The Project Accountant role is far more than a traditional accounting position.
At many organizations, accountants report what happened.
At Bourn, Project Accountants help influence what happens next.
As a Project Accountant, you will serve as the financial steward for large, sophisticated projects and work alongside professionals in development, operations, legal, construction, leasing, marketing, and executive leadership. You will gain exposure to nearly every aspect of the business while helping project teams make informed decisions that shape the future of our projects. You will be responsible for each project's financial aspects: from the front‐line debits and credits to building a strategic financial plan.
About Bourn Companies:
For over 36 years, Bourn Companies has transformed communities through more than 6 million square feet of projects across the Southwest. Our portfolio of thoughtful, integrated developments brings together residential, office, retail, hospitality, and entertainment into unique environments that define community, inspire connection, and elevate lifestyle.
Building on this foundation, the Company is expanding into business operations that enhance the communities we create, including restaurants, co-working, health and wellness, and other lifestyle-focused initiatives. This evolution broadens our development platform and creates exciting opportunities to design, deliver, and integrate projects that span multiple industries.
Our culture is entrepreneurial, innovative, and collaborative – with every team member playing a critical role in shaping projects that make a lasting impact. We rely on talented people who are curious, motivated, and eager to make meaningful contributions. We believe great ideas can come from anywhere in the organization, and we work hard to ensure every team member has the opportunity to grow, contribute, and expand their capabilities.
Accounting Team: This team significantly contributes to each project's success by providing concrete data and facts to make informed decisions‐‐‐the cornerstone of our business. We not only have a standardized accounting process and reporting but a project pro forma system that captures critical information to drive the planning and development of our projects and the development of customized analytics to evaluate and understand unique challenges and opportunities. This team captures the nuanced valuation and costs of each option and iteration to drive value creation.
What we are looking for
The ideal candidate is consistently successful in competitive and challenging environments.
Skills:
o Deep accounting skills to produce financial and ancillary reports
o Written and oral communication skills to effectively communicate with a sophisticated audience
o Organizational skills to efficiently prioritize activities
o Financial skills to both produce and review sophisticated spreadsheets and reports
o Management skills to organize and lead teams
o Relationship skills to cultivate healthy and long-lasting relationships
Characteristics:
o Desire and ability to quickly learn, retain and apply detailed information
o Ability to prioritize and manage priorities within an environment of frequent changes
o Drive to be highly successful with a work ethic to match
o Uncompromising integrity and ability to gain trust
o Attention to detail with an appreciation for precision
o Open‐minded to the possibility of what is possible
Qualifications
Bachelor's degree in accounting
• 2 to 5 years' experience in financial accounting
• Financial skills to both produce and review sophisticated spreadsheets and reports
• Experience with understanding and interpreting legal documents is preferred
• Not required, but helpful to have experience with Sage 300 CRE, Kardin, TimberScan
How you'll spend your time here: This position requires you to be highly organized and structured, yet with an ability to react to ever-changing conditions that inevitably occur. Some essential aspects of your role include:
• Accounting Excellence: A record of excellence in accounting. A background in real estate accounting is helpful but not necessary. Deep accounting understanding and the ability to master the fundamentals frees you to perform the work's critical high‐level functions.
• Financial Analysis: Quickly and efficiently navigate and develop excel spreadsheets using such features as pivot tables, lookup and reference, dynamic array, and financial functions.
• Reporting: You will prepare comprehensive financial and project reports for our executive team and capital partners. These reports outline our progress in meeting our strategic plans, including operational summaries, variance reports, and current cash flow forecasts.
• Tax Preparation: You will work with our tax accountants to provide relevant information to develop tax minimization strategies and tax returns.
• Legal Compliance: Develop a deep understanding of legal documents and contracts, as you will be reviewing and adhering to leases, management agreements, operating agreements, listing agreements, vendor contracts, loan documents, and construction contracts.
• Depth of Role: Motivation to be hands-on ‐‐ from day-to-day accounting to the executive level activities involved in the financial management of large, sophisticated projects.
• Business & Industry Expertise: Have the capacity and energy to deeply understand, if not master, several areas of a multi‐functional business such as marketing and leasing, design, entitlement and construction, capital structures, acquisitions and dispositions, and legal.
Most Importantly
Your job is to ensure that project teams, executives, lenders, and capital partners have the financial information necessary to make informed decisions.
You will help identify risks before they become problems and opportunities before they are missed.
Our competitive salary and benefits package reflect our dedication to supporting and rewarding our team members fully. Our company is an Equal Opportunity Employer, committed to fostering an inclusive and supportive workplace for all. Ready to take the next step?