Staff Accountant - Construction/Homebuilding

We're hiring a full-time, in-person, Staff Accountant to own the financial operations of a fast-growing real estate development and homebuilding company across multiple entities. This isn't property management bookkeeping — this is construction and development accounting: job costing, draw schedules, lien waivers, budget-to-actual tracking on every project, and monthly closes across 4+ companies.

You'll also play a key role in our capital strategy — working directly with banks, construction lenders, and other financing sources to support debt and equity capital needs, manage lender relationships, and help negotiate and expand vendor credit terms as we scale.

You'll be the first dedicated finance hire on the team. Right now, our Office Manager handles bookkeeping on top of closings, material ordering, and construction financing coordination — she needs a finance counterpart, not an assistant. You'll take full ownership of the books, clean up the backlog, and build the monthly close process from scratch.

This is a ground-floor opportunity. We're growing fast, and you'll be building out the financial systems, processes, and controls that the company runs on. As we scale, this role grows into a Controller position with a seat at the strategy table and a finance team underneath you.

The role is in person and has some schedule flexibility for the right candidate. Based at our main office in a historic downtown building.

Compensation

• $60,000–$75,000 base salary, depending on experience
• Health insurance benefits and schedule flexibility
• Clear growth path to Controller as the company scales
• Direct involvement in financial strategy — not just data entry
• Small, high-impact team where your work is visible and matters

$60,000 - $75,000 DOE

• Job costing — track costs per development project and construction build against budget, flag overruns, and report gross profit per project
• Accounts payable — process POs, subcontractor invoices, lien waiver collection, and payment scheduling
• Accounts receivable — customer deposits, construction loan draw requests, final payments at closing
• Monthly close — bank reconciliations, journal entries, and financial statements across 4+ entities
• Construction & development loan management — draw schedules, lender reporting, payoff tracking
• Bank & lender relationships — prepare loan packages, manage draw documentation, maintain relationships with construction lenders and banking partners
• Capital sourcing support — assist with debt and equity financing efforts, prepare financials and projections for lenders and investors
• Vendor credit management — track and negotiate vendor credit terms, build credit history with key suppliers to improve cash flow and purchasing power
• Financial reporting — monthly P&L by project, by division, and consolidated. Budget vs. actual dashboards. Cash position tracking.
• Systems & controls — you're not inheriting a polished accounting department. You're building one. Design the processes, document the procedures, implement the controls.
• Audit prep — get our books to audited-financials-ready
• Intercompany accounting — we operate multiple LLCs under one parent; you'll handle the consolidated picture

Requirements

• Construction or real estate development accounting experience — non-negotiable. You know what a draw schedule is, when to collect a lien waiver, how WIP accounting works, and the difference between progress billing and fixed-price billing. If your background is retail, medical, or property management only, this isn't the right fit.
• Multi-entity experience. We run 4+ LLCs. You've done intercompany transactions and consolidated reporting before.
• QuickBooks Online proficiency. This is our primary GL. You need to be fast in it on day one.
• GAAP fundamentals. You understand accrual vs. cash, revenue recognition on long-term contracts, and percentage-of-completion basics.
• Experience working with banks and lenders. You've prepared loan packages, managed draw documentation, or supported financing efforts — not just recorded the transactions after the fact.
• Bachelor's in Accounting preferred but not required if you have 5+ years of relevant construction or development accounting experience w/ relevant educational credentials.
• Comfortable with technology. We run a custom ERP system alongside QBO with an automated sync integration. You don't need to be a developer, but you can't be afraid of new software.

Nice to Have

• CPA or working toward it
• Experience with construction and development lender reporting
• Experience supporting investor/capital raising, financial reporting
• Vendor credit negotiation or trade credit management experience
• Familiarity with any ERP system beyond - Experience with other accounting platforms is a plus, as we transition with volume increases away from QuickBooks to more powerful enterprise-ready platforms.
• Land acquisition and lot development accounting experience

IRBY GROUP is a vertically integrated, family-owned real estate development and homebuilding firm based in the heart of Downtown Mobile, AL. We acquire land, develop lots, build affordable homes, and sell them across the Gulf Coast. We also acquire distressed properties for rehab and resale.

We exist to improve lives, elevate communities, and challenge the standard — and we only hire people who are driven to do the same.

Core values: Mission. Action. Honor. Attitude. Win.

If you thrive in a fast-paced, small team, business-driven environment and want to build the financial backbone of a real estate development company that's scaling fast and building real things in the community, apply.