Head of Technical Accounting & Financial Governance

Company Description

Acumatica is a company on a mission. We are a leading innovator in cloud ERP (Enterprise Resource Planning) solutions with growing businesses worldwide. But don’t take our word for it—read what analysts like G2, IDC, Nucleus Research, and Info-Tech have to say about us. Acumatica is different by design and purposely built to help small and midsized companies thrive in today’s digital economy. Our industry-specific business management solution is engineered to address real-world needs—featuring intelligent workflows and market-leading usability that enable companies to manage risk, anticipate disruption, and seize new opportunities. Our principled business practices, growth-friendly licensing, and flexible deployment options put organizations in control of their own future. Acumatica is more than just a product—we are a community of partners, customers, and creators committed to elevating business performance. Our ecosystem is driven by collaboration, merging leading technology and real-world insights to put organizations control of their future. In May of 2025, Acumatica was acquired by Vista Equity Partners, a global investment firm focused on enterprise software, data and technology-enabled businesses.

Acumatica’s culture is collaborative and high-energy. We are passionate about our product and our mission, and we are loyal to each other and our company. We value work/life balance, efficiency, simplicity, freakishly friendly customer service, and making a difference in the world. Acumatica offers exceptional professional and financial growth potential. To learn more about Acumatica’s mission, please visit: http://www.acumatica.com.

Job Description

We are seeking a strategic and highly experienced Head of Technical Accounting & Financial Governance to join our Accounting Leadership Team.

This role will serve as the accounting governance leader for the organization, responsible for ensuring the company can successfully scale through acquisitions, international expansion, and future capital market readiness while maintaining accounting integrity, financial governance, and strong internal controls.

The position combines leadership in technical accounting, accounting policy, acquisition accounting, treasury oversight, and tax governance. It is a highly visible role that partners closely with executive leadership, external auditors, tax advisors, lenders, and cross-functional business leaders.

Specific goals for this position are centered around creating strong accounting governance framework supporting continued growth and acquisitions; ensuring clean audit results and effective accounting integration of acquired businesses; maintaining well-documented accounting positions for complex transactions and scalable policies and controls supporting future organizational growth; and effective oversight of treasury and tax governance activities.

Key Responsibilities

Lead Accounting Governance

• Serve as the company’s primary authority on accounting policies, technical accounting matters and governance frameworks
• Evaluate complex transactions and determine appropriate accounting treatment
• Advise executive leadership on accounting implications of strategic initiatives
• Drive annual audits process and transaction-related review
• Lead technical accounting discussions with external auditors
• Prepare accounting position papers and technical memoranda

Drive Acquisition Accounting

Partner with Corporate Development, Finance Transformation, and Accounting teams to:

• Support accounting diligence efforts
• Assess accounting and reporting risks
• Lead purchase accounting activities
• Coordinate valuation specialists and external advisors
• Establish opening balance sheets
• Guide accounting integration decisions

Lead Tax Governance and Treasury Oversight

• Manage relationships with external tax advisors and serve as internal owner for tax governance, planning and audit support
• Oversee liquidity management and cash governance
• Manage banking relationships
• Support debt covenant compliance
• Review cash forecasting and liquidity planning
• Partner on financing activities and lender reporting

Qualifications

• CPA designation
• 10+ years of progressive accounting experience, including 4+ years in a senior leadership role with a public company or a late-stage PE-backed private company
• Mix of Big-4 or equivalent global audit firm and corporate accounting experience strongly preferred
• Deep expertise in U.S. GAAP with significant experience with ASC 606 and ASC 805
• SaaS or subscription business experience
• Experience supporting acquisitions and business integrations

Additional Information

Acumatica is an Affirmative Action and Equal Opportunity Employer/Veterans/Disabled. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, or protected veteran status and will not be discriminated against on the basis of disability.
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For this role, the salary range is $190,000-$210,000 annually. This range represents the low and high end of the salary range for this job and may vary based on location. The actual salary offer will carefully consider a wide range of factors, including skills, qualifications, experience and other relevant elements.
At Acumatica, certain roles are eligible for additional rewards, including annual bonus and stock. These awards are allocated based on individual performance. In addition, certain roles also have the opportunity to earn sales incentives based on revenue or utilization, depending on the terms of the plan and the employee’s role.

Benefits/perks listed here may vary depending on the nature of your employment with Acumatica and the country where you work. US-based employees gain access to healthcare benefits (medical, dental and vision insurance for you and your dependents), employer paid Short-Term/Long-Term Disability and Basic life coverage, 401(k) plan with company match, Flexible time off, sick and safe leave, among others.