Senior Manager, M&A Accounting

Veralto; Massachusetts; Hybrid; USD 170,000 - 193,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Bonus pay

Remote-friendly

Paid holidays & PTO

Career development & training

Comprehensive benefits & 401(k)

Job summary

Veralto seeks a Senior Manager, Mergers & Acquisitions Accounting to lead technical accounting for business combinations, impairments, and post‑acquisition activities in a global, highly acquisitive environment.

You will partner with Corporate Development, Tax, and operating teams on acquisitions, divestitures, and investment opportunities, ensuring SOX and SEC reporting readiness while driving process improvements.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Accounting; CPA preferred.
• 7+ years experience in a large, international, public accounting firm or multinational company.
• ASC 805 knowledge with purchase price allocations and fair value adjustments.
• ASC 350/360 impairment accounting for intangibles, goodwill, and long‑lived assets.
• Experience supporting SEC disclosures in public-company environments.
• Ability to partner with external auditors.

Responsibilities

• Partner with Corporate Development and management on acquisition issues and due diligence findings.
• Facilitate purchase price allocations and other valuations for acquisitions.
• Partner with acquired finance teams on post‑acquisition opening balance sheets.
• Interface with external auditors on SOX compliance and opening balances.
• Evaluate initial accounting for minority investments and equity method activities.
• Review impairment indicators and fair value adjustments from financing rounds.
• Collaborate with Corporate Tax on acquisition-related plans and accounting.
• Drive adoption of technology (AI and Alteryx) in accounting workflows.
• Support quarterly and annual SEC disclosures and external reporting.
• Oversee associates on the Corporate Accounting Team as needed.
• Participate in global finance projects to improve efficiency and standardize processes.

Skills

Acquisition accounting ASC805

Impairment accounting ASC350/360

Multinational/public-company

SEC disclosure coordination

External auditors liaison

Cross-functional partnership

Education

Bachelor's degree in Accounting

CPA preferred

Tools

Alteryx

Job description

Imagine yourself…

• Doing meaningful work that makes an everyday impact on the world around you.

• Owning your ambition and fueling your career growth.

• Thriving in a supportive team environment that inspires you to strive for excellence.

At Veralto, our unifying purpose of Safeguarding the World’s Most Vital Resources™ is more than words: it’s a proven path towards positive change, improvement for our planet, and development for yourself.

Whether we’re ensuring the continued availability of clean drinking water, protecting our waterways, or enhancing the traceability, color accuracy, and packaging of everyday essentials, the work we do every day contributes to a safer world and a more sustainable future.

When you join Veralto’s vibrant global network of 14 operating companies and 17,000 associates, you join a unique culture and work environment where purpose meets possibility: where the work you do has an everyday impact on the resources and essentials we all rely on, and where you’ll have boundless opportunities to deepen your skillset, pursue your ambitions, and grow your career.

About the role

As Senior Manager, Mergers & Acquisitions Accounting, you will play a visible role in the strategic growth engine of Veralto. Veralto is focused on growth through both organic performance and strategic investment opportunities. This role puts you close to that strategy, partnering with senior leaders, Corporate Development, Finance, Tax, and operating company teams on acquisitions, divestitures, and investments that help shape the future of the business.

Veralto is an active, highly acquisitive organization, which means you will be part of a busy, evolving environment with regular opportunities to learn, be challenged, and contribute to work that matters.

You will serve as a key technical accounting leader, guiding accounting and valuation matters related to business combinations, strategic investments, impairment analyses, and post-acquisition activities while ensuring compliance with evolving accounting standards. The work is highly cross‑functional and will require strong partnership with senior levels of management, giving you meaningful visibility and influence across a global organization.

Reporting directly to the Corporate Controller, this role combines technical accounting depth, strategic thinking, executive partnership, and exposure to a high-volume M&A environment.

The preferred location for this role is hybrid in Waltham, MA, but remote candidates will be considered.

In this role, a typical day will look like:

• Partner with Corporate Development to address technical, acquisition‑related issues and facilitate transition of such matters and due diligence findings to operating company’s management.

• Facilitate purchase price allocation studies performed by third‑party valuation firms and other valuations of newly acquired businesses.

• Partner with acquired company finance teams to prepare and review post‑acquisition opening balance sheets.

• Interface with external auditors on review of opening balance sheets, valuation results and Sarbanes‑Oxley (SOX) compliance matters.

• Evaluate and propose initial accounting for early‑stage minority investments, convertible debt, and equity method investments and LP/LLC activities.

