M&A Integration Project Manager for Day 1 Readiness

Kapital Consulting; Sydney; On-site; AUD 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Job summary

Kapital Consulting is seeking experienced Project Managers to support a major acquisition and business integration programme within a leading financial services organisation. You will own a designated workstream, coordinating with the broader integration team to deliver Day 1 readiness and ongoing integration across finance, HR and IT.

You should have a track record in mergers, acquisitions or post‑acquisition integration within non-banking financial services, with strong governance, planning

Qualifications

• Experience leading mergers/acquisitions/integration programs.
• Experience in non-banking financial services.
• Delivery of complex business and technology transformation programs.
• Mobilsation experience with governance, roadmaps, and controls.
• Experience across corporate systems, operations, workplace tech, or infrastructure.
• Strong governance, RAID, dependencies, and stakeholder reporting.
• Able to engage senior stakeholders.
• Comfortable in ambiguous, fast-moving environments.
• Strong organisational skills and ability to drive delivery.
• Financial services experience is highly regarded.

Responsibilities

• Lead mobilisation, planning and coordination of a designated workstream.
• Develop detailed project plans, schedules, milestones and roadmaps.
• Coordinate stakeholders to establish Day 1 readiness and priorities.
• Establish governance, reporting, RAID, and dependencies processes.
• Identify impacts from the acquisition across areas.
• Coordinate discovery with Business Analysts to define scope and priorities.
• Manage dependencies and risks across workstreams.
• Engage senior stakeholders to manage expectations and decisions.
• Coordinate transition planning from readiness to longer-term integration.
• Support development of an integrated delivery roadmap for subsequent phases.

Skills

M&A integration experience

Non-banking financial services

Project governance

Stakeholder engagement

Delivery-focused

Risk & dependency management

Organisational skills

Ambiguity tolerance

Job description

Kapital Consulting is seeking experienced Project Managers to support a major acquisition and business integration programme within a leading financial services organisation. You will own a designated workstream, coordinating with the broader integration team to deliver Day 1 readiness and ongoing integration across finance, HR and IT.

You should have a track record in mergers, acquisitions or post‑acquisition integration within non-banking financial services, with strong governance, planning