Senior Accounting Manager (f/m/d)

Job description

About Focused Energy Focused Energy is building the future of clean energy through laser-driven inertial fusion. Backed by our $240M Series A — the largest fully secured Series A in the global fusion industry — we are scaling rapidly across multiple geographies. Based in Germany and the US, we have brought together the top scientific and engineering minds using proven technologies to unlock fusion power at commercial scale. Focused Energy is working to realize game-changing scientific innovation that promises to deliver a clean, sustainable and abundant source of power globally. Your Role As our Senior Accounting Manager, you will own the technical accounting, close, and consolidation processes across Focused Energy's German and US entities. You will bring together IFRS, US GAAP, and German GAAP requirements to deliver reliable financial results as our international business grows. You will have broad ownership of accounting judgments, reconciliations, and reporting quality. You will combine hands-on delivery with process improvement, building the controls, documentation, and automation that help Finance and the wider business trust the numbers. What You'll Do • Own accounting across our international entities, applying IFRS, US GAAP, and German GAAP to complex accounting questions and making well-supported decisions within your remit. • Lead the monthly, quarterly, and annual close, owning close calendars, account reconciliations, intercompany accounting, eliminations, and consolidation across Germany and the US. • Deliver accurate, timely financial statements and management reporting, explaining material movements and giving Finance leadership clear insight into the results. • Build and strengthen accounting policies, internal controls, and documentation, keeping records complete, consistent, and audit-ready as the business scales. • Make our accounting systems work reliably together, improving data flows and reconciliations across NetSuite, NetAssets, Moss, and Ramp and resolving issues before they affect the close. • Turn recurring accounting work into scalable processes, introducing automation and practical tools that reduce manual effort and improve accuracy. • Work directly with Finance and business stakeholders, communicating accounting decisions clearly, surfacing risks early, and resolving issues independently while escalating company-wide policy…