Job Title - RPA Developer - Real Estate Operations, Finance, and Reporting
About the Role :
We are seeking a Robotic Process Automation (RPA) Developer to design, build, and maintain bots that streamline operational, accounting, and reporting workflows across our real estate portfolio. You will automate high-volume tasks in accounts payable, lease administration, compliance, property management operations, and investor reportingimproving accuracy, cycle times, and scalability.
Key Responsibilities :
- Design, develop, test, and deploy attended and unattended RPA workflows using Power Automate Desktop, UiPath or Automation Anywhere.
- Automate end-to-end processes : intake, validation, transformation, system updates, reconciliations, and exception handling.
- Build integrations with real estate systems (e.g., RMS, Costar or Realquest) and corporate tools (ERP, CRM, SharePoint, Outlook, Teams, SQL).
- Implement robust document processing using OCR / IDP (e.g., UiPath Document Understanding) for invoices, lease abstracts, W-9s, and bank statements.
- Create reusable components, libraries, and templates; enforce development standards and code reviews.
- Configure orchestration, scheduling, and monitoring in UiPath Orchestrator / AA Control Room; set up alerting, logging, and dashboards.
- Partner with business stakeholders to assess processes, quantify ROI, and prioritize an automation pipeline; document PDD / SDD and runbooks.
- Ensure security best practices : credential vaults (CyberArk / Azure Key Vault), role-based access, audit logs, and PII handling.
- Support production operations : incident triage, root cause analysis, SLAs, and continuous improvement.
- Collaborate with Data / BI to feed automated outputs into Power BI dashboards and financial reporting packages.
Real EstateSpecific Use Cases Youll Tackle :
Accounts Payable : ingest vendor invoices, 3-way match, post to GL in Yardi / MRI, route exceptions, and reconcile vendor statements.Lease Administration : extract key terms from leases / amendments, update critical dates, rent steps, and options; automate abstract QA.Bank and Cash : daily bank feed ingestion, cash reconciliation, and variance alerts.Resident / Tenant Operations : automate move-in / move-out checklists, delinquency outreach, payment posting, and fee reversals under rules.Compliance and Lender Reporting : compile DSCR / LTV metrics, covenant tracking, and package submission with document assembly.Data Hygiene : normalize rent rolls, COA mapping, unit and tenant IDs, and address standardization for portfolio reporting.Market / Regulatory Monitoring : scrape public records, permits, and property tax updates; notify asset managers of changes.Required Qualifications :
3+ years building and deploying RPA solutions with UiPath, Automation Anywhere, or Power Automate Desktop.Strong skills in workflow design, selectors, queues, exception handling, retry logic, and parallelization.Experience with OCR / IDP and document classification / extraction; supervised learning models for template variability.Proficiency with SQL and APIs (REST / JSON); ability to connect bots to databases and enterprise systems.Solid understanding of accounting workflows (AP / AR, GL postings, reconciliations) and data validation controls.Clear communication and documentation skills; ability to translate business processes into technical specs (PDD / SDD).Preferred Qualifications :
Experience with real estate platforms (Yardi, MRI, RealPage) and Argus Enterprise exports.Power Platform (Power Automate cloud, Power Apps), Power BI, and DAX for reporting handoffs.Basic scripting / programming : Python or .NET for custom activities, web scraping, and data transformations.Process mining (Celonis, UiPath Process Mining, Power Automate Process Advisor) and task mining for discovery and ROI sizing.Familiarity with SOX / internal controls, audit evidence, and secure bot credentialing.Tools & Tech Stack :
RPA : UiPath, Automation Anywhere, or Power Automate DesktopData : SQL Server / PostgreSQL, Excel / Power Query, SharePoint / OneDriveAPIs / Integration : REST / JSON, ODBC / ADO, Outlook / Exchange, TeamsSecurity : Azure AD, CyberArk / Azure Key Vault, role-based accessBI / Reporting : Power BI, scheduled refresh, dataflowsWork Arrangement :
Location : On-site and hybrid.Employment Type : Full-time.Interview Process :
Recruiter / HR screening focused on experience and project outcomes.Technical assessment : build or review a small bot, selectors, exception handling, and IDP extraction.Panel interview with Operations for process design and stakeholder management.(ref : hirist.tech)