Finance Integration Lead (Lisbon, Hybrid)

About the Role

The Finance Integration Lead is a critical member of the finance organization, responsible for leading the successful integration of newly acquired businesses into the company's financial and operational ecosystem. Operating at the intersection of M&A, accounting, finance operations, and technology, this role will drive post-acquisition integration efforts, ensuring acquired entities are rapidly aligned with corporate standards, financial controls, reporting requirements, and systems infrastructure.

As the primary owner of finance integration activities, you will lead the onboarding of acquired businesses into Sage Intacct, Ramp, Paystand, and the company's payroll platforms, while partnering closely with Accounting, FP&A, M&A, IT, Legal, HR, and acquired company leadership teams. Your work will directly impact the organization's ability to scale through acquisitions by creating repeatable processes, accelerating integration timelines, and improving operational consistency across the portfolio.

This role is ideal for a highly organized finance professional who combines strong accounting and systems expertise with exceptional project management and stakeholder management skills.

Key Responsibilities

Acquisition Onboarding & Systems Integration

• Lead the end-to-end financial integration process for newly acquired businesses from transaction close through operational stabilization.

• Manage the implementation and configuration of Sage Intacct, including chart of accounts alignment, entity structure setup, intercompany relationships, consolidation requirements, and financial reporting configuration.

• Lead onboarding and deployment of Ramp across acquired entities, including card issuance, spend controls, approval workflows, expense management policies, and user training.

• Implement Paystand to standardize accounts receivable processes, digital payments, billing workflows, and cash collection procedures.

• Coordinate payroll transitions, including provider migrations, employee data mapping, pay cycle alignment, tax setup, and compliance requirements.

• Oversee data migration activities to ensure financial accuracy, completeness, and continuity of reporting.

• Develop, maintain, and continuously improve integration playbooks, project plans, templates, and checklists to support future acquisitions.

Accounting & Reporting Standardization

• Align acquired entities with corporate accounting policies, including revenue recognition, accrual methodologies, expense classifications, and month-end close procedures.

• Standardize chart of accounts structures to support consolidated financial reporting and operational visibility.

• Establish and enforce monthly close processes, timelines, and reporting requirements across newly integrated entities.

• Partner with Accounting leadership to ensure each acquisition is fully integrated into the company's financial reporting framework within established timelines.

• Identify accounting risks, process gaps, control deficiencies, and legacy practices requiring remediation.

• Support integration of internal controls and governance procedures to ensure compliance with company standards.

M&A Integration Support

• Participate in financial due diligence activities by assessing accounting processes, financial systems, reporting structures, and integration complexity.

• Provide recommendations regarding integration planning, resource requirements, and potential operational risks prior to closing.

• Develop integration roadmaps and Day 1 readiness plans for newly acquired businesses.

• Track integration milestones and ensure timely completion of all finance-related workstreams.

Cross-Functional Leadership

• Serve as the primary finance integration partner for acquired company founders, executives, and operational leaders.

• Collaborate closely with IT teams on system access management, security controls, data migration, and software deployment.

• Partner with Legal and HR teams to support payroll setup, employee transitions, benefits administration, and regulatory compliance requirements.

• Coordinate with FP&A and Accounting teams to ensure reporting consistency and operational visibility throughout the integration process.

Continuous Improvement & Scalability

• Continuously refine integration methodologies based on lessons learned from prior acquisitions.

• Establish and track key integration KPIs, including time-to-integrate, system go-live timelines, reporting readiness, and close-cycle performance.

• Identify opportunities to leverage automation, AI-enabled tools, workflow optimization, and process standardization to improve integration efficiency.

• Contribute to building a scalable acquisition integration framework capable of supporting a growing portfolio of businesses.

Key Requirements

• 5+ years of experience in Finance, Accounting, FP&A, Financial Operations, or related disciplines.

• Minimum 2 years of experience leading systems implementations, business integrations, transformation projects, or post-acquisition integration initiatives.

• Hands-on experience with Sage Intacct, including implementation, administration, configuration, or multi-entity management.

• Experience with spend management platforms such as Ramp and accounts receivable/payment automation solutions such as Paystand or similar technologies.

• Strong understanding of payroll operations, payroll provider transitions, tax considerations, and compliance requirements across multiple jurisdictions.

• Experience operating in private equity-backed companies, holding companies, multi-entity organizations, or acquisitive business environments.

• Strong understanding of accounting principles, financial reporting, month-end close processes, and internal controls.

• CPA, Chartered Accountant, or equivalent accounting certification preferred.

• Excellent project management skills with demonstrated ability to manage multiple concurrent initiatives and stakeholders.

• Exceptional communication, relationship-building, and change management capabilities.

• Advanced proficiency with financial systems, Excel, and business process documentation.

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience supporting mergers and acquisitions, including financial due diligence and post-close integration.

• Background in software, SaaS, technology-enabled services, or high-growth operating environments.

• Experience with multi-entity accounting, intercompany transactions, consolidations, and multi-currency environments.

• Familiarity with process improvement methodologies and operational scaling initiatives.

• Experience creating integration playbooks, standard operating procedures, and implementation frameworks.

• Exposure to business intelligence, workflow automation, or AI-enabled finance tools.

What Success Looks Like

• Newly acquired entities are fully operational within Sage Intacct, Ramp, Paystand, and payroll platforms within targeted integration timelines.

• Acquired businesses successfully transition to standardized accounting, reporting, and close processes with minimal disruption.

• Payroll migrations are completed accurately, on time, and without compliance issues or employee impact.

• Integration milestones are consistently achieved on schedule and within project expectations.

• Financial controls, reporting standards, and governance requirements are adopted across all newly integrated entities.

• Integration playbooks and processes continuously improve, reducing onboarding timelines and increasing efficiency with each acquisition.

• Finance is viewed as a trusted partner in the company's acquisition strategy and post-acquisition value creation efforts.