Mergers and Acquisitions Manager

The Senior Manager will be responsible for successfully leading and managing multiple integration initiatives within the Integration Management Office (IMO), ensuring newly acquired entities are properly integrated (culture, systems, policies and processes) and Ryan captures the maximum synergies and deal benefits.

Duties and responsibilities:

• Successfully anticipates needs and manages expectations of others, building strong relationships.
• Ability to work in a fast-paced collaborative environment both independently and as a part of a cross-functional team with professionals at all levels.
• Facilitates and delivers effective and efficient communication between employees, business leaders, and GSS department team members/leads, to drive expected results and create a positive team member experience.
• Proven ability to lead and manage diverse, cross-functional, global, and senior project teams.
• Partners with cross-functional stakeholders, team members, and acquired companies to effectively prioritize and plan the completion of all integration milestones/work.
• Effectively serves as a trusted advisor to acquired company and Firm leaders.
• Drives creation of detailed program/project plans, including action planning and roadmap management, ensuring all major milestones are met, budgets are managed, interdependencies are aligned, and key stakeholders are satisfied.
• Deploys IMO Framework and Playbook to effectively and efficiently complete integration activities.
• Applies critical thought leadership, proactively identifies problems, and develops and aligns key stakeholders to alternative solutions/plans to achieve integration milestones and complete projects.
• Effectively anticipates, identifies, and removes risks and roadblocks that impact delivery to action plans and roadmaps, escalates issues to leadership accordingly.
• Supports pre-transaction integration planning and post-transaction execution to proper business integration and accuracy of critical business data.
• Provides timely status reporting of milestones, dependencies, risks, and issues to M&A lead, executive owners, and leadership.
• Develops integration Change Management strategies with SMEs and department leaders to ensure a smooth transition of new processes, policies, and systems.
• Performs other duties as assigned.

Education and Experience:

• Bachelor’s degree or equivalent with 7-10 years of successful M&A integration professional experience, MBA or similar postgraduate qualification desirable.
• 5-7 years of Project Management Experience, or other relevant leadership experience.
• Finance knowledge and experience preferred.

Computer Skills:

• Proficient in Microsoft products and project management tools such as Smartsheet.
• Excellent written (email, PowerPoint) and verbal communication skills across multiple levels of the organization (senior executives, managers and SMEs).
• Ability to deal with ambiguity in a rapidly evolving project environment.
• Detail-oriented and strong commitment to producing high quality work.
• Understanding of basic financial metrics.
• Strong drive for results and continuous improvement.
• Demonstrated successful experience with Program/Project Management.

Certificates and Licenses:

• PMP Certification (preferred).

Supervisory Responsibilities:

• This position is responsible for leading a group of indirect project team members and may require managing direct reports.

Independent travel requirement: up to 10%.

Equal Opportunity Employer: disability/veteran.