Accounting Assistant

What You'll Actually Do

This role sits at the intersection of property accounting and building administration, which means your day pulls in two directions at once. On the accounting side, you're coding and entering invoices in MRI or Yardi Voyager, posting tenant receipts, verifying monthly rents, distributing rent statements, and compiling the closing reports that keep the management team honest about where the numbers stand. New vendor setups, cash verifications, monthly reporting packages. It's detail work, and the margin for error is small.

On the administrative side, you're the connective tissue of the building office. You answer phones, manage lease and building files, maintain tenant and emergency contact lists, track certificates of insurance for both tenants and vendors (including renewal dates and coverage requirements), and handle amenity requests like fitness center memberships and bike room access. You'll also coordinate after-hours vendor access, which means confirming insurance is current and making sure building staff have everything they need before anyone shows up at an odd hour.

This is a fully in-office position in Boston. No hybrid schedule, no remote option. That's worth knowing up front.

What You Bring

• High school diploma required; some accounting coursework or experience is a genuine advantage
• Familiarity with MRI, Yardi Voyager, or comparable property management software is helpful, though not required
• Solid Microsoft Office skills, particularly Word and Excel
• Strong written and verbal communication. You'll be in contact with tenants, vendors, and internal staff regularly
• Organized enough to track COI expirations, manage multiple file systems, and juggle accounting tasks without things slipping
• Comfortable occasionally working beyond standard hours when the building or reporting cycle demands it

A Few Things Worth Knowing

The COI tracking piece deserves more attention than most postings give it. Keeping current certificates on file for every active vendor and tenant, and following up when coverage lapses or expires, is one of those tasks that feels administrative until something goes wrong. If you're meticulous about that kind of detail, you'll be genuinely useful here.

For someone early in a property management career, this type of role builds a practical foundation that transfers well. You'll touch accounts payable workflows, tenant billing, vendor management, and lease file administration all at once. Those are skills that show up on the job description for property accountant, assistant property manager, and building administrator roles alike. Lincoln Property Company operates across a large commercial portfolio, so internal mobility is a realistic consideration for someone who performs well and wants to grow.

Pay is $31 to $36 per hour. Lincoln Property Company is one of the larger private real estate operators in the country, with a portfolio that spans commercial, office, life science, and mixed-use assets.