• Review portfolio investments for impairment indicators and fair value adjustments arising from new financing rounds and make recommendations on accounting.

• Work with Corporate Tax team to understand acquisition‑related step plans and associated accounting requirements to support global tax strategy planning.

• Drive adoption of technology and tools, including AI and Alteryx, in corporate accounting activities.

• Support:

• The quarterly and annual SEC disclosure and external reporting processes.

• Corporate functional areas, as required, by providing financial and business analytic support.

• As required, the integration of acquisitions, including the monitoring of purchase accounting activity as well as post‑acquisition integration activities.

• Provide direct and indirect oversight of other associates on the Corporate Accounting Team as required.

• Participate in and act as a resource for global finance projects and initiatives aimed at improving efficiency, increasing standard work, and creating global best practices.

The essential requirements of the job include:

• Bachelor’s degree in Accounting . CPA preferred.

• 7+ years of experience in a large, international, public accounting firm and/or large multinational company required.

• Expert knowledge in:

• Acquisition accounting under ASC 805, including experience performing or auditing third‑party purchase price allocations, contingent consideration, call/ put options, and fair value adjustments to inventory.

• Accounting for Impairments of Intangible Assets, Goodwill, and Long‑Lived assets under ASC 350 and 360.

• Experience supporting accounting matters in multinational and public-company environments.

• Ability to partner with external auditors and support SEC disclosure / external reporting processes.

We offer:

• Bonus/incentive pay

• A flexible, remote-friendly work environment

• Paid holidays and a permissive paid time off policy emphasizing flexibility and trust

• Ongoing investment in your career through dedicated training, on‑the‑job development, and coaching

• Total rewards that support your success at work and beyond, including comprehensive health benefits, a 401(k) savings plan with employer match, and associate wellbeing programming with rewards

With annual sales of $5.5 billion, Veralto is a global leader in essential technology solutions with a proven track record of solving some of the most complex challenges we face as a society. Our industry‑leading companies with globally recognized brands are building on a long‑established legacy of innovation and customer trust to create a safer, cleaner, more vibrant future.

Veralto’s Water Quality companies—Aquatic Informatics, ChemTreat, Hach, McCrometer, Ott, Kipp & Zonen, Sea‑Bird Scientific, Trojan Technologies, and XOS—manage, treat, purify, and protect the global water supply, from municipal and wastewater treatment facilities to lakes, rivers, watersheds, and oceans. And our Product Quality & Innovation companies—Esko, Linx, Pantone, TraceGains, Videojet, and X‑Rite—protect the world’s food, medicine, and essentials by tracking and authenticating the billions of goods that travel the global supply chain every day. Veralto is headquartered in Waltham, Massachusetts, with 300+ locations worldwide.

US ONLY :

The below range reflects the range of possible compensation for this role at the time of this posting. We may ultimately pay more or less than the posted range. This range may be modified in the future. An associate’s position within the salary range will be based on several factors, including, but not limited to, relevant education, qualifications, certifications, experience, skills, seniority, geographic location, performance, shift, travel requirements, sales or revenue‑based metrics, any collective bargaining agreements, and business or organizational needs.

The compensation range for this role is $170,000 - $193,000 USD per year. This job is also eligible for Bonus Pay.

We offer a comprehensive package of benefits including paid time off, medical/dental/vision insurance and 401(k) to eligible employees.

Note: No amount of pay is considered to be wages or compensation until such amount is earned, vested, and determinable. The amount and availability of any bonus, commission, benefits, or any other form of compensation and benefits that are allocable to a particular employee remains in the Company’s sole discretion unless and until paid and may be modified at the Company’s sole discretion, consistent with the law.

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Veralto Corporation and all Veralto Companies are committed to equal opportunity regardless of race, color, national origin, religion, sex, age, marital status, disability, veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity, or other characteristics protected by law. We value diversity and the existence of similarities and differences, both visible and not, found in our workforce, workplace and throughout the markets we serve. Our associates, customers and shareholders contribute unique and different perspectives as a result of these diverse attributes.

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Veralto and all Veralto Companies are committed to equal opportunity regardless of race, color, national origin, religion, sex, age, marital status, disability, veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity, or other characteristics protected by law. We value diversity and the existence of similarities and differences, both visible and not, found in our workforce, workplace and throughout the markets we serve. Our associates, customers and shareholders contribute unique and different perspectives as a result of these diverse attributes.