Senior Accountant, Fixed Assets

Overview

This role supports fixed-asset accounting and capital expenditure reporting across assigned hotel properties and corporate entities. Responsibilities include capital-project monitoring, construction in progress, capitalization, asset placement in service, depreciation, transfers, disposals, general ledger reconciliations, and project financial controls. Depending on portfolio assignment, duties may also include capital calls, owner or lender reimbursement packages, insurance accounting, claims and recoveries, lease administration, and fleet-related records.

You will serve as a primary accounting contact for assigned properties, resolving routine exceptions and escalating complex, sensitive, or policy-related matters to the Senior Manager.

Responsibilities

• Monitor capital projects, commitments, invoices, approvals, budgets, forecasts, and cash-flow movements for assigned properties.
• Maintain construction-in-progress and fixed-asset records, including:
  • project closeout
  • capitalization and in-service dates
  • asset classifications and useful lives
  • depreciation
  • transfers, retirements, disposals, and write-offs
  • reconciliations of fixed-asset and capital expenditure general ledger accounts
• Prepare construction and capital expenditure reports, investigate variances, and record adjusting and job-cost entries when required.
• Review capital expenditure invoices, purchase asset requests, and project changes against established controls and supporting documentation.
• Coordinate with hotel, operations, project management, and finance stakeholders regarding capital projects, reconciliations, and reporting.
• Prepare capital-call and owner reimbursement packages and reconcile associated accounts for portfolios assigned these activities.
• For designated assignments, support:
  • insurance premium and claims-related reconciliations and recoveries
  • lease tracking and reconciliation
  • right-of-use asset and lease liability schedules
  • fleet administration
• Provide practical guidance to hotel and corporate stakeholders regarding capitalization, repairs and maintenance, project documentation, asset classification, transfers, disposals, and other assigned fixed asset matters.
• Prepare audit-ready schedules and documentation and improve the timeliness and accuracy of capital project records.

Qualifications

• At least 3 years of relevant accounting experience in fixed assets, capital expenditure accounting, or capital-project financial control.
• Practical experience with general ledger postings, account reconciliations, variance investigation, and Excel-based reports.
• Experience using an ERP or general accounting system. SAP, QuickBooks, Sage, or similar systems acceptable.
• Ability to communicate clearly with non-accounting stakeholders and maintain accurate records across multiple deadlines.
• Working knowledge of US GAAP and ability to apply accounting policies to complex or non-routine transactions.
• Ability to create and maintain basic reports with Excel.

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience with Yardi, hospitality-related fixed assets, or multi-property accounting.
• Experience with Transcendent or another capital-project tracking platform.

Compensation & Benefits

Not specified.

Location

• Work setup: Work from home
• Shift/Schedule: Monday to Friday, 9:00 AM to 6:00 PM U.S. Eastern Time
• Holidays: U.S. corporate holiday calendar