Accounting Summer Intern

Link Logistics Real Estate (“Link”) is a leading operator of last-mile logistics real estate. Established by Blackstone in 2019, the company connects consumption, technology, and the supply chain across its portfolio, which spans more than half a billion square feet. With more than 5 percent of U.S. GDP flowing through our spaces, we leverage our scale, proprietary data and insights, and foundational focus on sustainability to drive success for our customers’ businesses and deliver value for our stakeholders. Link Logistics strives to be the most equitable and inclusive industrial real estate company in the business. We put our people, customers, and communities first and find ways to make a conscious, positive impact where we live and work, prioritizing diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI) across our workforce to deliver an optimal employee experience. Every day, we work to reinvent and lead our industry forward by thinking bigger and challenging the status quo. 

Because we believe that good business must be synonymous with doing good, strong environmental, social and governance practices are foundational to our identity as a firm. These practices include setting ambitious goals to combat climate change, partnering with local nonprofits, and prioritizing internal diversity, equity, and inclusion efforts.

Link’s 10-week paid summer internship program helps students gain valuable experience and develop business skills while learning the basics of logistics real estate. We offer internships in over 15 departments including Capital Markets, Construction, Development, Financial Planning & Analysis, Investments, IT, Asset Management, Property Management, Sustainability and more.   

Link is looking for actively enrolled juniors (rising seniors) who would be interested in in a real estate internship on our accounting team this upcoming summer. Summer interns will have the opportunity to become exposed to several markets and properties across the industrial spectrum and can expect to have close interaction with broader accounting team. 

WHAT YOU WILL BRING:

• Assist with maintaining and compiling required accounting workpapers. Such workpapers include, but are not limited to, reconciliations to the accounting system, data completeness checks and fluctuation analysis. These workpapers are required to support timely financial reporting and are key internal financial reporting controls. 

• Assist in Month-End close procedures, including updating close workpapers and variance analysis reports, review of proper income. 

• Review existing Yardi recovery setups by comparing system data points to lease language/requirements as the result of ongoing leasing activity 

• Setup and/or review recovery setups for acquisitions and dispositions 

• Perform analysis over the performance of the Company’s real estate assets to identify key drivers for changes in performance, trends, and potential anomalies, for management review. 

• Assist with audits, both external and internal as needed 

• Participate in Ad-hoc projects as needed. 

QUALIFICATIONS:

• Current junior (rising senior) undergraduate student at an accredited four-year institution  

• Pursuing a degree in accounting, finance, economics, mathematics, data analytics, or statistics or related field 

• Strong interest in commercial real estate asset management and investment (no formal experience required) 

• Basic understanding of real estate investment and financing processes including, but not limited