Senior Project Accountant - Construction & Real Estate

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

Benefits offered by this job

Unlimited PTO

401(k) matching

Comprehensive health insurance

Dental insurance

Vision insurance

Disability insurance

Life insurance

Parental leave

Paid holidays

Job summary

Orionplacement is seeking an experienced corporate accountant to manage accounting for active development and construction projects in a hybrid Kansas City environment. You will record costs, maintain CIP balances, prepare monthly statements, and support NetSuite project accounting implementations.

Candidates should have 3+ years in CRE development or related fields, a Bachelor's in Accounting, strong Excel, and CPA or CPA candidacy preferred.

Qualifications

• 3+ years of commercial real estate development, construction, infrastructure, or capital project accounting.
• Strong knowledge of project 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.

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

Project accounting

Construction accounting

Excel

Financial reporting

Analytical skills

Communication

Education

Bachelor's degree in Accounting

CPA or CPA candidate

Tools

NetSuite

Job description

Orionplacement is seeking an experienced corporate accountant to manage accounting for active development and construction projects in a hybrid Kansas City environment. You will record costs, maintain CIP balances, prepare monthly statements, and support NetSuite project accounting implementations.

Candidates should have 3+ years in CRE development or related fields, a Bachelor's in Accounting, strong Excel, and CPA or CPA candidacy preferred.