Finance Integration Lead

Job Title: Finance Integration Lead
Location: Lisbon, Portugal
Employment Type: Full-time
About Solen Software Group

Solen Software Group is an investment and operating company that acquires and operates proven software businesses with significant growth potential across a variety of vertical markets, enabling each to become a market leader in its niche. Solen's portfolio spans Human Resource Technology, Fleet Telematics, Asset Management, E-Health, Document Management, and other innovative software solutions. Solen is backed by a group of advisors and investors who have built software businesses of material scale (10–100M in ARR) and have advised many more. We are at the beginning of a decades-long journey, and every decision we make reflects that long time horizon.

About the Role
The Finance Integration Lead is a high-impact, cross-functional role at the intersection of M&A, accounting, and systems implementation. You will be the primary point of accountability for integrating newly acquired businesses into Solen's financial infrastructure — Sage Intacct, Ramp, Paystand, and our payroll platforms — ensuring each entity meets group standards for reporting, accounting, and controls within defined timelines.
Key Responsibilities

Acquisition Onboarding & Systems Integration

• Lead end-to-end financial integration of newly acquired companies, from closing through steady-state operations

• Execute integration of each entity onto Sage Intacct (ERP), including chart of accounts alignment, intercompany setup, and consolidation configuration

• Onboard acquired entities to Ramp for corporate spend management, card issuance, and policy enforcement

• Implement Paystand for accounts receivable, digital payments, and billing automation within each portfolio company

• Coordinate payroll integration — mapping acquired company payroll data, providers, and cycles into the group's approved payroll framework

•  Build and maintain integration playbooks and checklists to reduce friction and accelerate onboarding timelines with each successive acquisition

Accounting & Reporting Standardization

•  Align each acquired entity's chart of accounts, revenue recognition policies, accrual methods, and close processes to Solen group standards

•  Establish and enforce a standard monthly close calendar across all portfolio companies

•  Work with the Director (HO) of Control & Accounting to ensure each entity is reporting-ready within 60–90 days of acquisition close

•  Identify and remediate accounting gaps or legacy practices that do not meet group policy

Cross-Functional Collaboration

•  Partner with the M&A team during due diligence to assess financial systems, processes, and integration complexity

•  Serve as the primary finance contact for acquired company founders and operators during the integration window

•  Collaborate with IT and operations on system access, data migration, and security provisioning

•  Coordinate with legal and HR on payroll jurisdiction setup, benefit plan transitions, and compliance requirements

Continuous Improvement

•  Continuously refine the integration playbook based on lessons learned from each acquisition

•  Track and report on integration of KPIs (time-to-integrate, system go-live dates, close readiness)

•  Identify opportunities to leverage technology — including automation and AI tooling — to accelerate integration workflows

Key Requirements to succeed  

•  5+ years of experience in finance, accounting, or FP&A, with at least 2 years in a systems integration or implementation role

•  Hands-on experience with Sage Intacct — implementation, configuration, or multi-entity management

•  Familiarity with spend management platforms (Ramp or similar) and digital payment solutions (Paystand, Stripe, or similar)

•  Strong understanding of payroll processes, provider transitions, and compliance requirements across US states

•  Experience working in a private equity, holding company, or multi-entity environment

•  CPA or equivalent accounting qualification preferred

•  Excellent project management skills — comfortable owning timelines, escalating blockers, and driving accountability

•  High EQ and strong interpersonal skills — you will be working with founders who have just sold their company
Preferred Requirements to succeed  

•  Experience supporting M&A transactions including financial due diligence

•  Background in vertical SaaS, software, or technology businesses

•  Familiarity with intercompany consolidation and multi-currency accounting

•  Exposure to process documentation and playbook creation

What success looks like 

•  Newly acquired entities are live on Sage Intacct, Ramp, and Paystand within 90 days of close

•  Payroll transitions are seamless — zero compliance issues, no missed pay runs

•  Each entity participates in the group's standard monthly close within 90 days of acquisition

•  A continuously improving integration playbook that shortens integration timelines over time

Solen-isms (How We Operate)

· Ownership Mindset: We own the mission. We don't wait to be told. We lead, fix, and build as if it were ours. When problems arise, we run toward them, not away.

· Benchmark to Best: We seek out excellence. We measure ourselves against the best and adapt quickly, always looking for the edge that moves us forward.

· Openly Self-Critical: Leaders go first: they surface their misses early, ask for direct feedback, and turn “game film” into better decisions and better systems.

· Disagree & Commit: Leaders disagree openly and constructively, regardless of title or tenure, because truth is how we avoid bureaucracy and benchmark to best. 

· Figureitoutiveness: Embracing challenges, fostering growth, and taking initiative, leaders thrive on hard work and high failure tolerance.

· Mutual Elevation: Committed to growth, elevating teams, developing future leaders, and removing barriers to mastery and joy.

· Learn-it-alls: Learn-it-alls, not know-it-alls, embracing failure as part of growth and progress.

· Pioneering: Pioneering driven by opportunity, using first principles thinking and unbound by tradition or rules.

· Will to Win: Leaders relentlessly pursue potential, reject mediocrity, and get what they tolerate.

· Dialectical: We learn through conversation. We ask, listen, question, and evolve — valuing disagreement as a tool for alignment and deeper understanding.

· Frugality: Achieving more with less, focusing on quality, long-term value, and company-wide responsibility.

· Candor: We communicate with integrity, transparency, and respect in all conversations.

· Kaizen: Kaizen is continuous improvement as a way of life. Leaders make hundreds of small upgrades that compound, turning lessons into standards and standards into durable systems.

Recruitment Disclaimer 

Solen Software Group will never request payment, banking information, or other sensitive personal or financial details during any stage of the recruitment process. All official communication will come from a verified @solensoftwaregroup.com email address. Any outreach outside these standards should be disregarded and reported through our official channels. 

We thank all applicants for their interest in joining Solen Software Group. Only candidates selected for an interview will be contacted.