Senior Consultant

Company: Community HousingWorks

Location: San Diego, CA open to Hybrid/remote

Engagement: Consulting / Project-Based

Rate: Up to $80/hour, depending on experience

Duration: Through December 2026, with potential extension into January 2027

Start: ASAP

Position Overview

Community HousingWorks is seeking a hands-on Yardi ERP Implementation Consultant with strong construction accounting, job costing, and real estate development experience to support the transition from MIP Abila to Yardi .

The consultant will support the Yardi go-live and transition, including dual accounting, project setup and reconciliation, data validation, troubleshooting, and accounting process development for approximately 30 active construction and development projects .

This role is ideal for a senior project accountant, controller-level consultant, or accounting professional who has hands-on Yardi experience and has participated in an ERP implementation or conversion .

Key Responsibilities

• Support the MIP Abila-to-Yardi implementation, testing, go-live, and transition.
• Perform dual accounting and reconcile information between legacy and Yardi systems.
• Enter, validate, and maintain project-level accounting information in Yardi.
• Support approximately 30 active construction/development projects.
• Perform job-cost accounting, including costs, contracts, commitments, invoices, budgets, change orders, and project activity.
• Identify and resolve data, mapping, accounting, and system issues.
• Partner with Accounting, Construction, Development, Costing, and implementation teams.
• Develop and document standardized accounting and job-cost processes and SOPs.
• Provide hands-on troubleshooting and help ensure accurate financials throughout the transition.

Required Qualifications

• Strong construction accounting and job-cost accounting experience.
• Experience with an ERP implementation, conversion, or go-live.
• Experience with dual accounting during a system transition.
• Strong understanding of real estate development/construction accounting.
• Experience working with multiple active projects.
• Strong GL, reconciliation, and project-level reporting skills.
• Ability to work independently, take detailed notes, troubleshoot issues, and attempt to solve problems before escalating.
• Strong communication, organization, and problem-solving skills.
• Ability to create clear SOPs and process documentation.

Preferred

• Experience with MIP Abila, Sage, MRI, or another legacy ERP.
• Experience migrating accounting data into Yardi.
• Experience with construction contracts, commitments, draws, budgets, and change orders.

Ideal Candidate

• We are looking for someone who can roll up their sleeves and work directly in the accounting process —not just provide high-level implementation guidance. The successful consultant will quickly understand existing processes, identify problems, work independently toward solutions, and help leave the accounting team with reliable processes and SOPs after go-live.