Responsibilities

About the Team: The EMEA accounting and reporting function owns the GL accounting and oversees the month end closing procedures for all subsidiaries in Europe, Middle East and Africa. We work across various accounting projects, providing technical support and ensuring all statutory requirements are compliant, including preparation of financial statements and liaison with external auditors. We are looking for a highly motivated and proactive Financial Accounting Manager to join our EMEA Accounting and Reporting team on a permanent basis. The successful applicant will lead the accounting and reporting workstream covering our Data Centre operations and BytePlus entities across the EMEA region. The role is highly cross-functional, partnering with Infrastructure, Procurement, Tax and Business Finance to ensure the accuracy and integrity of significant CapEx, leasing and B2B revenue flows. Responsibilities: - Own the GL accounting and month-end / quarter-end closing for Data Centre and BytePlus entities across EMEA, including CapEx, depreciation, leasing (IFRS 16), accruals and prepayments; - Manage the accounting for data centre infrastructure investments, ensuring proper capitalisation, useful life assessment, impairment review and disposal accounting; - Oversee the accounting of BytePlus B2B revenue streams, including revenue recognition under IFRS 15, contract reviews, deferred revenue, and intercompany recharges; - Prepare and review monthly reconciliations between IFRS and local GAAPs of the legal entities in scope, ensuring timely and accurate reporting packages to Group Finance; - Support the preparation of statutory financial statements and manage the relationship with external auditors to deliver statutory audits within agreed timelines; - Manage the relationship with external accounting service providers, ensuring reporting deliverables are produced accurately and on schedule on a monthly/quarterly basis; - Partner with Tax, Treasury and Legal on intercompany agreements, transfer pricing inputs and cross-border invoicing arrangements relevant to data centre and BytePlus operations; - Stay up to date with relevant accounting standards (IFRS) and apply Group accounting policies, standards, procedures and internal control practices across EMEA entities; - Drive process improvements and automation initiatives to streamline the close, reconciliation and reporting cycles for the entities in scope; - Ad-hoc reporting and analysis for UK/EU regulators, Group Finance and senior management.

Qualifications

Minimum Qualifications: - BA/BS degree in Accounting, Finance, or related field; - ACA/ACCA fully qualified with 5+/significant years of post-qualification experience; - Practice experience in audit, with a combination of in-house experience preferred; exposure to TMT, infrastructure or B2B / SaaS businesses is strongly preferred; - Current theoretical and practical knowledge of IFRS and its implications on reporting, including IFRS 15 (Revenue) and IFRS 16 (Leases); experience with CapEx / fixed assets accounting at scale is highly desirable; - Advanced Microsoft Excel skills; - Strong and collaborative communicator, able to engage confidently with infrastructure, commercial and finance stakeholders across geographies; Preferred Qualifications: - Experience with large ERP accounting and reporting systems, Oracle and HFM preferred; - Self-directed, self-motivated and strong learning ability; - Able to complete work independently with attention to detail; - Able to thrive in a fast-paced and dynamic environment; - Strong and collaborative communicator.

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