M&A Finance Integration Lead
OpenAI
Summary
As a M&A Finance Integration Lead, you will own and scale OpenAI's finance integration model. This is a highly cross-functional, transactions driven role for someone who can bring structure to ambiguity, translate deal complexity into executable workplans, and drive successful M&A outcomes across multiple teams.
Job description
About the Role
As a M&A Finance Integration Lead, you will own and scale OpenAI's finance integration model. This is a highly cross-functional, transactions driven role for someone who can bring structure to ambiguity, translate deal complexity into executable workplans, and drive successful M&A outcomes across multiple teams.
We're looking for someone to be the central point of accountability to oversee finance workstreams across the full M&A lifecycle. You'll ensure integrations are executed cleanly, financial risks are mitigated early, and our books, controls, and systems remain stable as OpenAI scales.
In this role you will:
- Define and build standardized, scalable M&A finance integration frameworks.
- Drive consistent execution across multiple, simultaneous M&A integrations.
- Ensure timely, accurate M&A diligence including historical financials, revenue, equity, tax, and procurement.
- Lead integration planning for deal close readiness across accounting, valuation, payroll, banking, entities, and controls.
- Translate deal terms and integration strategy into actionable workplans, timelines, and dependencies.
- Ensure on track deal execution accounting, operational integration, systems cutover, and reporting.
- Proactively surface post-close deal integration risks and drive mitigation plans.
You might thrive in this role if you have:
- 10+ years of experience across M&A, deal integration and finance transformation, ideally in an Investment Banking/PE backed environment and/or high-growth technology company.
- Demonstrated experience leading multiple, concurrent M&A negotiations and deal integrations with complex cross-functional dependencies.
- Strong understanding of deal accounting, controls and reporting in a fast changing environment.
- Exceptional stakeholder management and executive communication skills.
- A Bachelor's degree in Finance, Business Administration, or a related field (CPA or MBA a plus).
Requirements
- 10+ years of experience across M&A, deal integration and finance transformation
- Experience in Investment Banking/PE backed environment and/or high-growth technology company
- Demonstrated experience leading multiple, concurrent M&A negotiations and deal integrations with complex cross-functional dependencies
- Strong understanding of deal accounting, controls and reporting in a fast changing environment
- Exceptional stakeholder management and executive communication skills
- Bachelor's degree in Finance, Business Administration, or a related field
- CPA or MBA a plus
Benefits
- Medical, Dental & Vision
- Health Savings Accounts
- Health FSA
- Dependent Care FSA
- Commuter Benefits
- 401(k) Matching
- Paid Parental Leave
- Paid Medical Leave
- Paid Caregiver Leave
- Flexible PTO
- Paid Company Holidays
- Mental Health Support
- Life Insurance
- Disability Coverage
- Learning & Development Stipend
- Daily Meals
- Relocation Support
- Charitable Donation Matching
- Wellness Stipends
Company overview
OpenAI is an artificial intelligence research laboratory and company based in San Francisco, California. Founded in 2015 by Elon Musk, Sam Altman, Greg Brockman, Ilya Sutskever, Wojciech Zaremba, and John Schulman, OpenAI initially operated as a non-profit research organization before transitioning to a capped-profit model. The company's mission is to ensure that artificial general intelligence (AGI) benefits all of humanity. OpenAI has developed groundbreaking AI technologies including GPT (Generative Pre-trained Transformer) models, DALL-E for image generation, and Codex for programming assistance. Their most notable product, ChatGPT, has revolutionized human-AI interaction and brought large language models to mainstream audiences. OpenAI conducts cutting-edge research in machine learning, natural language processing, computer vision, and reinforcement learning, while also developing practical AI applications that are transforming industries worldwide.