FP&A Manager

We are making our first dedicated FP&A hire: an FP&A Manager to own short-range forecasting, variance analysis, and accounting-grounded financial modeling across a multi-entity, multi-currency group, operating at both corporate and SPV level.

Reporting to the VP of Accounting, this is a hands-on, builder role: you will design the forecasting and reporting cadence from scratch, in an environment where capital deployment is large, fast, and lumpy — data center build-outs, GPU procurement, colocation deployments, and project financing.

This is not a classic long-range planning seat. The emphasis is on near-term accuracy: rolling 13-week cash forecasting, in-quarter and quarterly reforecasts, burn management, and models that reconcile cleanly to the general ledger and to US GAAP accounting positions.

What You Will Be Doing:

• Own the rolling 13-week cash flow forecast across all group entities and currencies (GBP, USD, EUR, NOK), including AP outflows, payroll, project payments, and intercompany funding.
• Run a monthly and quarterly P&L reforecast cycle covering opex, capex, headcount, and cash runway, with clear bridges to the prior forecast.
• Produce consolidated cash and burn reporting for the VP of Accounting, CFO, board, and investors, and manage runway scenarios against the funding plan.
• Deliver monthly actuals-vs-forecast and actuals-vs-budget variance analysis at entity, department, and project level, with root-cause commentary.
• Track project-level cost variances on data center deployments against approved budgets and purchase commitments.
• Build and maintain the group's operating and financial model on a US GAAP basis, consistent with the group's technical accounting positions (capitalization policy, ASC 842 lease accounting, project-finance debt, share-based compensation).
• Model the P&L, balance sheet, and cash flow impacts of major transactions: site acquisitions, colocation and lease commitments, GPU financing, debt drawdowns, and equity events.
• Establish variance thresholds, escalation routes, and reporting formats that will stand up as SOX-adjacent management review controls.
• Define the FP&A calendar, templates, and data model, and contribute to ERP design during the NetSuite implementation.

What You Bring:

• Qualified accountant (ACA, ACCA, CIMA or equivalent), or equivalent depth in US GAAP-based modeling — this role requires genuine accounting fluency, not just spreadsheet fluency.
• 5+ years in FP&A, with demonstrable ownership of short-range cash forecasting and variance analysis in a capital-intensive or high-burn environment.
• Experience in multi-entity, multi-currency groups; comfort with intercompany flows and FX in forecasting.
• Strong grasp of accrual accounting mechanics: able to build a three-statement model that ties to the trial balance and explain timing versus rate versus volume variances.
• Advanced Excel; experience with leading ERPs is strongly preferred.
• Comfort with ambiguity and zero-to-one process building; you write clearly and present numbers that go to the board without rework.

Nice to Have:

• Data center, infrastructure, energy, or other project-finance-heavy sector experience.
• Exposure to SOX 404 environments or IPO/listing readiness.
• Familiarity with ASC 842, ASC 718, or capitalization of infrastructure assets.
• Experience forecasting in pre-revenue or early-revenue companies.

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, keep a healthy balance between work and life, and build a career you're proud of.