Technical Accounting Manager - Polestar

At Polestar we don't just drive innovation in our cars – our entire business model is different from our competitors. We’re looking for a creative, innovative, experienced, and hands-on professional with experience leading teams to support our global financial reporting and technical accounting team.

Let us describe the challenge we’ll offer
As a technical accounting manager at Polestar you will specialize in financial reporting, complex technical accounting matters, and the preparation of our consolidated financial statements. You will also support Polestar’s consolidated group with consolidation, revenue recognition, share-based compensation, financial instruments, and other key topics. As a manager, you will be expected to help grow Polestar’s financial reporting and technical accounting capabilities through staff development, teaching, and leading review of analyses. You will be expected to mentor your staff and build relationships with other areas of the business such as legal, tax, sales, treasury, and human resources as it will be critical to success in this role. This position will sit amongst a growing global finance reporting and technical accounting team operating in our Gothenburg HQ. This role is based in our Mahwah, New Jersey office and reports into the Director of SEC Reporting & Technical Accounting.

This role will require international travel as needed to our Gothenburg, SE Headquarters

What you’ll do

• Assist with the timely preparation and review of financial information filed with the SEC (Forms F-1, F-3, 20-F, and 6-K for a foreign private issuer)
• Manage the preparation of the management discussion and analysis and consolidated financial statements, including footnotes and underlying support workbooks
• Assist in the quarterly and year-end close process, ensuring timeliness and compliance with IFRS
• Manage staff through evaluation and documentation of accounting and financial reporting considerations across various accounting topics under IFRS
• Monitor new accounting pronouncements and research technical accounting issues to assist with determining the impact on the business, financial statements, and disclosures
• Establish working relationships with various members of other departments, including sales, legal, tax, treasury, human resources, and group accounting
• Collaborate with key teams across the business, including legal, treasury, R&D, internal control, business development, and FP&A as part of the operational and technical implementation of new transactions or agreements
• Liaise with external and internal auditors as needed to ensure smooth audit processes and ensure compliance with Sarbanes-Oxley controls
• Participate in special projects and/or other ad-hoc assignments

Who you are

• 5+ years of transaction advisory experience at a Big 4 accounting firm or equivalent
• Bachelor's or Master's degree in Accounting
• Active CPA license
• Knowledge of IFRS, US GAAP, and SEC reporting requirements and regulations
• Knowledge of key accounting concepts such as revenue recognition, intangible assets, R&D, consolidation, debt, equity, and stock-based compensation
• Experience leading staff through the documentation of complex accounting positions in comprehensive memorandums by reference to the relevant regulations and guidance
• Experience managing staff under compressed timelines to meet financial reporting deadlines that are common amongst publicly listed U.S. companies
• Willingness and desire to teach and develop accounting staff
• Extraordinary communication skills both written and verbal
• Understanding of consolidated financial statements, including the ability to articulate how certain transactions impact the financial statements in the period of initial recognition and subsequent periods
• Experience with automotive or technology companies is a plus
• Experience at the FASB or IASB is a plus
• Willingness and ability to travel internationally if required

Polestar – the guiding star

Polestar is an electric performance brand, determined to improve the society we live in by catalyzing the change to sustainable mobility. We are a global team of highly talented individuals who share a passion to change the world. We challenge conventions and we challenge ourselves for the purpose of innovation. We believe innovation is a team effort and that just like each component is critical to the performance of our cars each person working at Polestar is as important to the team and its performance. We work in close collaboration across empowered global teams that don’t settle for anything less than excellence.

Is this you?

If you are interested in joining Polestar, don't wait with submitting your application. We apply a continuous selection process and the job post will be open until the position is filled.

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