Senior Manager, Financial Reporting

Senior Manager, Financial Reporting

Job Category:
Finance

This is Hybrid — 3 days in office per week working from Englewood, CO

Senior Manager, Financial Reporting Technical Accounting

About the Role Jeppesen Fore Flight is a high-growth SaaS and On-Premise software company operating with the urgency of a startup and the financial rigor expected by Thoma Bravo, one of the world's most sophisticated technology-focused private equity investors. Acquired in 2025, we are in active build mode establishing the accounting infrastructure, controls, and reporting capabilities required to support scale, audit readiness, and an eventual exit event.

We are seeking a Senior Manager of Financial Reporting to build the company's consolidated external reporting function under US GAAP, drive financial reporting through IPO readiness, and serve as a subject matter expert on complex and judgmental accounting matters. This is not a role for someone who maintains what exists. It is a role for someone who identifies what is missing, builds it correctly, and holds the organization accountable to it.

Key Responsibilities:

• Financial Reporting:
  Lead the preparation of consolidated US GAAP financial statements, disclosures and footnotes for purposes of external reporting to shareholders and creditors. Develop and own the quarterly reporting calendar and support requests. Assist in the management and coordination of annual external and internal audits, ensuring proper accounting treatments and disclosure requirements are followed. Lead the financial reporting workstream for IPO readiness, including preparation of Form S-1 financial statements, footnotes, and Management's Discussion & Analysis (MD&A) in compliance with SEC Regulation S-X and Regulation S-K, together with any required pro forma financial information under Article 11 of Regulation S-X.
  
  Coordinate responses to SEC staff comment letters and partner with external auditors and securities counsel throughout the registration and review process. Build the public-company reporting capability required post-IPO, including timely preparation of Forms 10-K, 10-Q, and 8-K, XBRL tagging, earnings release support, and emerging disclosure areas such as segment reporting and earnings per share (ASC 260).
• Technical Accounting:
  Serve as the company's subject matter expert on complex and judgmental accounting matters, such as business combinations, leases, stock-based compensation, debt and equity instruments, and goodwill and impairment. Research, conclude on, and document technical accounting positions in audit-ready memos for new, non-routine, and judgmental transactions. Partner with Legal and business stakeholders to assess the accounting impact of new contracts, transactions, and business arrangements.
  
  Monitor, assess, and implement new accounting standards (ASU adoptions), updating accounting policies and disclosures accordingly.
• SOX Controls:
  Design, Documentation & Execution:
  Design and document the financial reporting control environment (ICFR) from the ground up, including control matrices, process narratives, and walkthroughs in an organization building these capabilities for the first time. Execute and oversee operating effectiveness testing, identifying and remediating control deficiencies ahead of external audit. Establish review controls, segregation-of-duties standards, and evidence-retention practices across the close and reporting cycle. Partner with internal and external auditors to scope controls and drive SOX readiness for a public-company control environment.
• Systems:
  Oracle ERP:
  Serve as the financial reporting power user for Oracle ERP, ensuring the system supports accurate consolidation, reporting, and an efficient close. Identify and implement system enhancements, automations, and reporting improvements that reduce manual effort and close-cycle risk. Partner with IT and FP&A on data integrity, chart-of-accounts governance, and reconciliation between subledgers and the general ledger.
• Cross-Functional Partnership & Team Leadership:
  Lead, mentor, and develop reporting staff, setting a zero-defect standard for accuracy and timeliness. Partner…