Finance Manager - Stockholm

Banyan Software is the best permanent home for software businesses that serve specialized industries, their employees, and their customers. With a buy-grow-and-hold-for-life approach and a permanent capital base, Banyan acquires and grows companies worldwide, honoring founder legacies and helping portfolio companies modernize through shared AI expertise and operational discipline. Founded in 2016, Banyan operates more than 120 portfolio companies across North and South America, Europe, and APAC, and has appeared on the Inc. 5000 list for six consecutive years. The Banyan Software Foundation, endowed with $100 million in Banyan stock, leverages technology to build a greener and more equitable world. This is an exciting and entrepreneurial opportunity to join a fast-paced software consolidator with a significant growth trajectory. Reporting to Banyan’s VP Finance, based in London, this role is ideal for someone looking for a leadership position that combines strong technical finance and accounting expertise with broader business operations and commercial exposure. As Finance Manager for the Nordics region, based in Stockholm, Sweden, they will take ownership of accounting, treasury, FP&A, reporting and finance systems across a portfolio of high-quality software businesses owned by Banyan. They will also play an important role in integrating new acquisitions as Banyan continues to grow its presence across the region. The finance team aims to play a truly “value-added” role within the business, partnering closely with senior operators and using financial data and insights to support better decision-making, drive performance and create long-term shareholder value. Responsibilities: Lead the Finance function for a portfolio of companies with support from a team of internal and offshore finance resources Contribute to the day-to-day accounting work of the portfolio, including but not limited to setting up customer contracts, ensuring correct oversight and supervision as it pertains to booking expenses and accruals, treasury and banking needs Assist in the preparation of timely and accurate GAAP financial statements, board reporting, budgets, and KPIs of operating companies Perform quality assurance on finance and accounting work product (e.g., reviewing GL postings for accuracy, monitoring revenue recognition, refining variance explanations in reporting, etc.) Contribute to the performance of operating companies through analysis of budget-to-actuals, revenue and expense analysis, and insights that further facilitate decision-making Lead the operational / financial integration of acquisitions and implement financial initiatives identified during the M&A process Lead finance process improvement projects that drive efficiency and best-practices within our operating companies. Document Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs) to promote best practices and efficiency across the portfolio Other ad-hoc tasks that may arise from…