Manager, Technical Accounting

Careers at Keel  

Keel Infrastructure is a publicly traded energy and digital infrastructure company that develops and owns data centers and power assets across North America. 

At Keel, you’re not just joining a company, you’re helping build the infrastructure behind the future of compute. 

Why Keel 

We’re at the intersection of energy and technology, two industries transforming in real time. 

The work is complex. The pace is fast. The impact is real. 

You’ll be part of a team that values: 

• Ownership — we take responsibility and follow through 

• Collaboration — we work across teams, functions, and borders 

• Curiosity — we ask questions and keep learning

• Endurance — we build for the long term

What It Feels Like to Work Here 

• Fast-moving, high-growth, and hands-on 

• Smart, driven people solving real challenges together 

• Work that directly supports AI and next-generation infrastructure 

• Room to grow, stretch, and take on more 

What We Offer 

• Competitive salary, bonus and equity opportunities 

• Comprehensive health and wellness benefits 

• Retirement savings with company contribution 

• Employee referral program 

Interested? This is a great opportunity to work for a young and dynamic company!

We are currently looking for a Manager, Technical Accounting to join our team

Purpose of the Role

The Manager, Technical Accounting owns recurring technical accounting matters for a public infrastructure company operating Bitcoin mining and developing HPC and AI data center infrastructure: quarterly technical accounting disclosure content, SAB 74, contingencies and commitments, segments, the equity and share tables, share-based compensation, and leases. The role reports to the VP, Technical Accounting. Technical Accounting operates as the center of excellence for accounting quality, training others on new accounting standards implementation and regulatory guidance affecting reporting requirements.

Key Responsibilities

Recurring Quarterly Matters

• Own quarterly technical accounting disclosure content, and the SAB 74 assessment of not-yet-adopted standards, each filing cycle

• Maintain contingencies and commitments positions under ASC 450 and ASC 440 quarter over quarter across a high-volume contract and commitment population

• Maintain the ASC 280 segment reporting analysis as the business evolves, and run recurring related-party screening under ASC 850

• Apply established positions for digital asset and mining pool revenue each quarter, and run the quarterly subsequent events scoping sweep, escalating treatment questions with a proposed answer

• Prepare the quarterly ASC 360 impairment indicator assessment and supporting analyses

Equity, Share Tables, and Share-Based Compensation

• Own the options and share tables each quarter, reviewing preparation by the Senior Associate

• Account for share-based compensation under ASC 718, including award modifications, and earnings per share, and maintain the supporting workpaper inventories each filing cycle

Leases and Contract Review

• Own recurring lessee lease accounting under ASC 842, including modifications, and screen service and supply arrangements for embedded leases

• Perform accounting review of lower- and moderate-risk contracts: full reads including exhibits, capture of accounting-driving clauses with section references, and risk assessment

• Maintain the contract register and coordinate the quarterly contract completeness review with Legal

Documentation and Audit Support

• Maintain and re-perform recurring quarterly memos under the function's documentation standards, and contribute to memos on complex matters

• Prepare support and walkthroughs for the external auditors on recurring matters, and respond to their requests on owned items

• Escalate new fact patterns and first-time positions to the Senior Manager or VP with a proposed answer

Requirements

Experience & Background

• 5 to 7 years of public accounting or technical accounting experience: a manager or strong senior from a large international public accounting firm, or a public company accountant who has owned technical accounting or financial reporting matters on a quarterly cadence

• Track record of delivering recurring quarterly work accurately and on schedule, from either the preparer or the audit side, with documentation that withstands review

• SEC registrant exposure required; infrastructure, energy, construction, or digital asset experience a plus

Technical Knowledge

• Working depth in ASC 718, ASC 842, ASC 450 and 440, ASC 280, and EPS, and working knowledge of ASC 360 and digital asset accounting or the ability to build it quickly

• Working knowledge of SEC reporting requirements, including Regulation S-X and Regulation S-K, as they apply to quarterly and annual filings

• Ability to apply an established position to a new quarter or a new contract and to recognize when the fact pattern has moved outside it

• Strong Excel, including share table and workpaper mechanics; working use of AI tools to accelerate research, documentation, and recurring analyses, with output reviewed for accuracy against source

Delivery & Competencies

• Ability to manage a high-volume, deadline-driven quarterly workload

• Sound judgment on when to resolve an issue and when to escalate it

• Clear, cited documentation that a reviewer and an auditor can re-perform

Educational Requirements

• Bachelor's degree in accounting or a related field

• US CPA required

Other

• Our HQ is downtown in the financial district.  We work hybrid remote with in-office expectation 3 days per week on a Monday-Friday work schedule.
• Compensation package includes the stated base salary range, a year-end bonus, and a yearly equity grant.  

NYC 140000 - 170000 USD