Financial Reporting & Tax Manager

We are seeking a Financial Reporting & Tax Manager to own statutory accounting, audit, and tax compliance across all nLighten entities and jurisdictions, while acting as the group's in-house technical accounting authority. Reporting to the Group Financial Controller, you will ensure statutory accounts are prepared, audited, and filed on time, own the group's audit governance, including the group audit plan, internal audit programme, and Audit Committee process , and manage our outsourced tax providers across Europe to keep nLighten compliant in every market.

This role suits a Big 4 audit-trained accountant who enjoys technical depth and wants broad exposure across reporting and tax in a fast-growing, PE-backed infrastructure business.

• 10+ years of experience, including approximately 5 years in audit practice and 5 years in industry
• Big 4 audit-trained, qualified accountant (ACA, ACCA, RA, or equivalent)
• Strong technical IFRS knowledge, with demonstrable depth in revenue recognition (IFRS 15) and lease accounting (IFRS 16)
• Experience preparing or auditing statutory financial statements for multi-entity, multi-jurisdiction groups
• Experience managing external audit relationships and delivering audits to deadline
• Working knowledge of corporate tax compliance processes and experience coordinating external tax advisers
• Experience building and managing audit plans and reporting audit status to senior stakeholders (board, audit committee, or equivalent)
• Highly organised, with the ability to run parallel workstreams across multiple entities and deadlines
• Clear written and verbal communication, able to translate technical accounting into practical guidance for controllers
• Fluent English