Pacific Executive Search · 5 days ago
Senior Project Accountant
Pacific Executive Search is seeking a Senior Project Accountant to manage the financial aspects of their wholly owned projects. This role involves overseeing project costs, leading financial reporting processes, and supporting the accounting team in a collaborative environment.
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Responsibilities
Independently manage accounting functions for wholly owned projects, ensuring accuracy in cash reconciliations, funding source budgets, and draw preparations
Proactively oversee project costs by maintaining accounts payable and collaborating with departments to adjust budgets based on job cost reports
Lead month-end, quarter-end, and year-end processes, including journal entries, account reconciliations, and preparation of detailed financial reports with minimal supervision
Maintain depreciation and amortization schedules, ensuring timely recording of draws and pay downs on construction loans, along with monthly reconciliations of loan and interest payments
Assist in joint venture reporting by collecting and reviewing financials, preparing trial balances for Yardi uploads, and running quarterly capital balance reports
Execute quarterly preferred return and waterfall schedules for all projects, ensuring accurate financial tracking
Support the accounting team with ad-hoc assignments to adapt to evolving business needs
Qualification
Required
Bachelor's degree in accounting or a related field
Minimum of 3 years of direct property/project accounting experience
Strong proficiency in Yardi software
Exceptional analytical skills with a keen attention to detail and accuracy
Proficient in Excel and familiar with accounting automation tools
Ability to manage multiple projects simultaneously and meet tight deadlines
Preferred
Exposure to fund accounting or private equity funds
Strong organizational skills and a self-starter attitude
Interest in optimizing and automating accounting processes