Finance Integration Manager - Orion Services Group

The posting, as Orion Group wrote it

Manager, Finance Integration

New York, NY or Remote

Our Culture at Orion

At Orion, we are builders. We want to be the gold standard for people in the Commercial Services trades. We are building a 100+ year business with an A+ team, driven, excited about the future, and looking for people who want to build with us. We believe in hiring people with a growth mindset who are committed to building something bigger than themselves. Our culture is grounded in four core values: Coach, Compete, Collaborate, and Commit. We strive to be low ego, high performance, and deeply committed to our people, our Operating Companies, and our long-term vision.

Orion Service Group is a growing network of commercial services businesses across the United States, spanning HVAC, electrical, plumbing, building automation, and related trades. We are highly acquisitive, integrating 10-15 operating companies per year, and converting each acquisition into a stable, growth-ready business within the first 90 days of ownership.

Orion is a roll-up-your-sleeves culture. At all levels, we expect people to prioritize, act quickly and effectively, demonstrate agility in their thinking, and get the job done every day. This is not a sit-back-and-direct environment. We value doers, problem-solvers, and people who are hands-on and decisive.

The Role

The Manager of Finance Integration owns the finance and accounting workstream across Orion's acquisitions, from late stage diligence through the first close cycles under our ownership. This role sits on the Corporate Controllership team and reports to the VP, Corporate Controller.

You will serve two very different clients. Before close, you support the deal team: pressure-testing the quality of earnings and forming a view on the accounting, tax, legal, and back-office exposure that transaction diligence does not always reach. After close, your client becomes the finance team of the company we just bought. You are on the ground with them, standing up the opening balance sheet, converting their accounting onto our processes and lead schedules, and getting them audit ready alongside the rest of the network.

This is a builder’s role. Our Group VPs of Finance lead the effort to bring each acquisition in their region up to the Orion standard. You build and implement the frameworks and playbooks that make that possible and carry them from deal to deal. You will work alongside the M&A Integrations Manager, who runs the overall integration program, while you own the finance workstream inside it. Much of the value here comes from being physically present at newly acquired companies, working shoulder to shoulder with a controller who has never operated inside a platform before.

What We Are Looking For

Core Competencies

Hands-on accounting depth - you are comfortable with business combination accounting, opening balance sheets, working capital settlements, and reconciliation standards, and you can work through a question with a controller i
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capital true-up settlement and ensure it is recorded correctly.

Post-Close: Bringing the Company Onto the Standard

Convert the acquired company's accounting onto Orion's processes, lead schedules, and reconciliation standards, and get them audit-ready alongside the rest of the network.

Lead migration onto Orion's accounting and control workflow platforms.

Be the accessible answer for accounting and finance questions on site and through the first close cycles.

Document the control environment at each acquisition and identify what has to be stood up first.

Framework and Program

Maintain and improve the documentation framework for the finance onboarding of acquisitions: the playbook, checklists, templates, and lead schedule standards that make it executable by someone other than you.

Improve it after each deal so every acquisition starts further along than the last.

Partner with the Group VPs of Finance, who are the owners of the effort in their regions, and with the M&A Integrations Manager, who runs the overall integration program.

Reporting Structure

This position reports directly to the VP, Corporate Controller, and partners closely with the Group VPs of Finance, the deal team, and the Integrations team.

Work Location and Schedule

This is a full-time role based in New York, New York. Remote candidates will be considered for the right fit. Travel of 50%+ to operating companies is expected as part of the integration process.

Compensation

The salary for this role will be determined based on experience, qualifications, and alignment with organizational needs.

Our Values

Own It

Take responsibility for your results and empower others to own theirs.

Act With Care

Strive to do work you can be proud of today and in 100 years. Lead with humility, curiosity, and transparency.

Be Agile

Have a growth mindset, embrace continuous improvement, and keep reinventing yourself.

Win Together

Serve the team, learn from each other, and collectively raise the bar.