Senior Project Accountant - Real Estate Development

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

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.