Senior Real Estate Accountant /Lease Analyst
About The Position
The Senior Real Estate Accountant / Lease Analyst reviews and interprets commercial lease agreements, amendments, and supporting documentation. The role develops, maintains, and enhances complex CAM reconciliation models and templates for commercial real estate and mixed-use properties, reviewing lease provisions, expense allocations, reconciliations, and supporting documents to help ensure accurate recoveries, compliance with lease terms, and timely resolution of discrepancies. The position performs aging analysis, bad debt assessment, receivable reporting, topside accounting entries, account reconciliations, straight-line rent calculations, and related supporting schedules and accounting reports. It leads complex cell tower lease accounting initiatives across large multi-site portfolios, including revenue-share reconciliations, ledger analysis, workflow development, process standardization, and resolution of billing and payment discrepancies. The role also leads special projects involving lease portfolios, acquisitions, data improvement, and process enhancements; manages rent roll data and validates critical lease terms; and collaborates with accounting, finance, asset management, and operations teams to resolve lease-related matters. The position analyzes and reconciles general ledger accounts and financial records and participates in additional special projects and ad hoc financial analyses as assigned. The position is office-based five days each week, with the option to take up to three flexible remote days per month. Candidates must be authorized to work in the U.S. without restrictions or current or future sponsorship; the employer does not provide support for F-1 OPT or STEM OPT extensions.
Requirements
- Minimum of 5 years of progressive experience in Accounting, Finance, Real Estate Accounting, Lease Administration, Property Accounting, or a related field.
- Candidates must be authorized to work in the U.S. without restrictions or requiring current or future sponsorship.
- Candidates must be able to work in the office five days each week; up to three flexible remote days per month are available.
Nice To Haves
- Bachelor’s degree in Accounting, Finance, Economics, Real Estate, or a related field preferred.
- Experience with commercial real estate lease administration, CAM reconciliations, rent roll management, and lease accounting preferred.
Responsibilities
- Review and interpret commercial lease agreements, amendments, and supporting documentation.
- Develop, maintain, and enhance complex CAM reconciliation models and templates for commercial real estate and mixed-use properties.
- Review lease provisions, expense allocations, reconciliations, and supporting documentation to ensure accurate recoveries, compliance with lease terms, and timely resolution of discrepancies.
- Perform aging analysis, bad debt assessment, receivable reporting, topside accounting entries, and account reconciliations.
- Lead cell tower lease accounting initiatives, including revenue-share reconciliations, ledger analysis, workflow development, process standardization, and resolution of billing and payment discrepancies across large multi-site portfolios.
- Lead special projects involving lease portfolios, acquisitions, data improvement, and process enhancements.
- Manage rent roll data and validate critical lease terms to ensure portfolio accuracy.
- Collaborate with accounting, finance, asset management, and operations teams to resolve lease-related matters.
- Calculate straight-line rent adjustments and prepare supporting schedules and accounting reports.
- Analyze and reconcile general ledger accounts and financial records.
- Participate in special projects and ad hoc financial analyses as assigned.
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Senior
