Senior Manager - Accounting
About this role
Position Summary
newcleo is seeking a Senior Manager, Accounting to lead the accounting function for its U.S. operations and support the company's continued international growth.
Reporting to the Group Controller, you will oversee the monthly close process, statutory financial reporting, internal controls, external audits, and local tax compliance while ensuring alignment with Group accounting policies and reporting requirements.
This role offers the opportunity to help build the finance function of a rapidly growing international company preparing for life as a U.S.-listed public company.
Location: Aiken, South Carolina or New York, New York (Hybrid)
Key Responsibilities
Financial Reporting & Close
- Lead the quarterly, and annual close process for U.S. entities.
- Maintain the integrity of the general ledger and financial records.
- Prepare journal entries, accruals, account reconciliations, and financial reporting packages.
- Ensure timely and accurate reporting in accordance with Group reporting deadlines.
Statutory & Group Reporting
- Prepare U.S. GAAP financial statements for the U.S. entities, coordinate U.S. entity compliance filings.
- Support Group IFRS reporting and consolidation.
- Ensure compliance with Group accounting policies and reporting standards.
- Assist with reconciliation between local GAAP and IFRS reporting requirements.
Controls, Compliance & Audit
- Maintain effective internal controls over financial reporting.
- Support SOX compliance initiatives as the company transitions to a U.S.-listed public company.
- Coordinate external audits and serve as the primary contact for external auditors.
- Ensure compliance with accounting, corporate, and regulatory requirements.
Tax & Cross-Functional Support
- Coordinate local tax filings with external advisors and the Group Tax team.
- Support current and deferred tax reporting.
- Partner closely with FP&A, Treasury, Tax, Technical Accounting, and other finance teams.
- Drive process improvements and promote best practices across accounting operations.
- Support the continued implementation and optimization of NetSuite ERP.
Required Qualifications
- Bachelor's degree in Accounting, Finance, or related field.
- CPA or equivalent professional accounting qualification preferred.
- 8+ years of progressive accounting experience within an international organization.
- Strong experience with financial close, statutory reporting, and external audits.
- Solid understanding of internal controls and financial compliance.
- Experience with ERP systems; NetSuite experience strongly preferred.
- Excellent analytical, organizational, and communication skills.
Preferred Qualifications
- Experience with IFRS and U.S. GAAP.
- Experience supporting publicly listed companies or SEC reporting.
- Familiarity with SOX compliance.
- Experience working in a fast-growing, international environment.
- Background in manufacturing, industrial, energy, or engineering organizations.
What We Offer
• Comprehensive benefits package, including medical, dental, and vision coverage for employees and dependents, as well as a 401(k) plan with 4% company match.
• Generous paid time off, starting at 20 days per year and increasing to 25 days after 3 years of service.
• A mission-driven environment focused on delivering scalable, low-carbon energy solutions to meet growing global energy demand.
• A collaborative and international culture that values technical excellence, transparency, innovation, and cross-functional teamwork.
Company at a glance
Since launching in 2021 newcleo has quickly established itself as innovator in the field of nuclear energy. newcleo is working to design, build, and operate Gen-IV Advanced Modular Reactors (AMRs) that are cooled by liquid lead and fuelled by reprocessed nuclear waste.
Through an innovative combination of existing and proven technologies, and by reviving a nuclear industry model based on the manufacture and multi-recycling of Mixed Oxide fuel, newcleo aims to close the nuclear fuel cycle while safely producing clean, affordable, and practically inexhaustible energy required for low carbon economies.
With a EUR 70m group turnover in 2024, EUR 645m of private funding and over 100 partnerships and collaborations across the nuclear industry, the growth of the newcleo group is supported through the targeted acquisition of key companies with strong capabilities in nuclear engineering, manufacturing, and waste management.
Through its workforce of over 900 highly qualified employees across France, the U.S., the UK, Italy, Switzerland and Slovakia, newcleo is not only developing and delivering the skills and services required for the group’s own ambitious project timelines, but also supporting the development of Small Modular Reactor supply chains in Europe and beyond.
Top Benefits
- Medical coverage
- Dental coverage
- Vision coverage
- 401(k) plan
- 4% company match
- Paid time off
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