Accounting Lead - M&A

About the role

Salesforce is looking for an Accounting Lead within its M&A team. The manager is responsible for technical accounting analysis, financial diligence and post-close integration related to the company's acquisition strategy, working with Corporate Development, Finance, Legal, Tax, Employee Success and Operations to evaluate transactions, assess accounting implications, prepare technical documentation and report on acquired entities.

Key responsibilities

• Perform technical accounting research and prepare documentation on business combinations, asset acquisitions, equity transactions and fair value measurements.
• Support purchase price allocations, goodwill and intangible asset assessments, and prepare opening balance sheets.
• Analyse stock-based compensation, foreign currency translation, consolidation and statutory reporting in applicable jurisdictions.
• Prepare audit-ready memos and schedules, support internal and external audit requests, and guide local teams on US GAAP to statutory adjustments.
• Ensure compliance with US GAAP, IFRS, local standards, SEC rules and internal accounting policies.
• Take part in financial accounting due diligence, evaluate historical financial statements, quality of earnings and off-balance-sheet exposures.
• Contribute to deal structuring discussions and purchase term agreements, and lead or support integration workstreams such as chart of accounts mapping, close process integration and policy harmonisation.
• Establish scalable processes and internal controls for new acquisitions across Finance, and help rationalise legal entities, including mergers, business transfer agreements and liquidations.
• Act as a resource to corporate and regional finance teams, explain technical topics to non-technical stakeholders and improve M&A accounting practices.

Required profile

• Bachelor's degree in Accounting, Finance or a related field.
• CPA/CA (or equivalent) required.
• 6-8+ years of progressive accounting experience, including public accounting (Big 4 or national firm) or technical accounting.
• Hands-on experience with business combinations, due diligence and purchase accounting.
• Experience in a multinational environment and with multi-currency entities.
• Prior involvement in post-merger integration activities.

Required skills

• Strong technical accounting expertise in US GAAP and IFRS, especially business combinations, stock compensation, foreign currency, consolidation and international tax.
• ERP or system integration experience.
• Ability to communicate clearly with cross-functional and remote teams.