Financial Reporting Lead

EDP Energias de Portugal S.A.•Houston, TX

5d•Hybrid

About The Position

The US Financial Reporting Lead is a senior individual contributor and the final internal reviewer of US project-company financial statements before submission to the external auditor. The role is accountable for the quality, technical accuracy, consistency, and audit readiness of the complete reporting package, including the primary financial statements, disclosures, supporting schedules, and related consolidation impacts. Although the position has no direct reports, it provides functional leadership across the Accounting, Consolidation, Tax, Finance, and other teams that contribute to the preparation of the financial statements. The role sets expectations, coordinates responsibilities and inputs, challenges the quality of deliverables, and drives issues to timely closure. This position is suited to an experienced public-accounting or financial-reporting professional with senior-level review responsibility, strong US GAAP expertise, hands-on financial-statement review experience, and the ability to lead cross-functional delivery through influence.

Requirements

Bachelor’s degree in Accounting, Finance or a related field; CPA or an equivalent professional accounting qualification strongly preferred
6+ years of progressive accounting, audit, or financial-reporting experience, including substantial public-accounting experience with senior-level responsibility for complex audit or financial-reporting engagements
Demonstrated experience performing detailed reviews of complete financial statements and disclosures under US GAAP; exposure to IFRS, consolidation, and multi-entity reporting strongly preferred
Strong understanding of audit methodology, financial-statement assertions, internal controls, materiality, supporting documentation, and the resolution of audit review comments
Advanced analytical and technology skills, including proficiency in Microsoft Excel and financial-reporting or consolidation systems; experience with SAP FI and consolidation module, or a comparable platform, preferred
Strong ownership and accountability for quality, accuracy, and timely delivery
Sound professional judgment and the confidence to challenge conclusions constructively and independently
Ability to translate complex accounting matters into clear conclusions, actions, and auditor-ready documentation
Excellent written and verbal communication, with the authority and credibility to align cross-functional teams, challenge senior stakeholders constructively, and engage effectively with external auditors
Ability to lead through influence, establish clear ownership, and coordinate multiple teams and financial-statement workstreams in a deadline-driven environment
A continuous-improvement mindset, with the ability to strengthen review processes, controls, templates, and team capability

Nice To Haves

CPA or an equivalent professional accounting qualification
Exposure to IFRS, consolidation, and multi-entity reporting
Experience with SAP FI and consolidation module, or a comparable platform

Responsibilities

Lead the end-to-end coordination and review of US project-company financial statements and disclosures, overseeing contributions from the relevant teams and providing the final internal quality assessment before submission to the external auditor
Review balance sheets, income statements, statements of cash flows, statements of equity, footnotes, and supporting schedules for technical accuracy, internal consistency, completeness, and compliance with US GAAP and and group-reporting requirements
Challenge trial-balance data, account mappings, consolidation adjustments, cash-flow classifications, disclosure support, and unusual or judgmental transactions, ensuring that identified issues are clearly documented and resolved
Act as the principal financial-reporting contact for the external auditor and provide functional leadership to the internal teams contributing to the reporting package, coordinating responsibilities, inputs, dependencies, responses to review comments, and audit requests through final clearance
Evaluate complex accounting and reporting topics, including tax-advantaged partnership structures, consolidation matters, equity-accounted interests, impairment indicators, asset transactions, and other non-routine events
Review account analyses, roll-forwards, reconciliations, and audit-support schedules prepared by Accounting and Finance teams, identifying gaps and improving the quality of supporting evidence
Partner with the accounting and consolidation teams to ensure appropriate account mapping, eliminations, classification, presentation, and consistency among local records and the financial statements
Apply professional judgment to assess materiality, presentation, disclosure sufficiency, and the impact of proposed adjustments or late changes
Establish and maintain review standards, templates, checklists, responsibilities, and governance routines that strengthen accountability, consistency, efficiency, and audit readiness across the US financial-statement portfolio
Provide functional direction and technically grounded feedback to preparers and reviewers across multiple teams, aligning contributors on expectations, priorities, quality standards, and required corrective actions
Manage deliverables, dependencies, and unresolved matters across multiple teams and reporting workstreams, following up on commitments, escalating risks, and proposing practical solutions to protect submission deadlines
Support broader financial-reporting, consolidation, internal-control, and continuous-improvement initiatives as required