Senior Accountant

Key Responsibilities

Project Accounting
• Manage accounting for real estate development projects and related holding companies
• Support deal onboarding, transaction closings, project setup, and funding activities
• Review and process construction draws, builder reimbursements, and project-level revenue recognition
• Maintain project reconciliations, supporting schedules, monthly close activities, project-level budget tracking, and reporting
Intercompany, Consolidation & Technical Accounting
• Track, process, and ensure timely payment of builder-related expenses
• Manage intercompany transactions, eliminations, and consolidated reporting across OHC and subsidiary entities
• Research and apply GAAP guidance related to revenue recognition, consolidations, capitalization, and transaction accounting
• Assist with drafting, implementing, and maintaining accounting policies, procedures, and internal controls
• Help create and ensure compliance with company accounting policies, reporting standards, and internal control procedures
Finance Reporting & Process Improvement
• Maintain vendor master data and support onboarding
• Prepare journal entries, reconciliations, monthly reporting packages, and budget-to-actual analyses
• Assist with financial statement preparation, forecasting support, and management reporting
• Create and maintain weekly cash flow analysis
• Identify opportunities to improve accounting workflows, reporting visibility, and operational scalability
• Support ongoing NetSuite optimization, reporting structure improvements, and accounting system enhancements

Professional Experience

Qualifications

• 3–6+ years of accounting experience within real estate, development, construction, private equity real estate, or project-based environments
• Strong understanding of GAAP, accrual accounting, consolidations, budgeting, and financial reporting
• Experience with project accounting and intercompany accounting preferred
• NetSuite experience strongly preferred
• Advanced Excel skills required
• CPA or CPA-track preferred
• Strong communication skills, attention to detail, and ability to manage multiple priorities

Education/Certification

• Bachelor’s degree from a top undergraduate university, preferably in Accounting, Finance, or related field
• CPA obtained or in progress with end date within 1 year of hire

Essential Skills & Competencies

Bellwether seeks to hire entrepreneurial individuals who are highly motivated, mature and intelligent, with 
demonstrated excellence in prior endeavors. The successful candidate should have:
 
• Job Knowledge & Technical Ability: Strong technical knowledge in accounting, specifically within financial services and commercial real estate, including includes experience with REIT compliance, 10- K/Q reporting, and Sarbanes-Oxley compliance. Ability to read and analyze investment and lease agreements.
• Initiative & Dependability: Ability to perform responsibilities independently and proactively, solve problems, and improve processes and/or services. Self-directed, takes initiative and responsibility, ensures completion of tasks.
• Communication: Excellent verbal and written communication skills; strong listening and interpersonal 
skills. Highly effective at preparing and presenting information.
• Professionalism & Teamwork: Acts with honesty and integrity and maintains confidentiality, adheres to company policies. Promotes a collaborative and productive work environment. Demonstrates team building, support and respect.  

Travel Requirements

•  Travel is not anticipated, but may be needed from time to time.

Position Details

• Classification:  Exempt
• Position Status:  Regular / Full Time
• Reports To:  Senior Vice President
• Direct Reports:  No

Physical and Mental Demands

• While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to stand, sit, and walk. Must be able to sit at an office workstation for an extended period of time. May need to reach, stoop, or kneel to access items.
• Must be able to talk, hear and use wrists, hands and/or fingers frequently and repetitively to operate a computer, telephone and other office productivity machinery.
• Must frequently prepare or inspect documents, and convey details or important instructions or ideas accurately, loudly, or quickly.
• Ability to work independently, and prioritize duties to ensure timely completion. The ability to collaborate is also imperative.
• Requires active listening, critical thinking, making decisions, time management, as well as administration skills.
• Ability to interact in a courteous professional manner at all times.
• Regular, predictable attendance is required.
• The physical and mental demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this position. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the functions.

Work Environment

• No hazardous or significantly unpleasant conditions (such as in a typical office).
• Moderate noise (i.e., business office with computers, phones, printers and light traffic)
• Indoor business office environment with windows; light foot traffic within work areas
• The work environment characteristics described here are representative of those a teammate encounters while performing the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

Benefits

• We offer a comprehensive benefits package that includes:
• Employer-paid Medical, Dental & Vision, with buy-up options available
• Flexible Spending Account, Health Savings Account
• Carrot Fertility Benefit - $10,000 lifetime benefit
• 401k company match 4%, immediately vested
• Generous PTO, 11 Paid Company Holidays & Paid Holiday Office Closure
• 14 weeks Maternity Leave & 12 weeks Parental Leave
• Wellbeing program offerings
• Cell phone reimbursement
• Engaging team events & holiday parties