Senior Accountant, Construction & Real Estate

Orion Placement; Kansas City (MO); Hybrid; USD 90,000 - 130,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Unlimited PTO

401(k) match

Comprehensive insurance

Family-friendly benefits

Job summary

Orion Placement is seeking a disciplined accounting professional to manage records for active development and construction projects in Kansas City, MO. You will record project costs, prepare schedules, and ensure capitalization in line with U.S. GAAP.

This hybrid role combines in-person collaboration with remote work several days per week. You will collaborate with Controller, Finance, Development, Construction, and leadership while helping optimize NetSuite project accounting, dashboards, and

Qualifications

• 3+ years of commercial real estate development, construction, infrastructure, or capital project accounting experience.
• Experience with project accounting, CIP, fixed assets, and capitalization.
• CPA or active pursuit of CPA 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 schedules for land, hard costs, soft costs, capital expenditures, and CIP.
• 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

Analytical skills

Organizational skills

Communication skills

Education

Bachelor's degree in Accounting

Tools

Microsoft Excel

NetSuite (project accounting)

Job description

• 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.
• 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.