Mergers & Acquisitions (M&A) Project Manager

Role: Mergers & Acquisitions (M&A) Project Manager

Location- Hybrid/Fletchers offices (travel to other locations will be required) We are predominantly based in the North West of England, with offices in Manchester, Liverpool, Leeds, Bolton & Southport, as well as a team in Cambridge. We believe we offer our colleagues the best hybrid and flexible working practices, balancing working from home with time collaborating and socialising with colleagues in our modern offices.

Mergers & Acquisitions (M&A) Project Manager – Fletcher Group

Are you a dynamic and results-driven project manager with a passion for business growth? Fletcher Group is looking for an experienced M&A Project Manager to play a pivotal role in delivering our strategic acquisitions and integrations.

In this key role, you’ll lead the entire acquisition lifecycle—from due diligence and pre-sign planning to seamless post-completion integration. Working as part of a multidisciplinary M&A team, you’ll navigate complex transactions with precision, ensuring each acquisition strengthens our business.

The Project Manager will be involved in the design and delivery of multiple business acquisitions working in a multidisciplinary team dedicated to the M&A portfolio. The M&A Project Manager will have a strong delivery focus, excel at working at pace and enjoy getting into business content and detail to build a strong functional understanding to enable best in class integration outcomes

If you thrive in fast-paced environments, excel at managing multiple workstreams, and have a keen eye for business detail, we’d love to hear from you. Join us and help shape the future of Fletcher Group.

Ready to make an impact? Apply today!

In return Fletchers can offer:

• 35 hours working week
• Bonus scheme (subject to targets being met)
• 35 days holiday a year including bank holidays and Christmas Closure, you also have an option to purchase up to 3 extra days’ holiday per year, until you long service award the 3 days after your 5th, 7th, and 9th full year of employment
• Pension scheme with tax-efficient salary sacrifice option
• Life Assurance Policy
• Medicash policy to cover some dental, optical and other medical expenses
• Company sick pay
• Enhanced Maternity, Paternity and IVF schemes
• Flexible, agile working environment with a positive work-life balance
• Varied calendar of funded company social events (check out Fletchers Group on LinkedIn)
• Monthly voucher awards? for winning nominees

Main Responsibilities:

• Lead the end-to-end delivery of M&A projects including due diligence, pre-sign activities, pre completion activities, integration steps and post integration deliverables
• Assess and apply the most appropriate project management / delivery practices to enable the strongest outcomes
• Work with Project Sponsors, HR, Finance Business Analysts and key business stakeholders to define a project’s objectives, scope and desired outcomes
• Work collaboratively with the M&A leadership team to define and lead the acquisition communication and change plans
• Work with the M&A leadership team to define the deal principles and project approach
• Work closely with Legal and HR leaders to deliver the people and engagement activities throughout the lifecycle of the integration
• Lead the planning, scheduling and maintenance of project milestones, timelines and key activities
• Manage resource planning and allocation against key projects
• Proactively identify, articulate and manage risks, issues, assumptions and dependencies across the project lifecycle
• Prepare for and chair Project Steering Committees driving data driven decisions
• Manage project administration in line with established PMO standards, including preparing and presenting project documentation and reporting to feed appropriate governance forums
• Track project spend against agreed capex and opex budgets
• Engage with target business to define collaborative plans and ways of working treating all information in the strictest of confidence
• Manage client relationships with third party vendors where required on a project
• Ensure appropriate stakeholder assessments, comms and change management plans are in place and executed
• Provide guidance & advice to other project managers in the teams, both on an ad hoc basis and during meetings

Essential Skills and Experience:

• Demonstrable experience of working on M&A projects from definition through to successful integration (at least 5 completed projects)
• Significant business experience in a project manager or delivery manager role
• Recognised qualification, or a desire to be formally qualified in, project management (for example, PRINCEII, AgilePM, PMP etc.)
• Demonstrable experience of delivering complex projects across both Agile and Waterfall and/or hybrid techniques
• Strong analytical skill set, able to assess and interpret complex data
• Proven use of change management techniques
• Detail oriented, analytical and inquisitive
• Comfortable and able to present to senior stakeholders and able to drive decision making
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills
• Ability to assimilate complex information and research to drive strategic business planning
• Teamworking skills
• Diplomacy
• Strong stakeholder management & engagement expertise
• Ability to motivate people
• Solid organisational skills including attention to detail and multitasking skills
• Strong working knowledge of Microsoft Office and other project management and delivery tools

We reserve the right to close this role before the date specified depending on the calibre and volume of candidates.

Fletchers Group is an inclusive employer with a diverse workforce, which is why we welcome applications from all diversity groups and backgrounds. We’re committed to providing a culture and environment where everyone can thrive. Fletchers understand and celebrating that no colleague is the same. We’re proud of our work on the Disability Confident scheme, and we are signing up to other diversity standards to reflect our ethos.

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