Finance Director – M&A Integration

Verità Telecommunications Corporation • Northville Charter Township, MI

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About The Position

We are seeking an experienced Finance Director – M&A Integration to lead the financial integration of newly acquired businesses and help build a scalable finance organization capable of supporting continued growth.

Reporting directly to the CFO, this role serves as the finance leader for post-acquisition integration efforts, partnering closely with accounting, finance, operations, IT, human resources, and acquired-company leadership teams. The role combines accounting, controllership, and FP&A expertise with hands-on experience integrating businesses following acquisitions. It is a highly visible leadership position with the opportunity to drive impact across financial performance, systems integration, operational efficiency, and strategic growth initiatives.

The Finance Director will lead post-acquisition financial integration, standardize accounting and reporting practices, strengthen controls and planning capabilities, improve working capital and cash flow, and lead finance-related systems and process initiatives. The role will also coach finance personnel, support acquired-company leaders, provide executive updates, and establish a repeatable integration framework for future acquisitions.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in Accounting, Finance, or a related field.
• 10 or more years of progressive finance and/or accounting experience.
• Demonstrated experience leading finance integration efforts following acquisitions.
• Strong background in financial reporting, accounting, budgeting, forecasting, and financial analysis.
• Experience integrating financial processes, reporting structures, and systems across multiple business units.
• Deep understanding of income statements, balance sheets, cash flow, working capital, and operational financial drivers.
• Advanced Excel and financial modeling skills.
• Excellent communication, leadership, and project management capabilities.

Nice To Haves

• CPA, CMA, or MBA.
• Experience in construction, telecommunications, infrastructure, engineering, utilities, or other project-based industries.
• Experience with ERP implementation or integration projects, including NetSuite or similar platforms.
• Experience with Power BI or other business intelligence tools.
• Experience integrating founder-led or entrepreneurial businesses.
• Experience in a private equity-backed or acquisition-driven environment.

Responsibilities

• Lead the finance workstream for post-acquisition integrations and develop and execute integration plans, milestones, and deliverables.
• Evaluate acquired businesses’ accounting practices, financial processes, systems, controls, reporting, and organizational structures.
• Establish Day 1, 30/60/90-day, and long-term integration priorities; coordinate integration of accounting, FP&A, treasury, payroll, purchasing, and related finance functions.
• Identify integration risks, process gaps, and opportunities for standardization and improvement, while partnering with operations to maintain business continuity.
• Monitor acquisition performance, including revenue, EBITDA, cash flow, working capital, and synergy realization.
• Ensure timely and accurate financial reporting for acquired businesses; standardize accounting policies, chart of accounts, close processes, and management reporting.
• Support purchase accounting, opening balance sheet reviews, and acquisition-related accounting matters; improve close processes and integration into consolidated reporting.
• Strengthen financial controls, reconciliations, accrual processes, and revenue and cost recognition practices.
• Develop budgets, forecasts, financial models, and operational KPIs; analyze results against budgets, forecasts, and acquisition expectations.
• Partner with business leaders to identify financial drivers, support decision-making, and perform profitability analysis across customers, projects, business units, and service lines.
• Improve forecasting capabilities for revenue, margins, labor, subcontractor costs, capital expenditures, and cash flow.
• Lead finance-related ERP, reporting, and data integration initiatives; standardize processes and reporting across acquired companies.
• Establish and enhance internal controls and approval workflows; identify opportunities to automate, streamline, and scale finance processes.
• Partner with IT and finance teams to improve data quality and reporting accuracy, and develop repeatable integration frameworks for future acquisitions.
• Improve visibility into accounts receivable, accounts payable, and working capital performance.
• Partner with operations to improve billing, collections, project closeout, and cash flow management; develop metrics and accountability structures to improve cash generation and working capital efficiency.
• Serve as a trusted finance partner to acquired-company leadership teams and lead change management while building cross-functional relationships.
• Coach and develop finance personnel through integration activities.
• Provide executive-level updates on financial performance, integration progress, risks, and opportunities.
• Help create a repeatable finance integration playbook for future acquisitions.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Director