Development Accountant

Hirewell is partnering with a confidential real estate development company in Houston to hire a Development Accountant. This is a newly created role due to company growth and is a strong opportunity for someone with construction, project accounting, real estate, or development accounting experience who wants broader exposure across both project-level and corporate accounting.

This person will support both the Corporate and Development teams, helping with project cost tracking, construction draw support, accounts payable, bank reconciliations, journal entries, month-end close, and financial reporting. The ideal candidate is organized, detail-oriented, hands-on, and comfortable working in a busy environment where priorities can shift and follow-through matters.

What you’ll do

• Support the monthly construction loan draw process, including compiling draw packages and backup documentation.

• Review, process, and route vendor and subcontractor invoices for approval.

• Track AP payments and help prepare check runs, ACH payments, and wire transfers for review.

• Respond to vendor and subcontractor questions and research payment history as needed.

• Prepare monthly bank reconciliations for multiple accounts.

• Post, review, and maintain journal entries and general ledger activity.

• Track and analyze job costs for construction projects and property-related transactions.

• Maintain recurring accounting schedules, spreadsheets, and project files.

• Assist with month-end close, audit requests, financial reporting, and ad hoc reporting.

• Provide light property management accounting support, including rent, security deposit, prepaid item, tenant billing, and revenue entries as needed.

What we’re looking for

• Experience in construction accounting, project accounting, real estate development accounting, or property management accounting.

• Strong accounting foundation, including bank reconciliations, journal entries, GL activity, AP, and month-end support.

• Ability to manage details, stay organized, and follow through under deadline pressure.

• Comfortable working cross-functionally with accounting, development, construction, vendors, subcontractors, and internal stakeholders.

• Proactive problem-solver who can take work forward independently and ask thoughtful questions when needed.

• Strong Microsoft Excel skills, including pivot tables and lookup functions.

• Experience with Rent Manager and Procore is highly preferred; SharePoint experience is a plus.

• Bachelor’s degree in Accounting, Finance, or Business Administration preferred; an Associate’s degree with directly relevant experience may be considered.

Ideal fit

This role is a strong fit for someone who enjoys project accounting but wants to grow into a broader development accounting role. You may be coming from a general contractor, construction company, real estate developer, property management firm, or another project-heavy accounting environment.

The right person will be hands-on, flexible, and willing to jump in where needed. This is not a narrow “stay in your lane” accounting role; it requires someone who can learn project nuances, manage multiple moving parts, and support a growing team.

Why this opportunity

• Newly created position due to growth.

• Exposure to both development accounting and corporate accounting.

• Opportunity to support real estate and construction-related projects.

• Broad scope across AP, draws, job costs, GL, reconciliations, and reporting.

• Direct visibility to accounting and development leadership.

• Strong compensation for the right experience level.