Senior Manager, External Reporting

Overview

This role involves owning group consolidation and external reporting end to end for a multi-entity, multi-currency group preparing for US SEC reporting, including group consolidation, ASC 830 translation mechanics, and preparation of US GAAP consolidated financial statements and required SEC filings.

The organization is building AI-ready data centre infrastructure across the UK, Norway, Germany, Spain and the US, and is preparing for a US public listing with Form S-1 registration and subsequent reporting as a US domestic filer on Forms 10-K and 10-Q.

This is a build role with a hands-on expectation in the first year. There is no team beneath the role today; the position requires preparing statements, writing footnotes, and running the tie-out process personally, with additional support as the 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
• 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, VP Accounting, and the wider team
• Own the tie-out process to ensure every number in the statements is agreed to supporting evidence, referenced, and reviewable
• Build the disclosure checklist and annual and quarterly reporting calendar from scratch, including 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 local IFRS accounts
• Own 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, in time, lead the reporting team as the function scales

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 registrant side or 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 there is a team to delegate to, and sound judgment on when to begin building a team
• IPO readiness or first-time registrant experience is an advantage
• 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 here, not your previous salary
• Equity
• Retirement/pension contributions
• Comprehensive health, wellbeing and insurance benefits
• Generous number of vacation days each year

Location

This role is part of a global team with offices in London, Palo Alto, and New York, supporting operations across the UK, Norway, Germany, Spain, and the US.