Want to be a part of Asia Pacific & Middle East's (APME) largest, most innovative, and rapidly growing data centre company?
AirTrunk is a technology company with a powerful purpose - to scale and sustain the relentless growth of the region’s digital future. We do this by continuously redefining and delivering hyperscale data centres that meet the needs of our customers - the world’s most transformational companies. And we’re doing so sustainably, for today and tomorrow.
Having opened Australia’s first and largest hyperscale data centres in 2017, we set our eyes on rapid expansion and now operate a platform of hyperscale data centres across the APME region. With backing from our investors, including Blackstone, this is just the beginning…
Come join the A-Team at AirTrunk, where the cloud meets the ground.
A Snapshot
As a Finance Manager, you will report to the Senior Finance Manager - Japan and play a critical role in strengthening financial control, governance, and scalable finance processes across the Japan business during a period of rapid growth.
Working closely with Finance, Operations, and regional stakeholders across Japan, Sydney and Singapore, you will contribute to the development of a best-in-class finance function that supports business growth while maintaining strong financial discipline and governance.
This role offers broad exposure across financial control, capital project governance, business initiatives, and cross-functional finance activities. You will have the opportunity to work on a wide range of operational and strategic matters while developing the skills and experience required for future finance leadership opportunities.
Key aspects of the role include:
- Supporting the continued growth of AirTrunk's Japan business through strong financial control and governance
- Driving process improvement, simplification, and standardisation across finance activities
- Acting as a key finance lead across accounting, finance operations, and capital project activities, balancing hands-on execution with effective review and oversight
- Partnering with regional and local stakeholders on strategic and ad hoc business initiatives
- Helping build scalable finance processes and controls to support a rapidly expanding organisation
Your Day to Day
Financial Control & Reporting
- Support month-end and year-end close processes, ensuring accuracy, completeness, and timeliness of financial reporting
- Review balance sheet reconciliations and maintain strong control over key financial accounts
- Prepare and review journal entries, accounting analyses, and supporting documentation for significant or complex transactions where required
- Ensure compliance with internal policies, accounting standards, and financial governance requirements
- Coordinate and support annual external audits across a large and growing portfolio of Japan entities, partnering with auditors, service providers and internal stakeholders.
- Support statutory reporting and regulatory compliance activities across a growing portfolio of Japan entities
- Review accounting analyses, statutory financial statements, tax deliverables and other outputs prepared by external advisers and service providers, applying sound professional judgement and challenge where appropriate
- Assist with financing-related reporting obligations and board reporting requirements as needed
- Contribute to the ongoing enhancement of financial reporting processes and controls to support an expanding legal entity structure
Capital Projects & Asset Governance
- Support financial oversight of capital expenditure programs across Japan
- Partner with colleagues across Finance and Operations to ensure appropriate governance over capital projects and construction-in-progress balances
- Review asset classification and capitalisation assessments to ensure accurate accounting treatment
- Support the management, review and reconciliation of construction-in-progress balances, partnering with finance operations colleagues to ensure timely capitalisation and accurate project accounting
- Contribute to the ongoing enhancement of project accounting and capital management processes and controls
Business Growth & Strategic Initiatives
- Partner with finance and business leaders on strategic projects, process improvement initiatives, and business expansion activities
- Support implementation of new systems, processes, and operational frameworks as the business scales
- Participate in cross-functional and regional initiatives that drive continuous improvement across the organisation
- Act as a trusted finance partner across the business, providing analytical insights, practical advice, and financial support to stakeholders.
- Support the Finance leadership team in evaluating new business opportunities, corporate initiatives, and organisational scaling requirements as the Japan platform continues to expand.
Requirements
- 8-12 years of relevant experience in accounting, audit, financial reporting, or financial control roles
- Strong understanding of financial reporting, accounting principles, internal controls, and financial governance
- Experience managing or auditing multiple legal entities, special purpose vehicles, funds, or complex corporate structures would be highly regarded
- Experience gained within Big 4 audit, accounting advisory, transaction services, structured finance, real estate funds, or similar professional services environments is highly regarded
- Ability to review and assess complex accounting analyses prepared by internal or external specialists
- Experience working with externally managed accounting, fund administration, or service provider operating models would be advantageous
- Experience within real estate, infrastructure, data centre, construction, or other capital-intensive industries would be advantageous, but is not required (SPC, SPV, TMK)
- Demonstrated ability to operate effectively in a fast-paced and evolving business environment
- Strong analytical, problem-solving, and critical-thinking skills
- Hands-on, proactive individual who is willing to take ownership and drive outcomes
- Comfortable operating at both a strategic and detailed level, with a willingness to remain hands-on when required
- Mature team player with strong interpersonal skills and the ability to build collaborative relationships across a diverse stakeholder group
- Strong organisational skills with the ability to manage multiple priorities simultaneously
- CPA, CA, or equivalent professional qualification preferred
- Fluent in both English and Japanese
The AirTrunk Culture
Working at AirTrunk is a once in a lifetime opportunity to fast-track your career and amplify your impact. Whilst you’re helping scale our region’s digital future, we’ll help you Grow@Hyperscale and unleash your full potential.
The pace in which we operate means you’ll feel an electric atmosphere at AirTrunk. We are a team of challengers and collaborative problem solvers who break new ground every day. We do this by living our values, going above and beyond, and being dynamic, transparent, and responsive.
Every AirTrunker brings their own unique background and diverse perspective to find solutions to problems that matter. We make sure you have everything you need to make your mark and thrive in a flexible and safe working environment, where everyone feels welcome. Our benefits empower AirTrunkers to stay positively charged.
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