Construction & Development Accountant — Real Estate; Hybrid NY

A highly regarded real estate investment platform has an immediate opening for an accounting professional to support construction and development-related financial oversight. This is an excellent opportunity to gain exposure to high-value capital projects, real estate transactions, and financial reporting within a collaborative team environment offering strong work-life balance and long-term growth potential.

A leading publicly traded real estate investment platform with a large-scale international portfolio, offering strong exposure to complex real estate accounting and capital investment activity.

• Maintain and track construction and development cost activity across active projects

• Review capitalization activity to ensure compliance with accounting standards and internal policies

• Act as a key accounting contact for construction and development-related inquiries

• Partner with internal teams to monitor build-to-suit and redevelopment project progress

• Support the timely placement of completed capital projects into service

• Prepare recurring and ad hoc reports related to project and capital activity

• Identify process improvement opportunities across workflows and systems

• Assist with accounting support for acquisitions, dispositions, leasing activity, and quarterly close processes

• Contribute to broader efforts to streamline oversight of portfolio-wide capital initiatives

• 2+ years of property or real estate accounting experience

• Experience with construction, development, or job cost accounting preferred

• Strong understanding of GAAP and capitalization accounting principles

• Prior REIT experience is a plus

• Excellent organizational skills and strong attention to detail

• Ability to manage competing priorities independently

• Strong communication and cross-functional collaboration skills

• Ability to work onsite in New York on a hybrid schedule