Accounting & Finance Intern - Multiple Opportunities

Location: San Diego, California

At Realty Income, The Monthly Dividend Company®, our internship program offers more than just work experience—it’s an opportunity to discover purpose, build meaningful connections, and unlock your professional potential.

Purpose. As an intern, you’ll contribute to the mission that drives everything we do: delivering dependable value to our shareholders, colleagues, and communities. You’ll work on impactful projects that align with our business strategy and support our purpose of doing the right thing, taking ownership, empowering each other, and giving more than we take.

Connection. Throughout the summer, you’ll collaborate with professionals across departments, gaining mentorship and insights from leaders who are passionate about your growth. You’ll join a community built on trust, inclusion, and teamwork—because we believe success is achieved together.

Opportunity. This 10-week program is designed to accelerate your learning and career exploration. You’ll gain hands-on experience in a publicly-traded, global real estate investment trust while developing the skills, confidence, and relationships that can shape your future.

Join us from June 17 to August 24, 2026, and experience what it means to build a meaningful career rooted in purpose, strengthened by connection, and driven by opportunity.

Accounting & Finance Internships: Multiple Opportunities

We are looking to bring on 7 interns across our Accounting and Finance teams.

Job Description

Realty Income owns and manages one of the world's largest portfolios of commercial real estate, and we've paid an increasing monthly dividend every month since 1969. We're an S&P 500 company (NYSE: O) operating across the U.S. and Europe and the work of running a portfolio at that scale spans real estate, finance, accounting, data, and technology. This is your chance to see how it actually fits together.

As a 2027 Summer Intern at Realty Income, you'll spend 10 weeks at our San Diego headquarters working on real-time challenges alongside experienced professionals and business leaders. You'll own a defined project, deliver something tangible, and present to senior stakeholders at the end of the summer. Beyond the hands-on experience, you'll get structured training, mentorship, and access to leaders across the company. Strong performers may be considered for a part-time co-op opportunity during the fall, and/or a full-time offer after graduation. This program is intended to be a pipeline into our early career roles.

You will work with a cohort of ~18 interns placed across teams including Accounting, Asset Management, Corporate Leasing, Data Analytics, Data Engineering, Development, Finance Operations, Fund Accounting, Internal Audit, Investment Management, IT, Operational Excellence, and Machine Learning.  Throughout the summer you’ll have the learning opportunities throughout the entire business to strengthen your skills.

What You Will Be Working On

Own one end-to-end project tied to a real business priority. For example, analyzing performance across a segment of the portfolio, improving a reporting or close process, evaluating a workflow against its current state, or building a model or tool the team will keep using beyond the summer internship.

Use AI tools to accelerate research, drafting, and analysis while validating outputs, surfacing risks and limitations, and applying your own judgment rather than passing AI output through unreviewed.

Collaborate across departments and with business stakeholders to move work forward.

Further develop your capabilities in critical thinking, problem solving, and applying a digital-first mindset to real business challenges.

Present to senior stakeholders at the conclusion of the program.

Required Qualifications, Capabilities, and Skills

Minimum cumulative GPA of 3.5 on a 4.0 scale

Currently pursuing a B.A., B.S., or Master's degree in Finance, Accounting, Tax, Business or a related field, with an expected graduation date of December 2027 through June 2028

Demonstrated interest in commercial real estate, finance, accounting, data, or technology shown through coursework, clubs, prior work, research, or independent projects

Excellent communication and interpersonal skills, with the ability to build relationships and collaborate effectively across teams

Strong critical thinking and problem-solving abilities, with the ability to analyze challenges and develop practical solutions

Strong adaptability and learning agility, with the ability to thrive in changing environments and adopt new ways of working

Data literacy, with an interest in using data and analytics to generate insights and inform decision-making

Proficient with Microsoft Office, especially Excel, Teams, and SharePoint, and able to learn new tools quickly

Active user of AI tools (for example, ChatGPT, Claude, Copilot, or similar) in your studies or projects, and able to explain where they help, where they fail, and how you verify output quality

Organized, detail-oriented, and willing to take ownership of your own work product

Demonstrated integrity and commitment to the highest ethical standards and personal values

Preferred Qualifications, Capabilities, and Skills

Prior internship or work experience in a related field

Familiarity with industry-relevant tools, platforms, or data sources

Experience presenting findings or recommendations to senior audiences

Recruitment Process: After applying, qualified candidates may be contacted for an initial recruiter screen. Candidates who move forward in the process may be invited to Preview Day, a recruiting event where selected candidates can meet Realty Income teams and hiring managers and learn more about the internship opportunities.

This is a hybrid role with Monday - Thursday required in-office at our San Diego headquarters and Fridays remote.

The hourly compensation for this role is in the range of $21.00 – $25.00. Hourly rate determined by the ca