What are the responsibilities and job description for the Staff Accountant position at Hoxton Circle?
About the Opportunity
Hoxton Circle is partnering with a well-respected, private equity firm on a long-term contract Staff Accountant opportunity. This is a hands-on, high-ownership role within a small, leadership-heavy finance team. The individual will serve as the sole accountant on the team, working directly alongside senior leadership across a portfolio assets.
Why This Role
- Real ownership and visibility — sole accountant on the team
- Complex, substantive work across multiple entities and active projects
- Direct exposure to senior leadership in a lean, high-caliber environment
- Stable, tenured team with a strong track record of retention
- Clear temp-to-perm pathway for the right candidate
- Competitive contract rate with hybrid flexibility
Key Responsibilities
General Ledger, Reconciliations & Cash Management (~60–70%)
- Managing high-volume bank activity and performing daily/weekly bank reconciliations across multiple entities and accounts
- Preparing journal entries related to accruals, prepaids, intercompany activity, construction costs, allocations, and cash movements
- Supporting month-end and year-end close activities including reconciliations and financial statement support
- Performing detailed balance sheet reconciliations for cash, accrued liabilities, payables, prepaids, and intercompany accounts
- Assisting with audit support schedules and maintaining organized backup documentation
- Managing expense allocations and charge-outs across multiple hotel projects, entities, and business units
- Supporting construction/development accounting including CIP tracking, capital expenditures, contractor costs, and project-related accruals
Complex Accounts Payable (~30%)
- Processing invoices across multiple entities and projects with strong attention to accuracy and timeliness
- Determining correct G/L coding, entity allocation, department coding, and capitalization treatment for invoices
- Handling construction and development-related vendor invoices including contractors, consultants, architects, engineers, and FF&E vendors
- Coordinating invoice approval workflows with senior leadership, Asset Management, Construction, and Finance teams
- Serving as primary point of contact for vendors regarding payment status, discrepancies, W-9s, and banking updates
- Monitoring payment timing and maintaining awareness of cash management priorities
- Managing complex expense allocations across multiple entities, projects, and investments
What We're Looking For
Required
- 3 years of accounting experience
- Bachelor's degree in Accounting
- Multi-entity general ledger and reconciliation experience
- High-volume bank reconciliations (daily/weekly)
- Complex AP with coding judgment and construction vendor exposure
- Cash management and intercompany experience
- Intermediate-to-advanced Excel
- Self-directed and comfortable operating independently with leadership visibility
Preferred
- Yardi Voyager experience
- Audit support experience
- Intercompany and cost allocation experience