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Senior Manager, Technical Accounting at Keel Infrastructure

Senior Manager, Technical Accounting

Keel Infrastructure · NY, US

3 weeks ago

Senior Manager, Technical Accounting

Keel Infrastructure · NY, US

24 days ago
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About the Role

The Senior Manager, Technical Accounting owns complex and non-routine accounting matters, from transaction analysis through audit-ready documentation, and develops and maintains the Company's accounting policies. This role reports to the VP, Technical Accounting, at a public infrastructure company operating Bitcoin mining and developing HPC and AI data center infrastructure. Technical Accounting operates as the center of excellence for accounting quality, training others on new accounting standards implementation and regulatory guidance affecting reporting requirements.

Responsibilities

  • Own the accounting analysis for non-routine transactions from term sheet through conclusion, including convertible debt and related hedge instruments under ASC 470-20 and ASC 815, and business combination versus asset acquisition assessments under ASC 805
  • Perform consolidation and VIE analysis under ASC 810 for joint venture and partnership structures, and assess related-party implications of those structures under ASC 850
  • Conclude on impairment indicator and recoverability assessments under ASC 360, and on held-for-sale and discontinued operations classification under ASC 205-20
  • Provide accounting input on transactions before signing, including drafting comments where a term change would make the accounting outcome easier to support
  • Own capitalization positions for the HPC data center build-out: construction in progress, change orders under prime construction contracts, placed-in-service determinations, and site development, interconnection, and feasibility-stage costs
  • Analyze power and energy arrangements, including derivative scope and normal purchases normal sales considerations under ASC 815, and multi-year purchase commitment implications
  • Conclude lease versus service classification for customer and hosting arrangements under ASC 842 and ASC 606, from the lessor perspective on data center capacity
  • Address other significant estimate-driven accounting matters, including asset retirement obligations under ASC 410 and environmental remediation obligations arising from site development and permitting
  • Draft audit-ready technical accounting memos following the function's established documentation standards, with alternatives considered and the basis for conclusion documented
  • Develop and maintain standing accounting policies across significant and judgmental accounting areas, including capitalization for the HPC data center build-out, and maintain the supporting technical position documentation
  • Design policy-derived controls alongside the internal SOX function for non-routine and significant transactions
  • Lead accounting review of higher-risk contracts: full reads including exhibits, capture of accounting-driving clauses with section references, risk assessment, and scoping of matters requiring memos
  • Set contract review standards and review contract assessments performed by the Manager and Senior Associate
  • Act as the day-to-day technical contact for the external audit engagement team on owned matters, preparing support and carrying positions through their review
  • Support the VP with analysis and materials for management, Disclosure Committee, and Audit Committee discussion of owned matters
  • Coordinate with external advisors and specialists as needed

Requirements

  • 7 to 10 years of progressive public accounting or technical accounting experience: a newer senior manager or an experienced manager ready to step up from a large international public accounting firm, or the equivalent from a public company technical accounting role
  • Experience drafting or reviewing technical accounting memos and position papers on complex matters, from either the preparer or the audit side, across several of: debt and equity instruments, derivatives, consolidation, impairment, revenue or lease classification, business combinations
  • SEC registrant experience required, from either the preparer or the audit side
  • Ability to research unsettled questions through authoritative guidance, Big 4 interpretive publications, and peer filings, and to keep the three distinct in the memo
  • Strong Word and Excel, and fluency with AI tools to accelerate technical research, memo drafting, and synthesis of complex guidance, applying professional judgment to review and finalize all output
  • Comfort reaching well-supported conclusions in judgmental areas with limited precedent, and contributing to policy development as part of the answer
  • Ability to hold a position under challenge from auditors and reviewers, and to change it when the facts warrant
  • Clear, precise technical writing, cited to the guidance and underlying contracts, and suitable for auditor and audit committee readers

Skills

  • ASC 205-20
  • ASC 280
  • ASC 360
  • ASC 410
  • ASC 440
  • ASC 450
  • ASC 470-20
  • ASC 606
  • ASC 718
  • ASC 805
  • ASC 810
  • ASC 815
  • ASC 842
  • ASU 2020-06
  • SEC reporting requirements
  • Regulation S-X
  • Regulation S-K
  • SEC staff guidance
  • Word
  • Excel
  • AI tools

Location

  • NYC

Work Type

  • Hybrid remote
  • In-office expectation 3 days per week
  • Monday-Friday work schedule

Experience Level

  • Senior Manager
  • Manager

Education Level

  • Bachelor's degree in accounting or a related field
  • US CPA required

Salary/Compensations

  • $170,000—$210,000 USD

Benefits

  • Competitive salary, bonus and equity opportunities
  • Comprehensive health and wellness benefits
  • Retirement savings with company contribution
  • Employee referral program

About the Company

  • Keel Infrastructure is a publicly traded energy and digital infrastructure company that develops and owns data centers and power assets across North America.
  • At Keel, you’re not just joining a company, you’re helping build the infrastructure behind the future of compute.
  • We’re at the intersection of energy and technology, two industries transforming in real time.
  • The work is complex. The pace is fast. The impact is real.
  • You’ll be part of a team that values: Ownership — we take responsibility and follow through, Collaboration — we work across teams, functions, and borders, Curiosity — we ask questions and keep learning, Endurance — we build for the long term
  • Fast-moving, high-growth, and hands-on
  • Smart, driven people solving real challenges together
  • Work that directly supports AI and next-generation infrastructure
  • Room to grow, stretch, and take on more