Portfolio Accounting Manager

Beacon Software; Toronto; On-site; CAD 80,000 - 100,000; Full time

Job summary

Beacon Software in Toronto is seeking an Accounting Manager to oversee accounting operations across multiple software companies. This role involves ensuring accuracy in financial activities for 10–15 portfolio companies and managing external accounting teams.

The ideal candidate is experienced in technical accounting and capable of operating in a dynamic, growth-oriented environment. This role is hybrid, requiring in-office attendance 3-4 days a week.

Qualifications

• 3–5+ years of progressive accounting experience, ideally in multi-entity or acquisition-driven environments.
• Proven ability to manage and review outsourced teams or distributed accounting functions.
• Strong understanding of GAAP, revenue recognition, and consolidation principles.

Responsibilities

• Oversee month-end and quarter-end close process across multiple operating companies.
• Review and approve journal entries, reconciliations, and financial statements.
• Partner with FP&A to ensure alignment between accounting outputs and financial models.

Skills

Technical accounting expertise

Team management

Attention to detail

Organizational skills

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Accounting or Finance

CPA designation

Tools

NetSuite ERP

Excel

Google Sheets

Job description

About Beacon Software

Beacon Software is a permanent capital holding company which acquires and grows essential businesses. We are a profitable series B+ firm that combines great technologists, operators and M&A professionals to accelerate the scale of the ambition of the dozens of businesses we own and operate. We are supported by capital from tier-1 venture capital, crossover, and endowment investors as well as the founders of the leading technology companies from the past decade.

Role and Mission

Beacon is seeking an Accounting Manager to oversee accounting operations across our portfolio of software businesses. This role will own the accuracy, completeness, and timeliness of all accounting activities across 10–15 portfolio companies, coordinating closely with outsourced accounting resources and internal finance leadership.

The ideal candidate combines strong technical accounting expertise with the ability to operate in a dynamic, acquisition-driven environment. You’ll ensure clean closes, lead the consolidation and reporting process, and help integrate new acquisitions into our systems and processes.

This is a foundational role in building an internal accounting capability that scales with our growth.

Location: Toronto, ON

Working Arrangements: Hybrid (In-office 3-4 days / week)

What You\'ll Do

Multi-Entity Accounting Oversight

• Own the month-end and quarter-end close process across a portfolio of 10–15 operating companies.
• Review and approve journal entries, reconciliations, and financial statements prepared by outsourced teams.
• Ensure consistent chart of accounts, policies, and accounting standards across entities.
• Partner with the FP&A team to ensure alignment between accounting outputs and financial models.
• Prepare consolidated financial reporting packages for internal leadership and board presentations.

Outsourced Team Management

• Manage and oversee a team of external analysts, AR, and billing specialists, ensuring accuracy, accountability, and on-time deliverables.
• Establish clear SLAs, workflows, and review controls for outsourced accounting functions.
• Act as the bridge between Beacon’s internal finance leadership and outsourced accounting operations.
• Identify and implement process improvements to drive efficiency and consistency across the portfolio.

New Company Integration

• Partner with the Operations team, and Finance Systems teams to onboard new acquisitions into Beacon’s accounting structure.
• Develop integration checklists for financial systems, reporting templates, and control environments.
• Review opening balance sheets, mapping legacy GLs into NetSuite (or other systems) as needed.
• Support the setup of new entities, bank accounts, and intercompany structures.

Financial Control & Reporting

• Maintain strong internal controls and ensure compliance with accounting policies and regulatory requirements.
• Support annual audit processes and liaise with external auditors and tax advisors.
• Review balance sheet reconciliations, deferred revenue schedules, and intercompany eliminations.
• Assist in designing accounting processes that scale with future acquisitions.

Cross-Functional Collaboration

• Partner closely with FP&A, Finance Systems, and Corporate Finance to align accounting data flows and reporting.
• Work alongside the Director of Finance to support cash flow management, performance tracking, and process automation.
• Support special projects and ad hoc analyses related to integrations, system improvements, and accounting structure optimization.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Accounting or Finance; CPA designation required.
• 3–5+ years of progressive accounting experience, ideally in multi-entity or acquisition-driven environments.
• Proven ability to manage and review outsourced teams or distributed accounting functions.
• Experience with NetSuite ERP or similar multi-entity systems.
• Strong understanding of GAAP, revenue recognition, and consolidation principles.
• Excellent organizational, analytical, and communication skills.
• High attention to detail and ability to operate with independence and accountability.

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience working in software or SaaS industries.
• Prior experience integrating acquired companies into a unified accounting system.
• Exposure to system implementations or automation projects (e.g., NetSuite, Runway, Tabs).
• Strong Excel or Google Sheets skills for reconciliations, analyses, and reporting.

Ideal Candidate

• Systems thinker who enjoys optimizing complex, interconnected workflows.
• Operates with precision, attention to detail, and a focus on scalable solutions.
• Comfortable in a fast-paced, evolving environment with multiple stakeholders.
• Curious, proactive, and motivated by continuous improvement and learning.

Descriptors of Personas That Succeed At Beacon

• High agency
• Impatient with actions, patient with results
• Play for front of the jersey
• Intellectually curious
• Perpetual learner
• Low bureaucracy
• Systems thinker
• Optimistic
• Commercial
• Ambitious

Our Values at Beacon Software

• Humility: We acknowledge that the path to getting to the right answer involves being wrong along the way. We have strong beliefs which are weakly held. We actively seek new ideas and believe we can learn from anyone at any time.
• Honesty: We are truth seeking in our approach to business problems. Business is a repeat game and we believe that human relationships generate alpha. We understand that trust is earned over a lifetime and can be lost in an instant.
• Hunger: We play to win. We hold ourselves to high standards and will not be outworked. We take pride in having a deep sense of responsibility to ourselves, each other, our partners, and our customers. We believe to whom much is given much is expected.
• Horizon: We seek to build a generational software company. This will take decades. We manage our expectations and those of our partners to take advantage of the 8th wonder of the world - compounding growth.

How We Use AI in Our Hiring Process: To ensure transparency, we want candidates to know that Beacon Software uses Artificial Intelligence and AI-enabled tools to assist with screening, reviewing, organizing and highlighting profiles and applications that match the key requirements for each role.

AI does not make hiring decisions: Every application is reviewed by a member of our team, and all decisions throughout the process are made by humans. We use AI to support efficiency and consistency, not to replace human judgment. We are committed to a fair, thoughtful, and equitable experience for every candidate.