Financial Accountant

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About Volta Volta is the category-defining, fully vertically integrated AI infrastructure platform – from capital to clusters to software, under a founder-led enterprise. Our mission is The Utility of Compute™: AI infrastructure as dependable and available as electricity, for every organization that needs it. Launched with a $10B strategic partnership with one of the leading frontier AI labs, a Series A led by Andreessen Horowitz, and a $5B AI Infrastructure Fund, Volta is building the infrastructure layer of the AI era from the ground up. We are 100+ people across London, Palo Alto, and New York, with rapid growth expectations to hundreds. About the Role This is not a traditional accounting role focused on maintaining legacy systems. At Volta, you will help build the finance function from first principles, contributing to the design of processes, controls, and reporting in a business deploying capital at global scale. Working closely with the Senior Financial Accountant and the wider Financial Accounting and Transactional Function, you will play a key role in delivering accurate financial reporting while supporting the build-out of a scalable, best-in-class accounting environment across multiple jurisdictions. Key Responsibilities • Support the execution of the monthly financial close • Prepare and post accrual, prepayment, payroll, capex, revenue, and FX entries, among others • Prepare balance sheet reconciliations for review • Cash, AR, AP, fixed assets, other payables and receivables, equity • Support transactional processing • Approvals, audit trail, and clean ledgers • Intercompany accounting and cross charges • Support internal financial reporting • Assist in monthly reporting packages • Support the analysis of variance to budget and prior periods • Analyze financial data to identify trends, variances, and risks • Assist management with ad hoc reporting and partner with FP&A and other teams to ensure accurate and timely financial reporting • Assist in building and documenting financial controls, accounting policies, and governance frameworks • Track capital spend and asset capitalization • Maintain fixed asset register • Support external reporting • Prepare U.S. GAAP (and IFRS where applicable) external financial statements • Support external audits and act as a key point of contact for auditors • Prepare support for auditors • Contribute to the implementation and optimization of ERP/accounting systems • Assist with tax compliance, indirect tax (e.g., VAT/sales tax) returns, and regulatory filings across jurisdictions • Maintain and enhance the general ledger and chart of accounts Requirements • CPA (or equivalent) • Audit background • 2–5 years of post-qualification experience • Strong technical accounting knowledge, including U.S. GAAP (IFRS exposure is a plus) • Experience with month-end close and financial reporting • High attention to detail and strong analytical skills • Ability to operate in a fast-paced, high-growth, capital-intensive environment • Strong Excel skills; ERP experience is a plus Nice to Have • Experience in infrastructure, energy, or data center environments • Exposure to multi-entity, international accounting environments • Experience in a startup or scale-up environment What Makes This Role Different • Build, not maintain: Help create processes and controls from scratch • Operate at scale: Work in an environment where decisions impact significant capital deployment • High ownership: Direct exposure to senior leadership • Low bureaucracy: Fast decision-making and clear accountability REQ-241 What We Offer At Volta, we believe people do their best work when they feel supported, trusted and able to grow. We're building a company where you can make an impact, ke

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