Project Accountant
Title: Project Accountant
Location: Boca Raton, FL (Full Time/ In Office)
About Kayne Anderson Real Estate
Kayne Anderson Real Estate is a leading real estate investment firm, managing approximately $20 billion in assets across opportunistic equity, core equity, and real estate debt, with sector expertise in medical office, seniors housing, off-campus student housing, multifamily housing, self-storage, and light industrial. Kayne Anderson Real Estate is part of Kayne Anderson, an approximately $40 billion alternative investment management firm with more than 41 years of experience in the real estate, credit, infrastructure, and energy sectors.
With more than 130 professionals, Kayne Anderson Real Estate has consistently demonstrated its ability to bring more to an opportunity than equity capital, enhancing a project’s overall performance and quality by incorporating best practices and effective alternatives in the design, construction, documentation, financing, and operation of investments. The firm’s entrepreneurial spirit and resilient culture, combined with a reputation for quick response, firm commitment, and timely execution, has solidified Kayne Anderson Real Estate’s reputation and resulted in strong relationships with developers, owners, operators, financing sources, and other intermediaries. (As of December 31, 2025)
Requirements
Knowledge/Skills/Abilities:
- The person should be detail oriented and possess the ability to multitask as well as check their own work
- Should be accountable for work product, and demonstrate ability to work with others
- Must be proficient in basic Excel, Word, and Outlook
- The candidate will play an integral role in reviewing and approving Development Pay Applications for projects
- Must be proficient in the process of reviewing and rejecting a General Contractor AIA G 702 and AIA G 703 pay application
- Must be familiar with lien waivers
- Coordinate wire transfers with accounting after getting approval from the Senior Managing Director
- Assist with quarterly internal reconciliation of development budgets
- Verify developer deliverables are received with pay application and follow up with the developer
- Vet monthly budget reallocations and identify concerns with development/paperwork to determine if the pay application is acceptable to process
- File expense reports and prepare meeting minutes and agendas with the direction of the Senior Managing Director
- Create invoices and tracking payments to vendors, arrange meetings, manage phone calls
- Save, file, and share project documents internally as well as with 3rd parties through Dropbox if necessary
- Collect and process 3rd party invoices for payment at closing and in development draws
- Review received invoices and code/order for review
- Track received invoices on a spreadsheet
- Obtain approval and send to accounting for payment
- Follow up on open/unpaid invoices and update tracking
Requirements
- Education: Bachelor's degree required; Master of Accountancy preferred
- Experience: 4-7 years of experience preferred
- Location: Boca Raton, Florida
Benefits
- Competitive medical, dental, and vision insurance
- Flexible spending accounts (dependent care, healthcare, limited purpose FSA)
- Accident and Critical Illness insurance
- Long Term Disability insurance
- Competitive 401(k) benefits
- Pet healthcare savings program
- Member’s Only Healthcare - healthcare navigation
- WellHub - corporate wellness platform
- $10,000 lifetime reimbursement for family forming services (e.g. IVF, adoption, surrogacy)
- Fertility coaching services
- Rocket Lawyer legal benefits
- Reimbursement of professional society memberships and exam fees
- Up to $10,000 matching annually for contributions to qualified non-for-profit organizations
- Parental leave
Employment with the company is contingent on the applicant being able to provide proof of eligibility to work in the United States at the time of hire.
Kayne Anderson is an equal opportunity employer. All aspects of employment including the decision to hire, promote, discipline, or discharge, will be based on merit, competence, performance, and business needs. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, color, religion, marital status, age, national origin, physical or mental disability, medical condition, pregnancy, genetic information, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, veteran status, or any other status protected under federal, state, or local law.