A leading PE backed professional services business requires an experienced M&A integration Director to refine the integration playbook, and to help drive synergies post-acquisition.
Duties to include:
- Working with the Head of M&A and COO to refine and clearly communicate the integration playbook/strategy
- Ensure close collaboration with the Head of M&A / wider M&A team to begin integration planning/preparation pre-deal
- Support the M&A team with due diligence of targets and to highlight potential integration issues and synergies early in the acquisition process
- Build strong relationships with internal stakeholders to ensure efficient integration and realisation of synergies (for both recent and historical acquisitions)
- Work with department heads and founders of acquired businesses to drive synergy and value creation (cost and revenue)
- Put in place the foundations to allow for larger scale acquisitions and synergy realisation longer term
- Ensure a feedback loop to the M&A team to develop future DD and approach to acquisitions
- Chair integration SteerCo and all related project meetings
- Develop effective reporting to track projects against KPIs and to inform key stakeholders of milestones
- Proactively resolve any integration roadblocks and issues
- Engage with the business to discover new opportunities for synergy realisation & cost optimisation
- Work with technology teams to aid in the development of cross-departmental enhancements/efficiencies
- Support the COO in a range of activities and projects
Candidate skillset:
- An experienced integration leader
- Excellent communication and stakeholder management skills
- The ability to engage with a wide audience and drive geographically dispersed project teams
- The ability to implement project reporting and KPIs
- Proven ability to drive both cost and revenue focussed synergies and value creation
- Likely from a professional services or consulting background originally
- Positive outlook and highly energetic personality
