VP, Finance & Controllership

Banyan Software is the best permanent home for software businesses that serve specialized industries, their employees, and their customers. We are on a mission to acquire, build, and grow great companies worldwide, helping them modernize through shared AI expertise and operational discipline. The Banyan Software Foundation, endowed with $100 million in Banyan stock, leverages technology to build a greener and more equitable world. Banyan is Great Place to Work Certified, a five-time Inc. 5000 honoree, and a top 10 company on the Deloitte Technology Fast 500. Founded in 2016 and headquartered in Atlanta, Banyan operates more than 100 portfolio companies across North America, the UK, EU, and APAC.

The Opportunity

This is the operational core of our global Finance function. You will own the close, the consolidation, the audit, and the reporting rhythm that turn a growing portfolio of acquired software companies into a coherent whole.

Banyan acquires vertical software businesses and holds them permanently. We don’t buy to flip. We buy to grow. That permanence shapes how we build Finance: it rewards investment in process, systems, and people that compound over years. You will inherit a function in motion, healthy and growing, and set the trajectory for the next layer of operational maturity across HQ and the operating companies.

You will lead a team across Controllership, Global Payroll, and ERP & Reporting, partner closely with FP&A, Tax, and Treasury at HQ, and work directly with Finance Directors at the operating companies.

Why Banyan

• A permanent-hold model changes how Finance is built. Most controllership leaders inherit a function being optimized for a sale or transition. Here, you’re building for the long arc: maturing close, consolidation, and reporting practices that compound with every acquisition we add. The work you do this year is still relevant five years from now.
• Real scale, real complexity, real velocity. Many legal entities globally. A growing collection of vertical software businesses, each with its own data and accounting nuances, rolling up into one coherent group. Acquisitions flow through the close on a regular cadence.
• Direct partnership with the CFO. You’ll operate as a thought partner, not a back‑office function. The CFO is looking for someone who can translate the numbers into narrative, surface implications, and bring discipline to how Finance shows up across the group.

What You Own

• The global close and consolidation cycle. Own the monthly close across HQ and operating companies under US GAAP. The current close runs about ten days; the working target is five. You will set the path to get there, holding integrity as the floor.
• The year‑end audit. Manage the external audit relationship and deliver a cleanly run year‑end. Coordinate audit asks across HQ and operating companies. Hold the function to a standard an auditor can lean into.
• Group‑level technical accounting. Bring deep US GAAP fluency, particularly around software industry topics. Translate technical positions into practical, operational outcomes. Partner with the CFO on judgment calls that need an executive view. You understand the grey, not just the rule.
• Standardization across operating companies. Partner with OpCo Finance Directors to align chart of accounts, reporting packages, close timelines, and day‑to‑day accounting practice as we continue to migrate operating companies onto a common ERP environment. Bring coherence without flattening what makes each business work locally.
• Controllership, Payroll, ERP & Reporting, and AR / AP leadership. Lead a team of approximately ten, including a Director of Controllership, a Director of Global Payroll, and a Head of ERP & Reporting. Hire, develop, and stretch the team. Build a culture of delegation, ownership, and accountability so the function scales without you becoming the bottleneck.
• HQ Finance partnership. Work alongside the VP, FP&A on reporting infrastructure; with Tax on compliance cadence; and with Treasury on cash and FX support. Bring connective tissue.
• Systems and automation. NetSuite is the group ERP, with adjacent close‑management, AP, and expense tooling in place. Identify and introduce automation, AI, and system enhancements that create efficiency as the portfolio scales.
• Acquisition integration. Integrate newly acquired operating companies into the close and reporting rhythm. Make onboarding repeatable.

Who You Are

• An experienced controllership leader. 12+ years of progressive controllership experience, including approximately 5+ years in a senior Controllership role.
• Public‑company‑grade reporting rigor. You’ve operated in an environment where audit, internal controls, and disclosure discipline are taken seriously. Whether at a public company, a PE‑backed platform with audited GAAP financials, or a leveraged credit reporting to an institutional lender group. Public‑company background is welcome.
• Multi‑entity, multi‑currency, multi‑jurisdiction consolidation. Required . You’ve owned a consolidation across 100+ legal entities, many currencies, and multiple jurisdictions. You know what breaks first when an acquisition lands in the close, and you know how to fix it permanently.
• A Big 4 (or comparable firm) foundation. Required. Big 4, or a strong, reputable firm equivalent.
• Software industry experience. Required. Either in‑industry or as a software‑focused practice at a public‑accounting firm.
• Hands‑on NetSuite experience. Required. NetSuite is the group ERP. We need someone who has worked in it directly, not someone planning to learn it on the job.
• Strong on technical accounting, with commercial sense. Deep US GAAP applied to software industry topics. You navigate technical positions and audit requirements fluently, and you balance the technical view with what is practical and operational.
• An “altitude” leader. You move from the close‑cycle detail to the implications conversation with the CFO without losing either. You tease out the “so what”: not just what the numbers say, but what they mean and what should change because of them.
• A team leader who empowers and trusts. You hire well, develop people, hold a high bar, and run a team without needing to be in the middle of every detail.
• Humble and collaborative. Ego doesn’t show up in the work. You partner across functions without elbows.
• Energized by execution. You drive things to done. You don’t wait for a perfect playbook before you move. The pace is real, and it’s a reason strong operators thrive here.
• Intellectually curious about AI and automation. You evaluate tools. You bring an early‑adopter mindset, even if you haven’t yet led a transformation program. AI is helpful here, not critical.

Strongly Preferred

• Private equity‑backed, holdco, or serial‑acquirer environment.
• Track record leading or supporting Finance systems improvements: NetSuite migrations or expansions, close‑management tool implementations, AI‑enabled tooling.
• Acquisition integration experience: volume of integrations matters more than complexity of any single deal.
• Experience compressing a close cycle.
• Global team experience, including managing or partnering with offshore teams

Location & Compensation

• Location: Toronto, ON, Canada (hybrid - 3 days / week in-office)
• Travel: periodic (~10%)
• Compensation: CAD $200,000-$250,000 base salary, excluding annual bonus and equity (when applicable). Salary is based on a number of factors including market conditions, location and may vary depending on job‑related skills and experience.

This position is for an active vacancy.

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