accountant Intern Program will introduce young professionals to the commercial real estate industry by providing hands‑on, rotational learning and training in areas not limited to, accounting, financial reporting and analysis and cash flow analysis. During the rotational program, candidates will be exposed to the various groups within the IREIC team.

Candidates will work in the functional areas listed below and may perform (but not limited to) the outlined responsibilities.

Fund Accounting

• Assist in maintaining the REIT books and records in Yardi in accordance with US GAAP
• Assist in the preparation of the monthly close of the consolidated REIT books in Yardi and the supporting workbooks in Excel
• Assist in the preparation of monthly/quarterly reports, variance analyses, and management reports
• Assist in providing supports for the external audit function during the quarterly review process

Property Accounting

• Assist in maintaining the property books in Yardi using accrual accounting
• Assist in preparing the monthly close work books with variance analyses
• Assist in performing annual common area maintenance and real estate tax reconciliations
• Assist in other projects and analyses as needed

SEC Reporting

• Assist in collecting and compiling necessary information to help prepare financial statements, footnotes and all other components of SEC filings, including Forms 8-K, 10-K and 10-Q
• Assist in managing documents for SEC filings within Active Disclosure and assist with the XBRL review
• Other miscellaneous projects as assigned

What are we looking for?

• Pursuing a bachelor's degree in accounting
• Minimum 3.0 GPA
• Ability to work 40 hours per week in our Downers Grove, Illinois corporate headquarters
• Strong interest in pursuing a career in real estate accounting
• Demonstrable working knowledge of MS Office including Word, Excel, and PowerPoint
• Knowledge or desire and aptitude to learn other software such as Yardi and Active Disclosure
• Attention to detail and analytically minded
• Self‑motivated, diligent, outstanding communication skills
• You must be a junior at time of application.

Hourly Pay Rate: $25.

Inland offers a competitive range of benefits for eligible employees.

This position is eligible as an internal promotion opportunity.

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