Senior Associate, M&A Integration

Compass; Seattle, Northern (WA, KY); Hybrid; USD 110,000 - 116,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Participation in incentive programs

Paid vacation

Health benefits

401(k) plan

Flexible spending accounts (FSAs)

Commuter program

Life and disability insurance

Pet insurance

Job summary

Compass is seeking a Senior Associate for the M&A Integration Team to support the execution of mergers and acquisitions nationwide. You will coordinate multiple workstreams across operations, systems, culture, and strategy to maximize value and drive consistent project outcomes.

You will support the refinement of playbooks, manage stakeholder communications, and help ensure timely delivery of integration milestones with a focus on risk anticipation and issue visibility.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree or equivalent work experience.
• 3-5 years experience in Consulting, Project Management, or M&A Integration.
• Strong Excel or Google Sheets skills.
• Familiarity with BI visualization tools such as PowerBI or Tableau.
• Clear and concise written and verbal communication; able to articulate strategy and next steps.

Responsibilities

• Support several M&A integrations concurrently with team members to ensure defined initiatives are executed.
• Coordinate delivery of workplans, identify blockers, and increase visibility of issues.
• Build relationships across the organization and with seller teams to keep stakeholders aligned.
• Develop and refine SOPs to standardize processes and support continuous improvement.
• Inform regional stakeholders on integration processes and influence market decisions.
• Maintain Integration Playbook and project plans for deals supported.
• Lead weekly integration status meetings and coordinate stakeholder attendance.

Skills

Excel or Google Sheets

BI Visualization Tools

Clear communication

HR and IT systems knowledge

Education

Bachelor's degree or equivalent

Tools

PowerBI

Tableau

Job description

At Compass, our mission is to help everyone find their place in the world. Founded in 2012, we’re revolutionizing the real estate industry with our end-to-end platform that empowers residential real estate agents to deliver exceptional service to seller and buyer clients.

We are actively seeking a Senior Associate for our M&A Integration Team to support the execution of mergers and acquisitions. In this role, you will help execute integrations across operations, systems, culture, and strategic initiatives to maximize the value of each deal. You will help optimize pre-defined processes, coordinate team efforts, and deliver consistent impact on team projects and goals.

Your ability to coordinate the delivery of pre-defined goals, identify blockers, and increase the visibility of issues will be essential. Exceptional communication abilities are critical to your success, as you will be expected to effectively manage and lead meetings, coordinate stakeholder attendance, and drive detailed discussions and high-level alignment.

As a Senior Associate of M&A Integration, you will support various integrations of brokerages into Compass nationwide. Your responsibilities include providing tactical support throughout each phase while looking around corners to anticipate risk. You will coordinate the delivery of multiple workstreams for one or more concurrent integrations as well as support the refinement of our playbooks.

In this role, you will collaborate with key functions across the business, informing their processes and stakeholders. Your work will be instrumental in keeping stakeholders moving forward towards shared goals to ensure sustainable growth.

This position is hybrid (requirement to work out of your local hub office location 2x per month)

At Compass, You Will:

• Support several M&A at a given time, collaborating with M&A integration team members to ensure defined initiatives and projects are executed.
• Coordinate the delivery of pre-defined workplans, identifying additional requirements, blockers and increasing the visibility of issues.
• Build relationships across the organization and with seller teams, and ensure all stakeholders stay on track to deliver what is best for the integration and for the broader organization.
• Implement solutions for defined business problems with guidance and refinement, and seek help escalating when necessary.
• Build and improve upon Standard Operating Procedures (‘SOPs’) to standardize and optimize pre-defined processes to support continuous improvement.
• Inform regional stakeholders on integration processes, working with guidance to influence decisions in their market.
• Assist in maintaining the Integration Playbook and project plans for the deals you support.
• Manage and lead weekly integration status meetings, coordinate appropriate stakeholder attendance, and drive detailed discussions.
• Identify blockers in real time, increase visibility of issues, and seek guidance for implementation and escalation.
• Deliver on team projects and goals to ensure we are meeting objectives.
• Support data and analytics for M&A Integration.
• Work with seller and program management teams to build business requirements.
• Maintain a high quality bar and meet deadlines through clear and concise written and verbal communication.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree or equivalent work experience
• Minimum 3-5 years experience
• Strong proficiency in Excel or Google Sheets
• Strong data analysis skills, and familiarity with PowerBI, Tableau, or similar BI visualization tools
• Clear and concise written and verbal communication that allows you to articulate strategy and tactical next steps, understand business cases, and speak to the larger business vision
• Understanding of HR and Enterprise Technology/IT systems
• Experience working with both external customers and internal business, finance, and legal teams

Background

• Consulting, Project Management, or M&A Integration Experience
• 3-5 years experience supporting business programs or integrations

Compensation:

The expected base pay for this position is $110,000 - $116,000 annually. This range reflects our good-faith estimate of what we intend to offer for this role at the time of posting. Final offers within this range will depend on job-related factors such as experience, skills, and internal equity. Additional compensation elements, such as bonuses, commissions, or equity grants, may be available, along with a full benefits program. We remain committed to fair pay practices and compliance with all wage transparency requirements.

Perks that You Need to Know About:

Participation in our incentive programs (which may include eligible cash, equity, or commissions). Plus paid vacation, holidays, sick time, parental leave, and recharge leave; medical, tele-health, dental and vision benefits; 401(k) plan; flexible spending accounts (FSAs); commuter program; life and disability insurance; Maven (a support system for new parents); Carrot (fertility benefits); UrbanSitter (caregiver referral network); Employee Assistance Program; and pet insurance.

Do your best work, be your authentic self.

At Compass, we believe that everyone deserves to find their place in the world — a place where they feel like they belong, where they can be their authentic selves, where they can thrive. Our collaborative, energetic culture is grounded in our Compass Entrepreneurship Principlesand our commitment to diversity, equity, inclusion, growth and mobility. As an equal opportunity employer, we offer competitive compensation packages, robust benefits and professional growth opportunities aimed at helping to improve our employees' lives and careers.

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