M&A Accounting & Consolidation Lead

BECO Holding Company; Charlotte (NC); On-site; USD 120,000 - 170,000; Full time

Job summary

Brooks Safety Solutions, a private-equity-backed national provider of fire, life safety and security solutions, based in Charlotte, NC, seeks an Accounting Manager to own end-to-end M&A accounting and consolidation. You will lead deal accounting, acquisition integration, and multi-entity consolidation while partnering with external auditors and supporting Dynamics 365 deployment.

The role offers a path to senior leadership with opportunities to shape close processes, technical accounting, and

Qualifications

• Active CPA required.
• Bachelor's degree in Accounting or related field.
• Big Four audit background, followed by industry experience.
• Hands-on experience integrating acquired businesses from an accounting standpoint.
• Multi-entity consolidation and intercompany experience.
• Strong U.S. GAAP, including purchase accounting; advanced Excel.

Responsibilities

• Lead purchase accounting for each acquisition: opening balance sheets, working-capital true-ups, fair value and intangibles work with external advisors, and earn-out or contingent consideration accounting.
• Own the deal accounting file from signing through audit, including the memos that support it.
• Partner with corporate development on diligence findings that have accounting consequences.
• Lead the day-one and first-100-days accounting integration of each acquired company: chart-of-accounts mapping, policy alignment, intercompany setup, cutover onto our close calendar and systems.
• Build and refine a repeatable integration playbook so each acquisition is faster and cleaner than the last.
• Work alongside the Finance Systems team to bring acquired entities onto Dynamics 365.
• Own the multi-entity consolidation: intercompany, eliminations, minority interests where applicable, and consolidated financial statements on a predictable calendar.
• Own the entity structure from an accounting standpoint as it grows with each deal.
• Build the consolidation process in the system rather than in spreadsheets, and shorten it with every cycle.
• Take ownership of key close workstreams and help shorten the close.
• Draft technical accounting positions and keep policies current as the business changes.
• Serve as a primary contact for external auditors on acquisitions and consolidation; support lender and investor reporting.
• Represent accounting in the Dynamics 365 implementation for consolidation, intercompany and acquisition onboarding: requirements, design, data migration validation, testing.
• Automate what is manual, challenge what is slow, and bring forward better ways to operate.
• Purchase accounting and integration for the next acquisitions delivered on schedule, with a documented playbook by the second deal.
• Consolidation process documented, systemized and measurably faster.
• Consolidation, intercompany and acquisition-onboarding design delivered for the D365 go-live.
• A shorter close, with your workstreams leading the way.
• Clean audit on acquisitions and consolidation.

Skills

U.S. GAAP

Purchase accounting

Intercompany

Consolidation

Advanced Excel

Education

CPA certification

Bachelor's degree in Accounting

Tools

Dynamics 365

Power BI

Power Query

Job description

Brooks Safety Solutions, a private-equity-backed national provider of fire, life safety and security solutions, based in Charlotte, NC, seeks an Accounting Manager to own end-to-end M&A accounting and consolidation. You will lead deal accounting, acquisition integration, and multi-entity consolidation while partnering with external auditors and supporting Dynamics 365 deployment.

The role offers a path to senior leadership with opportunities to shape close processes, technical accounting, and