M&A Project Manager

M&A Integration Project Manager

Location:Bromsgrove (B60 4JE)

Contract type:Permanent, hybrid working

Working hours:Full-time, Monday to Friday, 35 hours per week

This is a fantastic opportunity to join one of the UK’s leading independent financial advisory and wealth management firms. You will join us on a full-time, permanent basisand in return, you will receive a competitive salary plus a range of benefits and hybrid working.

The purpose of theM&A Integration Project Manager is tooversee the integration of new and previously acquired businesses across the group to achieve AFH's vision and strategic goals. As a key member of the integration team, you will work collaboratively across clients, advisers and colleagues to integrate high performing businesses, aligning them with our strategic goals.

As aM&A Integration Project Manager your responsiblitiesare to:

• Collaborating across business stakeholders to integrate acquired businesses, ensuring alignment with our culture and values
• Create, manage and execute detailed integration plans, with oversight of the whole integration process
• Work closely with the acquired business and internal stakeholders to gather information and data
• Undertake due diligence to ensure seamless transition
• Develop processes and playbook, ensuring they are tailored to each acquisition
• Work closely with the acquired business and internal stakeholders to gather information and data
• Identify, segment and analyse critical stakeholders and groups to build an effective stakeholder engagement strategy and plan, including an approach for potential stakeholder resistance
• Inform and support communications throughout the integration, ensuring alignment with the project business case
• Align changes to ways of working resulting from integrations across different business areas and audience groups as required
• Identify and analyse risks and prepare risk mitigation tactics
• Ensure projects have an effective transition into Business As Usual

What we are looking for in our ideal M&A Integration Project Manager:

• Proven experience in Project Management, with a focus on integrations/change management
• Experience with project metrics reporting and dashboards
• Ability to meet tight deadlines and be comfortable working independently with minimal guidance
• Excellent communication skills and a good relationship builder, who is able to support and challenge in a constructive and effective manner
• A self-starter who is able to use their own initiative Exceptional ability to solve problems and think analytically
• Ability to work with and motivate a variety of stakeholders to deliver successful projects and initiatives Great organisational, project, and time management skills
• Proficiency in project management, statistics, analytics. Knowledge of models and forecasting.

Benefits and Perks at AFH

• Flexible working & holidays -Enjoy flexible working and competitive holiday allowance, with annual buy & sell scheme options and your birthday off. Plus, additional holiday days for long service.
• Social perks -To recognise and celebrate employees' great work we are all invited to our annual Christmas and Summer parties.
• Pension -We offer a contributory pension scheme with Royal London as well as death-in-service benefit.
• Bonus scheme -All AFH employees are offered a competitive salary and a discretionary annual bonus, following completion of a year’s service.
• Health and wellbeing -The MediCash app puts your health in the palm of your hands. Claim cashback on a wide selection of health and wellbeing initiatives, including discounted health club memberships and free healthcare benefits.
• Professional development -We are committed to helping you reach your potential by offering tailored learning and development programmes to pursue your career goals.