Senior Project Accountant

Position: Senior Project Accountant
Location: Arlington, VA | Onsite
Employment Type: Full Time, Salaried

Our client is a rapidly growing developer and operator focused on large scale infrastructure and mission critical projects supporting emerging technologies and enterprise customers. The organization combines development expertise, capital markets capabilities, and operational excellence to deliver complex, large scale projects across a rapidly expanding portfolio.

This is an opportunity to join a high growth environment supporting major development initiatives with significant visibility and career growth potential.

Our client is seeking a Senior Project Accountant to support financial management activities across a growing portfolio of large scale development projects. This individual will play a key role in project accounting, budgeting, forecasting, cost analysis, reporting, and financial oversight while partnering closely with project teams and leadership.

The ideal candidate brings strong project accounting experience, excellent analytical skills, and thrives in fast paced, highly collaborative environments.

* Manage project accounting activities including project setup, budgeting, forecasting, cost tracking, and financial reporting

* Monitor project costs, expenditures, and financial performance while preparing variance analyses and reporting packages

* Prepare monthly project financial reports and ensure accuracy of project level accounting and reporting

* Partner closely with project managers, operations teams, procurement teams, and leadership to support project financial performance

* Support month end close activities including journal entries, reconciliations, accruals, and project accounting reviews

* Assist with billing, invoicing, collections, and vendor related accounting activities

* Ensure compliance with US GAAP, company policies, and internal controls

* Support budgeting and forecasting processes through project level financial analysis and reporting

* Identify opportunities for process improvements and support systems enhancements to improve efficiency and reporting accuracy

* Support audits, lender reporting, investor reporting, and project financial documentation requirements

* 5 years of progressive accounting experience with at least 2 years supporting project accounting, construction accounting, real estate development accounting, infrastructure accounting, or related environments

* Strong understanding of project accounting principles and US GAAP

* Experience working with ERP or project accounting systems such as Yardi, Deltek, NetSuite, Oracle, SAP, or similar platforms

* Advanced Microsoft Excel skills with strong analytical capabilities

* Excellent communication, organization, and problem solving skills

* Experience supporting real estate development, construction, infrastructure, data center, or capital project environments strongly preferred

* CPA designation or progress toward CPA is preferred but not required

* Bachelor's degree in Accounting, Finance, or related field required

* Competitive compensation package

* Medical, dental, and vision insurance

* 401(k) with company benefits package

* Paid time off and holidays

* Career growth opportunities within a rapidly expanding organization

Beacon Hill is an equal opportunity employer and individuals with disabilities and/or protected veterans are encouraged to apply.

California residents: Qualified applications with arrest or conviction records will be considered for employment in accordance with the Los Angeles County Fair Chance Ordinance for Employers and the California Fair Chance Act.

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Company Profile:

Founded by industry leaders to set a new standard in search, career placement and flexible staffing, we deliver coordinated staffing solutions with unparalleled service, a commitment to project completion and success and a passion for innovation, creativity and continuous improvement.

Our niche brands offer a complete suite of staffing services to emerging growth companies and the Fortune 500 across market sectors, career specialties/disciplines and industries. Over time, office locations, specialty practice areas and service offerings will be added to address ever changing constituent needs.

Learn more about Beacon Hill and our specialty divisions, Beacon Hill Associates, Beacon Hill Financial, Beacon Hill HR, Beacon Hill Legal, Beacon Hill Life Sciences and Beacon Hill Technologies by visiting www.bhsg.com.

Benefits Information:

Beacon Hill offers a robust benefit package including, but not limited to, medical, dental, vision, and federal and state leave programs as required by applicable agency regulations to those that meet eligibility. Upon successfully being hired, details will be provided related to our benefit offerings.

We look forward to working with you.

Beacon Hill. Employing the Future™