Director, Consolidations

VP Accounting Operations, London

About NScale
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At NScale, our finance team plays a critical role in ensuring financial stability, strategic growth and compliance.

We thrive on a culture of relentless innovation, ownership, and accountability, where every team member takes pride in their work and drives it with excellence and urgency. As an Nscaler, you'll build trust through openness and transparency, where everyone is inspired to do their best work. If you join our team, you'll be contributing to building the technology that powers the future.

About the Role

The Director, Consolidation will be responsible for building and leading Nscale's global consolidation function from the ground up. This role is critical to establishing a scalable financial reporting framework that supports our international growth and ensures accurate, timely, and compliant group-level reporting.

You will design and implement consolidation processes, systems, and controls, bringing structure and insight to the group's financial performance. As a senior leader in the finance function, you'll partner closely with regional finance teams, external auditors, and executive leadership to ensure integrity and transparency in consolidated results.

This is a unique opportunity for a hands-on finance leader to shape the foundation of a world-class consolidation function in a high-growth start-up environment.

What You'll be Doing

Group Consolidation & Reporting

• Build and implement Nscale's global consolidation process, including policies, procedures, and timelines.
• Own the end-to-end monthly, quarterly, and annual consolidation of multiple international entities.
• Ensure accuracy and compliance of consolidated results under US GAAP, IFRS (and local GAAP where required).
• Drive automation and system implementation for consolidation and reporting tools.
• Support the preparation and delivery of the consolidated financial statements and management reports to executive leadership and investors

Process Design & Controls

• Establish robust internal controls for intercompany eliminations, currency translation, and consolidation adjustments.
• Create and maintain a comprehensive group reporting framework, ensuring alignment across entities.
• Develop documentation and training for regional finance teams on group reporting policies.

Audit, Compliance & Governance

• Serve as the primary point of contact for group-level external audits.
• Coordinate with regional finance leads to ensure consistent application of accounting policies.
• Support statutory reporting, tax, and regulatory requirements related to group consolidation.

Stakeholder Collaboration

• Partner with FP&A, Accounting, and Tax teams to ensure accurate and timely reporting of results.
• Support board and investor reporting, including consolidation insights and analysis.
• Collaborate cross-functionally to embed consolidation best practices across the organization.

Leadership & Team Building

• Hire, mentor, and lead a small team of consolidation and reporting professionals.
• Champion continuous improvement and scalability as the business grows across multiple geographies.
• Act as a trusted advisor to senior leadership on financial structure and consolidation matters.

About You

• Qualified accountant (e.g., ACA, ACCA, CPA, or equivalent).
• 10+ years of experience in financial reporting and consolidation, with at least 3 years in a leadership role.
• Proven experience building consolidation processes in a fast-growing, multi-entity international environment.
• Deep technical knowledge of US GAAP, IFRS and consolidation principles (intercompany eliminations, foreign exchange, minority interests, etc.).
• Hands-on experience with financial systems implementation (e.g., NetSuite, OneStream).
• Excellent analytical, problem-solving, and communication skills.

What We Can Offer You

• Opportunity to play a critical role in safeguarding the assets and operations of a cutting-edge digital infrastructure and AI compute company.
• A collaborative, supportive, and innovative environment where your contributions will make a real impact.
• A competitive compensation package (base + equity) with reviews every 12 months.
• Work at one of the fastest-growing tech startups, backed by top PE/VC firms.
• A clear progression plan. We want you to keep growing. That means trying new things, leading others, challenging the status quo and owning your impact. Always with our complete support.
• Flexibility: We see you as individuals first, employees second. This approach includes all the expected perks but goes beyond that to offer true flexibility. We're proud to be a workplace that trusts our Nscalers to excel in their roles while giving you the freedom to shape your day
• Remote-first: Join our remote-first team, and enjoy the flexibility of remote work, allowing you to create a productive and balanced work-life setup, while staying connected with your global team.

Equal Opportunities Statement

At Nscale, we are committed to fostering an inclusive, diverse, and equitable workplace. We believe that a variety of perspectives enriches our work environment, and we encourage applications from candidates of all backgrounds, experiences, and abilities.  We strongly encourage applications from people of colour, the LGBTQ+ community, people with disabilities, neurodivergent people, parents, carers, and people from lower socio-economic backgrounds.

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