Manager - Acquisition accounting - industry role

Title: Manager - Acquisition Accounting - Industry Role

Category: Accounting

Career Level: Management

Education Requirement: CPA with solid M&A accounting experience

Description: A private equity company in downtown Vancouver is expanding their deal/acquisition team. They are hiring for a Manager – Acquisitions Accounting. The suitable candidate will be a manager from public practice, with solid private enterprise files and tax experience from a medium to large size practice, preferably with experience in complicated/complex files. This position will be a hands-on role that requires the successful candidate to roll up their sleeves. The person must be a CPA with strong ASPE experience.

Duties include, but are not limited to:

1. Assisting with special projects.
2. Performing due diligence or assisting in the review of the due diligence materials.
3. Reviewing (or preparing, as applicable) financial models.
4. Reviewing the Confidential Information Memoranda (CIM) prepared by third parties for potential projects.
5. Coordinating and preparing documentation to meet various financing requirements to satisfy lenders’ condition precedents for deal closing.
6. Managing banking requirements including KYC/AML processes, new bank account opening for deal project entities, and temporary online banking management.
7. Performing post-closing transition and integration matters.
8. Briefing the acquired management team and employees to ensure they understand the integration process and how it will impact them.
9. Escalating issues requiring senior-level input for quick and effective resolution.
10. Managing interdependencies between functions to prioritize and sequence activities correctly.
11. Assisting in subsidiaries/operational entities’ external audit for the first post-acquisition period year.
12. Performing related daily operational tasks.
13. Reviewing (or preparing, as applicable) bank covenant calculations and analysis.
14. Assisting in financing reporting packages for lenders and board meetings.
15. Ensuring all acquisitions are correctly accounted for, including the preparation and approval of post-closing adjustments after acquisition.
16. Preparing and reviewing financial statements of all entities acquired and/or formed in connection with the acquisitions for first and subsequent year ends.
17. Creating complete working paper files including documentation supporting final financial statements.
18. Working with vendors, as well as their accountants and lawyers, to ensure sufficient acquisition records are obtained to properly manage target companies going forward.

Salary: Salary is negotiable in the $110K-$130K range with excellent benefits, work/life balance, and hybrid work arrangement.