Job Description

Company Overview

Metrea delivers effects-as-a-service to national security partners across five domains and more than a dozen mission areas. These include airborne ISR, electronic warfare, secure communications, aerial refueling, special air missions, aerial firefighting, and advanced simulation. We own the whole stack: designing, building, and operating turnkey capabilities that give our partners decisive, asymmetric advantage against rapidly evolving threats.

Our operating model is built around three interlocking pillars. The Support Groups provide a global shared-service – spanning people, finance, platform, operations, legal, and engagement. This frees up our Core Groups, who develop and own mission capabilities end-to-end, to focus entirely on delivery. The Market Groups apply a regional lens, ensuring that our agile and adaptable capabilities remain aligned to the wicked problems that matter most to our partners across the Americas, EMEA, and Asia-Pacific.

At the heart of our model is a simple but powerful idea: be a true partner with skin in the game. Our partners need effects, not just equipment. By owning the full stack – from the lab to the field – we are able to drive a continuous cycle of innovation that keeps our partners ahead. It's a fast-moving, intellectually demanding environment where talented people are given real responsibility, work on problems that matter, and contribute to an enterprise that is growing quickly and deliberately.

Headquartered in Washington, DC, with facilities across the United States, the United Kingdom, as well as Continental Europe and Asia-Pacific.

Position Summary

Metrea is looking for a European Statutory Reporting Manager to take ownership of financial reporting and statutory compliance across our European entities — a role at the heart of a fast-moving, multi-jurisdictional business.

Reporting to the European Financial Controller, you'll lead statutory accounts, audit coordination, and tax and regulatory reporting, acting as the key link between our finance function and external auditors, tax advisors, and legal counsel.

Reporting to the European Financial Controller, you'll bring strong technical expertise — particularly in UK GAAP — along with the ability to lead and develop a high-performing team. This role is ideal for someone who enjoys complexity, takes pride in getting the details right, and wants to shape how reporting works across a growing international business.

What You'll Do

• Own and manage the statutory and regulatory reporting calendar across all European entities, ensuring compliance with local filing requirements and proactive management of deadlines.
• Lead the preparation, review, and submission of annual statutory financial statements for European legal entities, including all required disclosures and reconciliations from U.S. GAAP group reporting to applicable local GAAP frameworks.
• Serve as the primary point of contact for external auditors, leading the annual audit process end-to-end — planning, coordination, issue resolution, and review of audit findings, management letter recommendations, and proposed adjustments — ensuring statutory financial statements accurately reflect underlying accounting records.
• Prepare and review consolidation and statutory reporting adjustments for the UK Group in accordance with applicable accounting standards.
• Deliver periodic internal reporting requirements, including maintenance of the European intercompany matrix, reconciliation of intercompany balances, and analysis of consolidation and elimination entries.
• Monitor and communicate the status of statutory, regulatory, and tax compliance obligations — coordinating with internal and external tax advisors on direct and indirect tax requirements across European jurisdictions — and provide regular updates to finance leadership
• Provide technical accounting support across the European Group, including researching complex accounting matters, preparing accounting position papers, and drafting technical accounting memoranda.
• Maintain expertise in UK GAAP and other relevant European accounting and regulatory frameworks, proactively assessing the impact of new standards and emerging reporting requirements.
• Identify opportunities to enhance financial reporting processes, strengthen internal controls, and champion a culture of continuous improvement across the European finance organization.
• Partner effectively with finance leadership, operational teams, and external advisors on strategic projects, acquisitions, restructurings, and other ad hoc initiatives as required.

What You Bring

• ACA, ACCA, or equivalent professional qualification. 
• Minimum 5 years’ experience within a top 10 audit firm, with strong exposure to financial reporting and technical accounting matters. 
• Audit background with experience leading teams and delivering against tight reporting deadlines. 
• Strong technical expertise in UK GAAP. 
• Proven people management and stakeholder management capabilities. 
• Must possess the ability to communicate effectively, both verbally and written.  
• Strong organizational, analytical, and problem‑solving skills. 
• Advanced Excel proficiency. 
• Discretion and confidentiality are always required. 

Additional Eligibility Qualifications

• Knowledge of other European GAAPs. 
• US GAAP experience advantageous. 
• Experience working with D365 or other large ERP systems. 

Benefits

• Private Medical Insurance   
• Subsided gym membership / plans through Wellhub   
• Electric Car scheme   
• Cycle to work scheme   
• Salary sacrificed pension scheme   
• Free lunch on office days  
• Enhanced Parental Leave  
• 30 days annual PTO plus b/h 
• Bonus Scheme 
• Personal development opportunities

Work Authorization / Security Clearance

The employee will have the legal right to work in the UK and will be able to produce right to work documentation.   

AAP/EEO Statement

Metrea Management Limited (MAM)  is an Equal Opportunity Employer. Employment decisions are made without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, or other characteristics protected by law.  

Position Type and Expected Hours of Work

This is a full-time position with typical working hours of Monday through Friday, 9:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m.

Work Environment

Hybrid, Hammersmith, 3 days per week

Travel

10-20%

Our Firmware

At Metrea, our single core value is Rooted in Humility, and our four cornerstone attributes are Entrepreneurial, Systematic, Discerning, and Over-Deliver. These form what we call our Teammate Firmware. Just like technical firmware connects software and hardware, our Firmware is the constant interface between our mission and our people. It defines how we show up, how we work together, and how we solve complex problems.

Our team Firmware creates a web-like, hyper-collaborative, dynamically hierarchical way of working that helps us adapt quickly, communicate openly, and distribute decision-making to where expertise actually lives. It enables groups to self-organize around hard problems, shift fluidly as priorities evolve, and operate with the trust, curiosity, and discipline required in a complex mission space. This foundation allows us to deliver elegant, effective solutions and uphold our purpose: protecting our precious inheritance.