Senior Manager, External Reporting

Overview

The organization is building AI-ready data centre infrastructure and is preparing for a US public listing. A key Finance initiative over the next 12 to 16 months is building the external reporting infrastructure needed for US GAAP consolidated financial statements, SEC-standard disclosures, and a close process that can sustain a quarterly filing cadence.

This is a build role. In the first year, the work is hands-on with no team beneath the position. You will own external reporting end to end, including group consolidation, translation mechanics, US GAAP financial statement preparation, drafting SEC disclosures, and building the tie-out discipline expected of a registrant. The scope is expected to grow over time as the reporting function scales.

Responsibilities

• Own group consolidation across the UK, US and European entities, including intercompany elimination and ASC 830 foreign currency translation
• Prepare US GAAP consolidated financial statements with full footnote disclosure for audit and filing purposes
• Draft SEC disclosures to registrant standard, including:
  • S-1 financial statement sections
  • MD&A support under Reg S-K Item 303
  • 10-K and 10-Q filings that follow
  • Work closely with the Director of Technical Accounting, the VP Accounting, and the wider team
• Own the tie-out process, ensuring every number in the statements is agreed to support, referenced, and reviewable
• Build the disclosure checklist and establish the annual and quarterly reporting calendar from scratch, including designing a close timetable that meets a 10-Q filing deadline
• Coordinate audit deliverables through first-year fieldwork and completion, and through subsequent quarterly review cycles
• Sign off the US GAAP group numbers that feed the statutory bridge, working alongside the Statutory Reporting Manager who prepares the local IFRS accounts
• Own the consolidated actuals used for management and board reporting, and review non-GAAP measures and their reconciliations
• Select and implement disclosure management and inline XBRL tagging required from the S-1 onwards
• Support Reg S-X significance testing and Article 11 pro forma preparation as the site and joint venture portfolio develops
• Shape and, as the function scales, lead the reporting team

Requirements

• Qualified accountant (ACA/CPA or equivalent) with 6 to 8+ years' experience, including preparing US GAAP consolidated financial statements and footnotes
• Hands-on experience drafting or auditing SEC filings (S-1, 10-K, 10-Q), on either the registrant side or at Big Four
• Strong command of US GAAP disclosure requirements and multi-entity, multi-currency group consolidation, including foreign currency translation under ASC 830
• Working knowledge of Reg S-K and Reg S-X
• Meticulous tie-out and documentation discipline
• Experience taking external auditors through a full year-end cycle, and ideally through quarterly reviews
• Proven ability to build a process from nothing rather than operate one that already exists
• Willingness to do the work personally before a team exists, with judgment on when to begin building that team
• Comfort with deadline pressure and shifting priorities in a pre-IPO environment

Preferred Qualifications

• IPO readiness or first-time registrant experience

Compensation & Benefits

• Competitive salary based on the work you do
• Equity
• Retirement/pension contributions
• Comprehensive health, wellbeing and insurance benefits
• Generous number of vacation days each year

Location

This role supports reporting across the UK, US and European entities and is expected to operate in the following geographies: UK, Norway, Germany, Spain and the US.