M&A Integration Manager

Kerridge Commercial Systems; Hungerford; Hybrid; GBP 60,000 - 85,000; Full time

Job summary

Kerridge Commercial Systems is seeking an M&A Integration Manager to oversee complex integration projects across Sales, Finance, and HR. This role requires leadership and management skills to facilitate project success and stakeholder engagement. You will be responsible for managing project scopes, budgets, and ensuring effective communication across departments.

Qualifications

• Significant experience managing integration projects.
• Leadership experience in technology-backed integration projects.
• Proven track record in project management.

Responsibilities

• Manage diverse transaction and integration projects.
• Coordinate cross-functional teams and ensure project success.
• Maintain project plans, action trackers, and risk logs.

Skills

Project Management

Communication

Organizational Skills

Leadership

ERP Migration

Tools

Microsoft Project

Excel

Word

PowerPoint

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This role offers an exciting opportunity to manage diverse transaction and integration projects that ranges from Sales to Finance to HR.

M&A Integration Manager will support the day-to-day activity of M&A, and work closely across the business with key stakeholders and end users to ensure changes are managed effectively, issues are resolved quickly and ensure we get maximum value from our portfolio of acquisitions.

Key Responsibilities:

• Prepare, update and project plans for transactions including interdependencies, critical paths and progress
• Devise and manage actions trackers including following up against actions for all transactions
• Maintain the risk log for relevant projects and ensure post close mitigating actions are managed
• Maintain the diligence log through the due diligence process
• Support the budgeting and managing of costs in relation to the project, including providing a monthly report on costs and forecasts
• Update weekly action logs to support task tracking
• Define integration project scopes, objectives, and timelines
• Coordinate cross-functional teams and resources
• Ensure seamless integration, from HR and Sales processes to system migration and integration
• Bring structure and organization to complex integration projects
• Foster effective communication among project teams, stakeholders, and leadership

Key Requirements:

Experience and/or Qualifications:

• Significant direct hands-on experience of managing integration projects required
• Leadership experience of working on technology backed integration projects
• Experience of ERP migrations
• Proven track record of Project Management
• Proven knowledge of Microsoft Project
• Solid operator of Excel, Word, Powerpoint
• References and an in-tray exercise will be required

Personal:

• Be a growth-company and growth-mindset oriented bridge builder
• High EQ with excellent written and verbal communication skills
• Highly organised, be able to work across multiple projects at the same time
• Self-motivated, willing to take on new challenges

Company Info

Kerridge Commercial Systems (KCS) is the market leader in developing and delivering fully integrated business management solutions for distributors, suppliers, resellers, wholesalers and merchants. Our mission is simple: to design, implement and support high performance systems that enable our customers to source effectively, stock efficiently, sell profitably and service competitively.

KCS is proud to be an equal opportunity workplace and is an affirmative action employer. We are committed to equal employment opportunity regardless of race, colour, ancestry, religion, sex, national origin, sexual orientation, age, citizenship, marital status, disability, gender identity or Veteran status. If you have a disability or special need that requires us to adjust the recruiting process please do advise us when contacted.

If this role is of interest to you please apply online.

To all recruitment agencies: KCS does not accept agency resumes. Please do not forward resumes to our careers site or direct to KCS employee. KCS is not responsible for any fees related to unsolicited resumes.

"At KCS we've introduced a flexible hybrid work policy, where employees spend three days in the office and two days working from home. This approach promotes a balanced work environment that combines office collaboration with the comfort and convenience of remote work."