Senior Development Accountant (Real Estate)

Connect Search, LLC; Chicago (IL); Hybride; USD 90 000 - 100 000; Plein temps

Résumé du poste

Connect Search, LLC seeks a Senior Development Accountant to own the books for a multifamily development project in Chicago from start to close. You will handle draws, funding, depreciations, wires, and monthly/quarterly reporting with the deal team and lenders.

Requirements include 3+ years of accounting, a B.S. in Accounting, and strong Excel with a real estate ERP such as Yardi or JDE. Hybrid work: 3 days in office, 2 remote.

Qualifications

• 3+ years of professional accounting.
• Bachelor's degree in Accounting.
• Strong Excel and a real estate ERP (Yardi, JDE, or similar).
• Clear writing and comfort talking with project managers and lenders.

Responsabilités

• Construction draws and funding requests to investors and lenders
• Draw and reporting calendars for your projects
• Development and construction management fee calcs, billing, and recording
• Fixed assets, depreciation, and amortization
• Wires for distributions, debt service, and lender reserves and escrows
• Journal entries, account recs, and month-end and quarter-end close
• Monthly and quarterly financial statements with the project team
• Position memos on new or unusual accounting items
• Audit and tax workpapers; budget support alongside asset management
• Helping train newer accountants on the team

Connaissances

Accounting

Excel

Communication

Formation

Bachelor's degree in Accounting

Outils

Yardi

JDE

Description du poste

Chicago, IL (hybrid, 3 days in office) | $90,000 to $100,000 base + 10% bonus

A global, privately held real estate investor and developer is adding a Senior Development Accountant to its multifamily team in Chicago. The firm has built and managed real estate for nearly 70 years and is putting its capital into rental housing right now.

You will own the books for a development project from ground-breaking to lease-up. That means draws, lender and investor funding, fees, wires, close, and the financials the deal team and lenders rely on.

What you'll own

• Construction draws and funding requests to investors and lenders
• Draw and reporting calendars for your projects
• Development and construction management fee calcs, billing, and recording
• Fixed assets, depreciation, and amortization
• Wires for distributions, debt service, and lender reserves and escrows
• Journal entries, account recs, and month-end and quarter-end close
• Monthly and quarterly financial statements with the project team
• Position memos on new or unusual accounting items
• Audit and tax workpapers; budget support alongside asset management
• Helping train newer accountants on the team

What you bring

• 3+ years of professional accounting
• Bachelor's degree in Accounting
• Strong Excel and a real estate ERP (Yardi, JDE, or similar)
• Clear writing and comfort talking with project managers and lenders

Nice to have

• CPA or CPA progress
• Multifamily or student housing projects
• Treasury or fixed-asset work

Details

• Hybrid: 3 days in the Chicago office, 2 remote
• $90,000 to $100,000 base plus 10% annual bonus
• Clear path from senior to manager: several current managers on this team started in this seat
• Fast process: one recruiter call, then two client rounds