Platform Finance Leader — Deputy CFO for Global Resources

Hoxton Circle; Washington (District of Columbia); On-site; USD 250,000 - 400,000; Full time

Job summary

Hoxton Circle, a global natural resources investment firm, is building a platform finance function for its critical minerals portfolio and is hiring a Head of Finance to serve as Deputy CFO.

This role is the hands-on technical lead across the portfolio and the CFO's second-in-command, responsible for the numbers, the budget, and the control environment across several operating companies so the CFO can focus on strategy, the assets, and the investment side.

Qualifications

• 10+ years of experience in accounting and corporate finance.
• Big Four background with a move into industry preferred.
• Hands-on experience with the general ledger, close, and board reporting.
• Multi-entity and subsidiary experience at a comparable scale.
• Bachelor's degree in Accounting or Finance preferred.
• CPA preferred but not required.
• Industry is open. A capital-intensive background is preferred, and mining or natural resources experience is a strong plus.
• IPO experience is a plus.

Responsibilities

• Lead close and consolidation across all assets to a single standard and calendar.
• Own statutory accounts, tax, and entity compliance in every jurisdiction.
• Build and maintain a single chart of accounts and consolidation architecture.
• Manage treasury and covenant compliance.
• Oversee reporting on government funding awards.
• Keep the books audit-ready at all times and built to a public-market timetable.
• Lead the financial side of Integrated Business Planning, including three-year and life-of-mine plans.
• Run a zero-based budget and monthly rolling forecasts.
• Reconcile physical output to the financials every month.
• Apply consistent forecasting standards across every asset, with low, expected, and high case outcomes, and put a dollar figure on every material risk.
• Set finance standards for the assets.
• Connect asset-level planning with corporate planning.
• Feed operating data back to the Investment Team.
• Produce reporting packs that Investor Relations and the asset boards can use as is.

Job description

Hoxton Circle, a global natural resources investment firm, is building a platform finance function for its critical minerals portfolio and is hiring a Head of Finance to serve as Deputy CFO.

This role is the hands-on technical lead across the portfolio and the CFO's second-in-command, responsible for the numbers, the budget, and the control environment across several operating companies so the CFO can focus on strategy, the assets, and the investment side.