Construction Staff Accountant

Job Description

Job Description

Job Title: Senior Project Accountant
Location: Kennewick, WA
Pay Range: $34.00 – $38.00 per hour
Schedule: Full-Time

The Management Group is hiring a Senior Project Accountant to support a growing mix of real estate development, construction, resort, hospitality, retail, and amenity-related operations. This is a unique accounting role for someone who enjoys more than routine month-end work. The right candidate will be hands-on with construction accounting today and will grow into broader financial oversight as our resort-related businesses continue to evolve.

What You’ll Do

• Maintain accounting records for development and construction projects.
• Track project costs and reconcile expenditures to approved budgets.
• Prepare lender draw requests and supporting documentation.
• Reconcile loan proceeds, construction draws, and project funding sources.
• Monitor project cash needs and assist with capital call requests.
• Prepare monthly construction financial statements and project reporting packages.
• Track budget-to-actual performance and identify cost variances.
• Coordinate with lenders, contractors, consultants, and project teams.
• Oversee project-related accounts payable to ensure costs are accurately coded, allocated, approved, and charged to the correct project or entity.
• Support project banking, cash management, funding transfers, disbursements, and treasury activities.
• Assist with project audits, tax reporting, and lender compliance requirements.
• Maintain accounting records for resort, hospitality, retail, and amenity operations.
• Record and reconcile revenue, expenses, and operational transactions.
• Prepare monthly financial statements and supporting schedules.
• Reconcile bank accounts, balance sheet accounts, and intercompany activity.
• Support tenant billing, lease accounting, commercial occupancy reporting, forecasting, and budget preparation.
• Assist with journal entries, account reconciliations, year-end close, external audits, lender reporting, and accounting process improvements.

What We’re Looking For

• A strong construction, development, or project accounting background.
• Someone who is accurate, curious, proactive, and comfortable working in a role that will continue to grow and change.
• A professional who can manage detailed accounting work while also seeing the bigger business picture.
• Someone who communicates well with accounting leadership, lenders, contractors, consultants, operational leaders, and ownership groups.
• A problem-solver who can identify discrepancies, investigate issues, and recommend solutions.
• A self-starter who can work independently while still collaborating across departments.
• Someone who is comfortable with shifting priorities as projects progress.
• A business-minded accountant who wants to understand how financial decisions impact operational performance.

Required Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Accounting, Finance, or a related field.
• Minimum 5 years of progressive accounting experience.
• Experience with construction, development, or project accounting.
• Experience administering lender draw requests and construction financing.
• Experience preparing project cost reports and budget-to-actual analyses.
• Experience preparing and analyzing financial statements.
• Experience with account reconciliations, month-end close, and general ledger accounting.
• Advanced proficiency in Microsoft Excel.

If you have strong construction or project accounting experience and want a role with long-term growth into resort and hospitality accounting, we encourage you to apply.