Finance Integration Manager - Orion Services Group

Orion Group•New York, NY

5d•Hybrid

About The Position

Orion Services Group is a growing network of commercial services businesses across the United States, spanning HVAC, electrical, plumbing, building automation, and related trades. We are highly acquisitive, integrating 10-15 operating companies per year, and converting each acquisition into a stable, growth-ready business within the first 90 days of ownership. Orion is a roll-up-your-sleeves culture. At all levels, we expect people to prioritize, act quickly and effectively, demonstrate agility in their thinking, and get the job done every day. This is not a sit-back-and-direct environment. We value doers, problem-solvers, and people who are hands-on and decisive. The Manager of Finance Integration owns the finance and accounting workstream across Orion's acquisitions, from late stage diligence through the first close cycles under our ownership. This role sits on the Corporate Controllership team and reports to the VP, Corporate Controller. You will serve two very different clients. Before close, you support the deal team: pressure-testing the quality of earnings and forming a view on the accounting, tax, legal, and back-office exposure that transaction diligence does not always reach. After close, your client becomes the finance team of the company we just bought. You are on the ground with them, standing up the opening balance sheet, converting their accounting onto our processes and lead schedules, and getting them audit ready alongside the rest of the network. This is a builder’s role. Our Group VPs of Finance lead the effort to bring each acquisition in their region up to the Orion standard. You build and implement the frameworks and playbooks that make that possible and carry them from deal to deal. You will work alongside the M&A Integrations Manager, who runs the overall integration program, while you own the finance workstream inside it. Much of the value here comes from being physically present at newly acquired companies, working shoulder to shoulder with a controller who has never operated inside a platform before.

Requirements

8+ years in accounting or finance, with meaningful experience in acquisitions, integration, transaction services, or audit.
Hands-on experience with business combination accounting: opening balance sheets, purchase price allocation, and working with third-party valuation specialists.
Experience with quality of earnings work or transaction diligence, from either the buy side or the advisory side.
Ability to form a view on tax and legal exposure at a target, size it, and know when to escalate it. You do not need to be the tax specialist, but you do need to recognize the issue and quantify the risk before someone else does.
Track record of standing up accounting processes where they were informal, and of writing the frameworks and templates that made them stick.
Direct involvement in at least one accounting system implementation or migration.
Proficiency across Microsoft Office and AI platforms (Claude or ChatGPT).
Willingness to travel. This role is built around being on-site with newly acquired companies.

Nice To Haves

Experience with COINs, Sage Intacct, FloQast, or comparable platforms is a strong plus.
Experience with monday.com or comparable project tooling is a plus.
CPA is a plus, not a requirement.

Responsibilities

Join the deal after LOI to support the quality of earnings process and pressure-test the accounting behind the adjustments.
Form a view on the target's exposure profile across accounting, tax, and legal, including likelihood and magnitude, and route it to the VP of Corporate Controller, the deal team, and outside advisors as early as possible and before close wherever the timeline allows.
Assess the target's back office against what it will need to run efficiently inside the network, across people, process, and systems.
Track how identified risks are addressed, and carry what remains into the integration plan.
Own the collection and quality of the data our outside advisors need to finalize the ASC 805 valuation and the opening balance sheet.
Lead the balance sheet teardown at the acquired company and resolve what diligence surfaced.
Support net working capital true-up settlement and ensure it is recorded correctly.
Convert the acquired company's accounting onto Orion's processes, lead schedules, and reconciliation standards, and get them audit-ready alongside the rest of the network.
Lead migration onto Orion's accounting and control workflow platforms.
Be the accessible answer for accounting and finance questions on site and through the first close cycles.
Document the control environment at each acquisition and identify what has to be stood up first.
Maintain and improve the documentation framework for the finance onboarding of acquisitions: the playbook, checklists, templates, and lead schedule standards that make it executable by someone other than you.
Improve it after each deal so every acquisition starts further along than the last.
Partner with the Group VPs of Finance, who are the owners of the effort in their regions, and with the M&A Integrations Manager, who runs the overall integration program.