Accounting Intern - Summer 2025 Job at Waterton, Chicago, IL

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  • Waterton
  • Chicago, IL

Job Description

Who is Waterton?

We are passionate about delivering an incredible Resident Experience, which we believe is made possible by offering an extraordinary experience for our talented associates. We value performance that delivers experiences that exceed expectations, coupled with an unwavering commitment to Investor, Guest, and Resident service excellence. With over 22 years of investment and property management experience, we strive to exemplify what we call Resitality®.

We are looking for an Accounting Intern to join our team for Summer 2025!

The Summer 2025 Accounting intern serves an important role supporting the accounting team. In this role, you will assist with the consolidations and monthly close functions, financial statement preparations and tie-outs, gathering audit support, cash analysis, bank reconciliations, and other various projects.

How you will contribute to our team:
  • Accounting: You will contribute to the daily and monthly accounting activities including financial statements for multi-family properties and simple joint ventures, supporting schedules for balance sheet accounts, g/l classifications, cash distributions, bank reconciliations, property-level performance returns, and reporting.
  • Platform Growth: You will assist with acquisition and disposition closing and documentation review including reviewing loan agreements, operating agreements, budgets, and certifications. You will also assist in the Yardi setup for acquisitions and deactivation for dispositions.
  • Overall: You'll be an excellent teammate who helps create and deliver departmental and organizational goals, including refining and introducing new Standard Operating Procedures (SOP's).
What our ideal candidate looks like:
  • You have some credentials. You are a current undergraduate or graduate student working towards a degree is required. If you're pursuing a degree in accounting or finance, it's a huge plus!
  • You're a great communicator. You easily manage relationships and build rapport with others, and you're a pro at keeping everyone informed and on the same page in a professional manner.
  • You excel at details. You constantly analyze the fine print and make sure that your work product is highly accurate.
  • You're very tech savvy. You'd consider yourself an advanced user of Microsoft Office, especially Excel, Word and Outlook.
  • You like change; you really like change. You can easily adapt as the situation warrants, and you are able to focus on multiple deadlines and change as the demands and fast pace requires.
Typical Base Pay Range: $16.00 - $23.00 per hour

This pay range is an approximate base pay only and the actual pay may vary depending on related work experience, certifications, education, and other job related factors.

Why Waterton?

Waterton has grown from very humble beginnings with one phone and two desks to the successful, nationally recognized real estate investment and management firm it is today. As Waterton has evolved and grown, one thing has remained constant, the drive to achieve results by exceeding expectations.

Our Associates embrace and embody The Waterton Way , which serve as our core values: Be Nice, Listen and Talk, Own It, Get It Done, and most importantly Have Fun. We look for exceptional candidates with the passion and expertise that it takes to wow every resident, guest, and investor.

We firmly believe that our superior ability to serve our customers differentiates us. We empower our Associates to think and act like an owner and use the Waterton Way to serve our residents and guests in a way that exceeds their expectations, going above and beyond to create the ultimate service experience or what we call Resitality ®!

Does this sound like you? Apply today!

Waterton strongly supports diversity and inclusion in the workplace. All qualified applicants are encouraged to apply.

Job Tags

Hourly pay, Work experience placement, Summer work, Internship,

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