Construction Accountant

Position Title: Construction Accountant

Location: Dallas, TX

Your role

The Construction Accountant will be responsible for overseeing financial aspects of construction projects, ensuring accurate cost tracking, forecasting, and reporting. This role supports project managers, finance leadership and joint venture partnerships by providing insights into budget performance, cost forecasting variances, and financial risks across multiple large-scale construction portfolio spanning the Asia Pacific, Europe-Middle East, and Americas regions.

In this role, you will partner with project and asset management, financial planning & analysis, cross-regional accounting teams, and a variety of other stakeholders to align Construction Accounting in delivering towards key organizational objectives at the global level.

What you’ll do

The Construction Accountant II will report to the Construction Accounting Manager and will be responsible for the following (not all inclusive):

• Monitor and analyze project budgets, actual costs, and forecasts to ensure financial accuracy and accountability.
• Prepare and present monthly cost reports, variance analyses, and cash flow forecast for various entities including, but not limited to, joint venture partnerships.
• Collaborate with project managers to review budget-to-actual performance and identify process improvement opportunities.
• Maintain and update project cost tracking systems, including ERP and other financial reporting tools.
• Participate in month-end and quarter-end close processes, including cost accruals, account reconciliations, and other necessary journal entries.
• Ensure compliance with US and local GAAP and internal financial policies.
• Support internal and external audit activities as required
• Coordinate with external vendors and contractors to validate invoices and integrate costs into project budgets.
• Lead continuous improvement initiatives in cost control processes and reporting tools.

What you’ll need

To be a good fit for the Construction Accountant II opportunity you will have:

• Bachelor’s degree in accounting is required
• 0-2 years of progressive accounting experience
• Advanced Excel skills (pivot tables, VLOOKUP, SUMIF, etc.).
• Excellent analytical, organizational, and communication skills.
• Ability to work independently and collaboratively in a fast-paced environment.
• Some understanding of construction project lifecycle, retainage, and billing methods is a plus.
• Yardi ERP experience preferred, but not required

A bit about us

Digital Realty brings companies and data together by delivering the full spectrum of data center, colocation and interconnection solutions. PlatformDIGITAL®, the company’s global data center platform, provides customers with a secure data meeting place and a proven Pervasive Datacenter Architecture (PDx®) solution methodology for powering innovation and efficiently managing Data Gravity challenges. Digital Realty gives its customers access to the connected data communities that matter to them with a global data center footprint of 300+ facilities in 50+ metros across 28 countries on six continents.

To learn more about Digital Realty, please visit digitalrealty.com or follow us on LinkedIn and Twitter.

A bit about our Finance team

Our Finance/Accounting team works in one of the world’s fastest growing and most exciting business sectors. We use our financial expertise and commercial awareness to support and develop an international, publicly listed organization. From managing budgets to financial planning and reporting, we deliver a full range of finance and accounting services to help our business stay on track and meet our goals. We also have other specialist areas of expertise including Portfolio Management and Lease Administration.

What we can offer you

Our rapidly evolving business sector offers the opportunity to be part of a courageous and passionate team who work together to understand and meet the changing needs of our global customers. 

Join us and you’ll be part of a supportive and inclusive environment where you can bring your whole self to work. As part of our team, you’ll get to work with people from different business areas, challenge the way we do things and put your ideas into action. We’ll also give you plenty of development opportunities so you can build a rewarding and successful career with us. 

Our Compensation Philosophy

Digital Realty offers its employees a highly competitive compensation package, excellent benefits, and an environment that recognizes and rewards your contributions. Central to our compensation philosophy is rewarding our employees for achieving the values and objectives aligned to the company's overall goals and values.

This is an exciting time to join our business so apply now and make your mark on our future.