Senior Accountant

Orion Placement; Kansas City (MO); Hybrid; USD 90,000 - 110,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Unlimited PTO

401(k) match

Healthcare, dental, vision insurance

Disability and life insurance

Parental leave

Paid holidays

Hybrid work environment

Job summary

Orion Placement is seeking a seasoned accounting professional to oversee multiple active development and construction projects. You will record costs per US GAAP, manage CIP, depreciations, and fixed assets, and drive accurate month-end close and reporting.

The role emphasizes heavy project accounting, cash flow tracking, and collaboration across Development, Construction, and Finance to scale financial controls as we grow.

Qualifications

• 3+ years of commercial real estate development, construction, infrastructure, or capital project accounting experience.
• Strong knowledge of project accounting, construction accounting, CIP, fixed assets, and capitalization.
• Experience preparing financial statements, journal entries, account reconciliations, and month-end close.
• Advanced Microsoft Excel skills.
• CPA or active pursuit of CPA certification preferred.

Responsibilities

• Manage accounting records for multiple active development and construction projects.
• Record and review project costs in accordance with U.S. GAAP and capitalization policies.
• Maintain detailed accounting schedules for land, hard costs, soft costs, capital expenditures, and construction-in-progress.
• Review project invoices for accurate coding, capitalization, and cost allocation.
• Account for construction loan draws, advances, interest, and capitalized interest.
• Maintain and reconcile CIP balances and coordinate construction draw activity.
• Prepare monthly financial statements and reporting packages for development entities.
• Perform budget-to-actual and forecast-to-actual variance analysis.
• Complete month-end close activities including journal entries, reconciliations, accruals, and financial statement analysis.
• Maintain fixed asset records, depreciation schedules, and transfers from CIP when projects are placed into service.
• Partner with Development, Construction, Accounts Payable, Finance, and Procurement on project costs and reporting.
• Support the implementation and optimization of NetSuite project accounting, reporting, dashboards, and workflows.
• Help establish scalable accounting procedures, financial controls, and audit-ready documentation.

Skills

Advanced Excel

Analytical skills

Communication skills

CPA preferred

Education

Bachelor's degree in Accounting

Tools

NetSuite

Job description

Pay: $90,000.00 - $110,000.00 per year

Why This Is a Great Opportunity

• Join a growing organization supporting major data center and infrastructure development projects.
• Own accounting for complex, capital-intensive development projects from construction through capitalization.
• Work closely with the Controller, Finance, Development, Construction, and executive leadership.
• Build valuable expertise across construction accounting, project accounting, real estate development, and capital assets.
• Help improve and scale accounting processes within NetSuite as the organization continues to grow.
• Enjoy a hybrid work environment plus strong benefits including unlimited PTO, 401(k) matching, comprehensive insurance, and generous family-friendly benefits.

Location: Kansas City, MO. This is a hybrid opportunity combining valuable in-person collaboration with the flexibility to work remotely part of the week.

Note: Candidates must have 3+ years of directly relevant commercial real estate development, construction, or infrastructure accounting experience. Hands-on project accounting experience involving construction costs, CIP, capital expenditures, monthly close, and financial reporting is essential.

About Us

We are a growing technology infrastructure company developing and operating sophisticated data center and computing environments. Our team brings together technology, real estate development, construction, accounting, and finance to support complex infrastructure projects. We value ownership, collaboration, accuracy, and people who enjoy improving processes while helping a growing organization scale. Confidential Employer.

Job Description

• Manage accounting records for multiple active development and construction projects.
• Record and review project costs in accordance with U.S. GAAP and capitalization policies.
• Maintain detailed accounting schedules for land, hard costs, soft costs, capital expenditures, and construction-in-progress.
• Review project invoices for accurate coding, capitalization, and cost allocation.
• Account for construction loan draws, advances, interest, and capitalized interest.
• Maintain and reconcile CIP balances and coordinate construction draw activity.
• Prepare monthly financial statements and reporting packages for development entities.
• Perform budget-to-actual and forecast-to-actual variance analysis.
• Complete month-end close activities including journal entries, reconciliations, accruals, and financial statement analysis.
• Maintain fixed asset records, depreciation schedules, and transfers from CIP when projects are placed into service.
• Partner with Development, Construction, Accounts Payable, Finance, and Procurement on project costs and reporting.
• Support the implementation and optimization of NetSuite project accounting, reporting, dashboards, and workflows.
• Help establish scalable accounting procedures, financial controls, and audit-ready documentation.

Qualifications

• 3+ years of commercial real estate development, construction, infrastructure, or capital project accounting experience.
• Bachelor's degree in Accounting.
• Strong knowledge of project accounting, construction accounting, CIP, fixed assets, and capitalization.
• Experience preparing financial statements, journal entries, account reconciliations, and month-end close.
• Advanced Microsoft Excel skills.
• Experience with ground-up development projects strongly preferred.
• NetSuite experience preferred.
• Construction lending and draw accounting experience preferred.
• CPA or active pursuit of CPA certification preferred.Strong analytical, organizational, and communication skills.

Why You Will Love Working Here

• Your work will directly support major development and infrastructure investments.
• You will have meaningful ownership over project accounting rather than being limited to routine transactional work.
• You will work closely with experienced finance and development leaders.
• You will help shape accounting processes and systems as the organization scales.
• You will gain exposure to complex construction, real estate, and capital asset accounting.
• Benefits include unlimited PTO, a 401(k) match, health, dental and vision coverage, disability and life insurance, generous parental leave, and paid holidays.

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Benefits:

• Dental insurance
• Paid time off
• Retirement plan
• Vision insurance

9/30 UPDATE: Need someone with heavy fixed assets experience

Requirements: Must-have: 3+ yrs commercial RE or construction accounting exp.