VP, Finance & Controllership in Toronto

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.

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.
• Real scale, real complexity, real velocity.
• Direct partnership with the CFO.

What You Own

• The global close and consolidation cycle.
• The year-end audit.
• Group-level technical accounting.
• Standardization across operating companies.
• Controllership, Payroll, ERP & Reporting, and AR / AP leadership.
• HQ Finance partnership.
• Systems and automation.
• Acquisition integration.

Who You Are

• An experienced controllership leader.
• Public-company-grade reporting rigor.
• Multi-entity, multi-currency, multi-jurisdiction consolidation.
• A Big 4 (or comparable firm) foundation.
• Software industry experience.
• Hands-on NetSuite experience.
• Strong on technical accounting, with commercial sense.
• An “altitude” leader.
• A team leader who empowers and trusts.
• Humble and collaborative.
• Energized by execution.
• Intellectually curious about AI and automation.

Strongly Preferred

• Private equity-backed, holdco, or serial-acquirer environment.
• Track record leading or supporting Finance systems improvements.
• Acquisition integration experience.
• 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).

Diversity, Equity, Inclusion & Equal Employment Opportunity at Banyan: Banyan affirms that inequality is detrimental to our Global Teams, associates, our Operating Companies, and the communities we serve. As a collective, our goal is to impact lasting change through our actions. Together, we unite for equality and equity. Banyan is committed to equal employment opportunities regardless of any protected characteristic, including race, color, genetic information, creed, national origin, religion, sex, affectional or sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, lawful alien status, ancestry, age, marital status, or protected veteran status and will not discriminate against anyone on the basis of a disability. We support an inclusive workplace where associates excel based on personal merit, qualifications, experience, ability, and job performance.

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