Part Time Accounting Manager - Construction

Overview

We are a fast growing integrated real estate company in the affordable housing space seeking a highly capable Accounting Manager with direct experience in construction and real estate development accounting to support our growing platform.

Core Responsibilities

• Construction Accounting (Primary Focus)

• Maintain job cost accounting across multiple active construction projects. Ensure cost properly tracked between project, cost codes and vendors
• Invoice creation, issuance to client, tracking payment of invoices
• Assembly of monthly draw package when the construction project has lender billings. Track retention, sales tax, etc
• Ensure accurate cost coding across jobs and cost categories
• Partner with construction/project manager to maintain real-time cost visibility
• Produce monthly job cost reports and variance analysis

• Development Accounting (Secondary Focus)

• Prepare lender draw package, assembling invoices from consultants, updating budget billing sheet, gathering lien releases (when required)
• Maintain development entity books and support investor/lender reporting
• Ensure compliance with financing requirements and reporting timelines

Non-Negotiable Requirements

• Candidates must have hands-on experience with:
• Construction job costing systems (not just conceptual knowledge)
• Preparing lender draw packages for ground-up or major rehab projects
• Working across multiple entities and projects simultaneously

Why Join Us

• Direct exposure to active development and construction projects
• Opportunity to work across management, construction, and development in one platform
• Build systems and processes in a fast-growing, mission-driven company
• Work closely with a high-caliber CFO and leadership team

About Us

We are a fully integrated real estate platform focused on the development, ownership, and management of multifamily housing across the Pacific Northwest.

Our platform includes:

• Arboreal Management – a property management company overseeing thousands of apartment homes

• Arboreal Construction – an in-house construction company delivering renovations and ground-up projects

• Great Expectations – a development and investment platform focused on expanding housing supply

We operate with a clear mission:

• to deliver below-market rents to residents while achieving above-market returns for investors.

Our model is built on vertical integration, operational discipline, and a commitment to long-term ownership. We combine local expertise with a modern, technology-enabled approach, including internally developed tools that support accounting, reporting, and operations.

We are growing quickly, with a large and expanding pipeline of development projects. As we scale, we are building a finance and accounting team that can support increasingly complex construction and development activity while maintaining accuracy, speed, and transparency.

This is an opportunity to join a high-performance team working across property management, construction, and development in a single, unified platform.

About Arboreal Management

We deliver below market, affordable rents for our residents and above market returns for our investors.