Senior Staff Accountant

Senior Staff Accountant

Granville Homes is seeking a Senior Staff Accountant to support the financial operations of our homebuilding and land development business. This position is responsible for financial reporting, general ledger accounting, month-end close, account reconciliations, budgeting support, and internal controls. The role serves as a key accounting partner to operations and leadership, with a strong emphasis on cost accounting, purchasing analysis, job costing, work-in-process (WIP) reporting, land development accounting, inventory valuation and profitability analysis.

Essential Functions/Accountabilities:

• Prepare and review journal entries, account reconciliations, and monthly financial statements.
• Lead assigned portions of the month-end and year-end close process.
• Maintain the integrity of the general ledger and supporting schedules.
• Analyze financial results and investigate variances from budget and forecast.
• Ensure compliance with GAAP and company accounting policies.
• Maintain and analyze job costs for land development and vertical construction projects.
• Monitor direct costs, subcontractor costs, materials, labor, and overhead allocations and purchasing-related expenditures.
• Prepare and review work-in-process (WIP) schedules and project profitability reports.
• Track lot development costs and ensure accurate capitalization and allocation of costs. Assist with inventory valuation, cost allocations, and margin analysis.
• Analyze budget-to-actual performance for communities, projects, and departments.
• Partner with Construction, Purchasing, Land Development, and Operations teams to improve cost visibility and controls.
• Review purchasing commitments, contracts, change orders, and cost trends to ensure accurate cost capture and reporting.
• Analyze purchasing variances, vendor pricing, rebates, and procurement-related costs impacting project profitability.
• Monitor and report on land acquisition, entitlement, site development, and infrastructure costs to ensure proper accounting treatment and project cost allocation.
• Support forecasting and budgeting efforts related to land development, purchasing activities, and vertical construction costs.
• Provide detailed cost analysis by community, phase, lot, and product line to support operational and strategic decision-making.
• Evaluate cost trends and identify opportunities for improved purchasing efficiency, cost containment, and margin enhancement.
• Support annual budgeting, forecasting, and long-range planning processes.
• Prepare management reports and key performance indicators for executive leadership.
• Assist with external audits, tax compliance, lender reporting, and regulatory requirements.
• Identify opportunities to improve accounting processes, internal controls, and reporting efficiencies.
• Participate in ERP system enhancements, implementations, and process automation initiatives.
• Mentor and support staff accountants and accounting team members.

Supervisory Responsibility:

• None

Work Environment:

• The position operates within the professional office environment. This role routinely uses standard office equipment such as computers, phones, photocopiers, filing cabinets and fax machines.

Physical Demands:

The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job with or without reasonable accommodations.

• While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to talk or hear. The employee frequently is required to stand; walk; use hands and fingers to handle or feel; and reach with hands and arms. The employee is frequently required to sit; climb or balance; and stoop, kneel, crouch or crawl. The employee must frequently lift and/or move up to 10 pounds and occasionally lift and/or move up to 50 pounds. Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, distance vision, color vision, peripheral vision, depth perception and ability to adjust focus.

Position Type/Expected Hours of Work:

• This is a full-time at-will position, and work hours are typically Monday through Friday 8:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. Evening and weekend work as required as department needs demand.

Travel:

• Travel is primarily local during the business day.

Work Authorization:

• Must be eligible to work in the United States

Minimum Requirements:

• Four-year degree (Bachelor's degree) in accounting required;
• CPA designation or CPA candidate strongly preferred.

Knowledge, Skills & Abilities:

• 5+ related accounting experience, with specific experience in multi-entity consolidations.
• Strong cost accounting and financial reporting experience required. Experience in homebuilding, construction, land development, real estate development, or a related industry strongly preferred.
• Experience with job costing, inventory accounting, and WIP reporting preferred.
• Experience supporting purchasing, procurement, land development, or construction operations strongly preferred.
• Experience with project costing, community-level profitability analysis, and cost allocation methodologies preferred.
• Experience supporting residential homebuilding operations.
• Knowledge of lot inventory management and land development cost tracking.
• Experience analyzing community-level profitability and construction margins.
• Experience working closely with Purchasing and Land Development departments to support operational decision-making and cost control initiatives.