Project Accountant

Creative Financial Staffing, LLC; McLean (VA); On-site; USD 115,000 - 120,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health insurance

PTO + summer Fridays off

401(k) with match

Long-term stability

Job summary

Creative Financial Staffing, LLC partners with a well-established real estate development firm to recruit a Senior Project Accountant in McLean, VA. This role will own full-cycle project accounting across multiple development projects, focusing on job cost accounting, capitalization, and construction loan reconciliations.

The position offers direct visibility to ownership, a stable environment, and a high-level technical accounting focus with a strong team and growth potential.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Accounting or Finance (Finance must have strong debits/credits experience).
• 6+ years of real estate development, construction, or project accounting experience.
• Strong understanding of development cost accounting and capitalization.
• Experience preparing detailed workpapers.
• Experience with lot settlements and contract interpretation.
• Strong Excel skills.
• Experience working within accounting systems.

Responsibilities

• Own full-cycle project accounting for multiple real estate development projects.
• Manage job cost accounting and capitalization processes.
• Prepare and reconcile construction loan draws.
• Handle lot settlements and related journals (HUDs, purchase agreements).
• Perform contract review and revenue treatment analysis.
• Prepare general ledger entries and account reconciliations.
• Support month-end and year-end closes; assist tax workpapers.
• Oversee cash management and banking activity.

Skills

Real estate development accounting

Project accounting

Excel skills

GAAP knowledge

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Accounting or Finance

Tools

Accounting systems

Excel

Job description

Project Accountant

Salary: $115,000 – $120,000 + Performance Bonus

Location: McLean, VA

If you are a technically strong real estate development accountant who wants stability, influence, and long-term runway, this is the one. We’re partnering with a well-established, privately held real estate development firm with decades of success in residential land development and community building.

Why This Opportunity Stands Out:

• High-level technical accounting role, become the go-to expert in development accounting
• Direct visibility to ownership and executive leadership
• Long-tenured team, extremely low turnover
• Financially strong organization with consistent revenue and backlog
• Systems modernization underway
• Free, high-quality health insurance, fully paid for individual AND family coverage
• Generous PTO to start and summer schedule perk – every other Friday off
• 401(k) with match
• Professional, stable, drama-free environment
• Work-life balance for most of the year, paired with a focused and demanding tax season (January–March) where the team rallies together.

Key Responsibilities:

The Senior Project Accountant will own full-cycle project accounting for multiple real estate development projects, including:

• Job cost accounting and capitalization
• Preparing and reviewing detailed workpapers
• Construction loan draw preparation and reconciliation
• Lot settlement accounting (HUDs, purchase agreements, sales journals)
• Contract review and revenue treatment analysis
• General ledger entries and account reconciliations
• Month-end and year-end close supportSupporting tax workpapers and GAAP/tax basis financial reporting
• Cash management and banking activity

This Senior Project Accountant must be comfortable operating independently and serving as the technical resource within development accounting.

Qualifications:

• Bachelor’s degree in Accounting or Finance (Finance must have strong debits/credits experience)
• 6+ years of real estate development, construction, or project accounting experience
• Strong understanding of development cost accounting and capitalization
• Experience preparing detailed workpapers
• Experience with lot settlements and contract interpretation
• Strong Excel skills
• Experience working within accounting systems