M&A Group Performance Director

Redsquid; Borehamwood; On-site; GBP 126,000 - 154,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

24 days annual leave, increasing with service

An additional day off for your Birthday

Private health insurance

Regular team social events

Job summary

A leading company in UC solutions in Borehamwood seeks a Group Performance Director to oversee acquisitions and ensure effective integrations. The ideal candidate will provide strategic oversight to maximize value and maintain strong vendor relationships throughout the integration process. Key responsibilities include managing integration risks, ensuring operational stability during rapid growth, and aligning outcomes with financial targets. Opportunities for professional growth and a culture of collaboration await the right candidate.

Qualifications

• Experience leading integrations post-acquisition.
• Ability to track performance and manage risks effectively.
• Proven track record in vendor and founder relationship management.

Responsibilities

• Ensure post-acquisition integrations meet expected value.
• Identify risks early and work with the Executive Team.
• Support leadership through integration-related changes.

Skills

Acquisition integration expertise

Risk management

Strong stakeholder management

Financial acumen

Education

CFO or Managing Director experience

Experience in PE-backed organizations

Job description

Location: Borehamwood HQ, with required travel

Contract: Permanent, Full Time

Salary: up to £140,000 + potential EMI

TheM&A Group Performance Directoris accountable for ensuring that acquisitions integrate successfully, performance is stabilised, and value is consistently realised as the Group scales through rapid M&A.

The purpose of the position is toprotect and enhance valueduring a period of accelerated acquisitions, ensuring integrations are right first time, vendor and founder relationships remain aligned, and performance outcomes match what was underwritten.

The role draws on deep, repeat acquisition experience to reduce risk, improve judgement, and ensure the Group is fully prepared for lender scrutiny and future equity events.

Key Responsibilities

• Accountable for ensuring post‑acquisition integrations deliver the expected value.
• Maintain a strong focus onoutcomes, not integration mechanics.
• Identify integration risks early and intervene through the Executive Team.
• Ensure integrations protectcustomers, people, EBITDA, and cashflow.

Performance & Value Protection

• Track post‑acquisition performance against acquisition models and investment cases.
• Identify margin leakage, underperformance, or execution risk early.
• Improve predictability and quality of earnings across the Group.
• Reduce surprises to lenders and equity investors.
• Act as a senior, credible point of contact for vendors and founders post‑completion.
• Manage founder dynamics and earn‑out tension effectively.
• Maintain alignment and minimise disruption to trading performance.
• Support smooth leadership transitions where founders remain in the business.

Selective M&A Judgement Support

• Participate in selected vendor meetings pre‑completion.
• Apply experience from multiple prior acquisitions to identify repeat risk patterns.
• Assess founder behaviour, cultural risk, and integration complexity.
• Provide judgement, challenge, and perspective,not deal execution.

Scale & Stability During Rapid Growth

• Ensure operational and cultural stability as significant revenue and headcount are added.
• Support leadership teams through integration‑related change.
• Prevent fragmentation across regions, functions, and cultures as the Group scales.
• Act as a constructive counterweight to optimism within the Executive Team.
• Bring lived experience of integration failure, covenant pressure, and complexity.
• Strengthen Executive decision‑making through practical, experience‑led challenge.

Success Measures

• Clean, timely, and disciplined integrations.
• EBITDA delivery aligned to acquisition models.
• Stable, well‑managed vendor and founder relationships.
• Fewer integration surprises and performance shocks.
• Strong lender and equity readiness narrative.
• FormerCFO and/or Managing Directorexperience.
• Track record operating inPE‑backed or lender‑heavyorganisations.
• Commercially astute, calm under pressure, and decisive.
• High credibility with vendors, founders, lenders, and senior executives.

Why Join Redsquid?

Be a Changemaker:Play a vital role in shaping Redsquid’s future through innovative UC solutions.

Collaborative Environment:Work alongside a dynamic, forward‑thinking team that values your ideas and expertise.

Professional Growth:Access opportunities to expand your skillset and thrive in a role with real impact.

Exciting Challenges:Lead UC initiatives through a transformative acquisition journey that positions Redsquid as an industry leader.

We value our employees and are committed to providing them with a workplace which is both safe andsecure.

Likewise we create an environment where every employee is treated fairly, with respect and importantly equal opportunities for all.

Read more about our employee commitment on our careers page, and find some of our benefits here:

• 24 days annual leave entitlement (Increase on years’ service up to 29)
• Additional day off for your Birthday
• A strong, inclusive culture supported by regular team social events.
• Private Health Insurance with discounted perks;(such as gym membership, cinema tickets, flight and hotels)