As an Accounting Manager, you'll oversee the full construction accounting cycle, manage AIA billing, and prepare job cost reports while collaborating with project managers to track costs and improve processes.
Austin, Texas | Full-Time | On-Site
WHO YOU ARE
You are meticulous, resourceful, and energized by complexity. You thrive when you own the numbers end-to-end—from job costing on a $50M data center build to closing the books on a multi-entity operation. You want to be part of something bigger than a back-office function. You see the finance team as a strategic engine, and you want a seat at that table.
You’re the kind of person who gets restless in large, slow-moving organizations. You want to build systems, not just maintain them. You’re comfortable with ambiguity, quick to adapt, and you find genuine satisfaction in making complex financial operations run cleanly in a company that’s scaling fast.
THE OPPORTUNITY
Overwatch is building the infrastructure behind the 5th industrial revolution. We’re a data center services company with general contracting operations, and we’re growing at a pace most companies never see—Inc. 5000 No. 870 in 2025 with 486% three-year revenue growth, up from No. 2165 the year before. We recently closed a growth equity round, and we’re investing heavily in the team and systems to support what comes next.
As Accounting Manager, you’ll join a small, high-impact finance team where your work directly shapes how the company operates and scales. This is not a role where you’ll be a cog. You’ll own construction accounting for our general contracting business—managing job costing, WIP schedules, AIA billing, subcontractor pay applications, and percentage-of-completion reporting across projects for major hyperscalers building some of the most ambitious AI and data center projects on the planet. You’ll also help build the accounting infrastructure for a company that’s doubling and tripling in scope.
If you’ve spent your career doing construction accounting and you’re ready to apply that expertise somewhere it truly matters—where data centers, leadership development, and explosive growth intersect—this is that role.
WHAT YOU’LL DO
• Own the full construction accounting cycle for general contractor operations: job costing, WIP schedules, cost-to-complete analysis, and percentage-of-completion revenue recognition.
• Manage AIA billing processes, subcontractor pay applications, change orders, retention tracking, and lien waiver compliance.
• Prepare and analyze monthly job cost reports, project profitability analysis, and variance reporting for project managers and leadership.
• Lead month-end and year-end close processes, ensuring accuracy and timeliness across multiple entities and project portfolios.
• Collaborate with project managers and operations leaders to track committed costs, forecast project margins, and flag financial risks early.
• Build and improve accounting processes and internal controls suited to a company scaling from startup speed to institutional rigor.
• Support external audits, tax filings, and compliance requirements specific to construction and general contracting operations.
• Partner with leadership on cash flow management, bonding requirements, and financial reporting for investors and lenders.
WHAT YOU BRING
Required:
• 3+ years of accounting experience with a strong focus on construction accounting for a general contractor (not just a subcontractor or owner’s rep).
• Deep, hands-on knowledge of job costing, WIP reporting, AIA billing (G702/G703), percentage-of-completion method, and ASC 606 revenue recognition for construction contracts.
• Experience with construction or project-based accounting software; we use Jetbuilt, so familiarity is a plus.
• Strong understanding of subcontractor management from a financial perspective: pay applications, retention, compliance, and change order accounting.
• Bachelor’s degree in Accounting or Finance. CPA or CMA is a plus but not required if your construction experience is strong.
Even better if you have:
• Experience in a high-growth or private equity-backed environment where you helped build financial processes from the ground up.
• Familiarity with multi-entity consolidation and intercompany accounting.
• Exposure to data center construction or mission-critical facility projects.
• Comfort working directly with executive leadership and external stakeholders (auditors, investors, bonding companies).
WHO WE ARE
Overwatch is a data center services company headquartered in Austin, Texas, with business units spanning construction, commissioning, power services, operations, staffing, and development. We exist to build leaders and to power the 5th industrial revolution—the era of AI infrastructure. Our teams design, deliver, commission, and operate the critical facilities that keep the digital economy running.
We’re not a typical contractor and we’re not a typical startup. We move fast, we invest in our people, and we hold each other to a high standard. The Overwatch culture is built on ownership, straight talk, and a genuine commitment to developing the next generation of leaders in this industry. #WeDoTheWork is more than a tagline.
WHAT YOU GET
• A high-impact role on a small team where your work is visible, valued, and directly tied to company performance.
• The chance to build accounting systems and processes at a company growing nearly 5x in three years—not many accountants get that on their resume.
• Leadership development as a core company value, not a perk. Overwatch invests in growing its people through its Talent War Group and Overwatch University programs.
• Competitive compensation, benefits, and the upside that comes with joining a recently funded, high-growth company at a pivotal moment.
• A front-row seat to the data center industry’s biggest growth wave—the infrastructure buildout behind AI, cloud computing, and the digital economy.
HOW TO APPLY
If this sounds like the right fit, we want to hear from you. Send the following to [hiring contact email] with the subject line: Your Name – Accounting Manager, Overwatch.
• Your resume highlighting your construction accounting experience.
• A brief note (a few sentences is fine) on why this role at Overwatch interests you and what you’d bring to the team.
We review every application personally. No AI screening, no black hole inboxes. If your background is a match, you’ll hear from us quickly—we move fast on everything, hiring included.
The base pay range for this role is $120,000 – $140,000 per year.
Top Skills
Construction Accounting Software
Jetbuilt
OVERWATCH Austin, Texas, USA Office
Austin, TX, United States, 78738
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