Manager - Acquisition and accounting - industry role

Title Manager - Acquisition and accounting - industry role

Category Mergers & Acquisitions / Deals accounting

CareerLevel Management

EducationRequirement CPA with solid M&A accounting exp

Description Private equity company in downtown Vancouver is expanding their deal/acquisition team. They are hiring for a Manager – mergers/acquisitions. Suitable person will be a manager from public practice, with solid private enterprise files and tax experience from a medium to large size practice, someone who has done complicated/complex files preferred. 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 exp.

Duties will include but not limited to:

- Assisting with special projects and the duties include but not limited to:
- Perform due diligence or assist in the review of the due diligence materials
- Review (or prepare, as applicable) financial models
- Review the Confidential Information Memoranda (CIM) prepared by third parties for potential projects
- Coordinate and prepare documentation to meet various financing requirements in order to satisfy lenders’ condition precedents for deal closing
- Manage banking requirements including KYC/AML processes, new bank account opening for deal project entities and temporary online banking management
- Perform post-closing transition and integration matters
- Brief the acquired management team and employees so that they understand the integration process and how it will impact them
- Escalate issues requiring senior-level input so they are resolved quickly and effectively
- Manage the interdependencies between functions so activities are prioritized and sequenced correctly
- Assist in subsidiaries/operational entities’ external audit (including any required valuation processes, as applicable) for the first post-acquisition period year
- Perform related daily operational tasks
- Review (or prepare, as applicable) bank covenant calculations and analysis
- Assist in financing reporting packages for lenders and board meetings
- Ensuring that all acquisitions are correctly accounted for – including the preparation and approval of post-closing adjustments after acquisition;
- Preparing and reviewing financial statements of all entities acquired and/or formed in connection with the acquisitions for first and subsequent year ends;
- Creating complete working paper files including documentation supporting final financial statements;
- Working with vendors, as well as their accountants and lawyers, to ensure sufficient acquisition records are obtained in order 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.