[Hiring] Lead Accountant @Bloom Equity Partners

Role Description

We would rather be direct than have you find this out in week two. The finance function is small relative to the group around it. There is a Controller, a part-time Staff Accountant, and an Accounting Administrator, and they support four operating businesses on legacy systems while a NetSuite implementation replaces them. A revenue accounting seat is currently vacant. The close, the reconciliations, billing, collections, and the reporting all compete for the same few hours. This role takes the execution.

• You own the close calendar and land it.
• You own the reconciliations and the schedules behind them.
• You own billing and collections.
• You supervise and develop the two people who process the transactions.
• You carry the finance workstreams of the NetSuite migration for the areas you own — opening balances, sub-ledger tie-out, and the parallel run.

Qualifications

• Full ownership of a monthly close in a multi-entity environment, including reviewing other people’s work.
• Hands-on ASC 606 experience in a subscription software or SaaS business.
• Prepared deferred revenue roll-forwards and worked multi-element contracts yourself.
• Understanding of the difference between a booking, an invoice, and revenue.
• NetSuite experience, hands-on.
• Migration or implementation exposure is materially preferred over long tenure as a routine user.
• Multi-currency and intercompany experience — prepared translation, remeasurement, and intercompany entries.
• Accounts receivable and collections ownership, with a track record of moving an aging profile.
• Supervisory experience — managed or closely reviewed at least one person’s work.
• Bachelor’s degree in accounting or finance and five or more years of progressive accounting experience.

Requirements

• CPA or CA, or actively pursuing it. We will support completion.
• Experience in a private-equity-backed business — monthly discipline and short-notice requests are normal here.
• Experience bringing an acquired set of books onto a group chart of accounts and close calendar.
• Cross-border US and Canada experience, including indirect tax in both.
• Advanced Excel and comfort with data — large reconciliations, Power Query, and enough reporting-tool fluency to answer your own questions.

Company Description

Soutron Global builds and supports library, archive, and collections management software for the GLAM market — galleries, libraries, archives, and museums. We serve public libraries, archives including corporate archives, and corporate libraries. Customers include state library consortia, national and municipal archives, government ministries, and Fortune 500 corporate information centers.

The group has been assembled by acquisition and comprises Soutron, Auto-Graphics (VERSO, SHAREit), MINISIS, and Biblionix (Apollo, Artemis), operating across the United States, Canada, and the United Kingdom in three currencies. Revenue is overwhelmingly recurring and retention is strong. The group is backed by Bloom Equity Partners.