M&A Business Integration Project Manager

AFH Wealth Management is proud to be one of the UK’s leading independent financial advisory and wealth management firms.

M&A Integration Project Manager

As a key member of the integration team, you will work collaboratively across clients, advisers and colleagues to oversee the integration of new and previously acquired businesses across the group, aligning them with our strategic goals. This is a full-time, permanent opportunity, with hybrid working, and a competitive salary and range of benefits.

As our M&A Integration Project Manager you will be responsible for:

• Collaborating across business stakeholders to integrate acquired businesses, ensuring alignment with our culture and values
• Creating, managing and executing detailed integration plans, with oversight of the whole integration process
• Working closely with the acquired business and internal stakeholders to gather information and data
• Undertaking due diligence to ensure seamless transition
• Developing processes and playbook, ensuring they are tailored to each acquisition
• Identifying, segmenting and analysing critical stakeholders and groups to build an effective stakeholder engagement strategy and plan
• Informing and supporting communications throughout the integration, ensuring alignment with the project business case
• Aligning changes to ways of working resulting from integrations across different business areas and audience groups as required
• Identify and analysing risks and preparation of  risk mitigation tactics
• Ensuring projects have an effective transition into BAU,

What we are looking for in our ideal Project Manager:

• Proven experience in Project Management, with a focus on integrations/change management
• Experience with project metrics reporting and dashboards
• Ability to meet tight deadlines and be comfortable working independently with minimal guidance
• Excellent communication skills and a good relationship builder, who is able to support and challenge in a constructive and effective manner
• A self-starter who can use their own initiative
• Exceptional ability to solve problems and think analytically

Benefits and Perks at AFH

• Flexible working & holidays - Enjoy flexible working and competitive holiday allowance, with annual buy & sell scheme options and your birthday off. Plus, additional holiday days for long service.
• Social perks - To recognise and celebrate employees' great work we are all invited to our annual Christmas and Summer parties.
• Pension - We offer a contributory pension scheme with Royal London as well as death-in-service benefit.
• Bonus scheme - All AFH employees are offered a competitive salary and a discretionary annual bonus, following completion of a year’s service.
• Health and wellbeing - The MediCash app puts your health in the palm of your hands. Claim cashback on a wide selection of health and wellbeing initiatives, including discounted health club memberships and free healthcare benefits.
• Professional development - We are committed to helping you reach your potential by offering tailored learning and development programmes to pursue your career goals.
• Shopping discounts - Our employees can choose from many retailers to get discounts or cashback on everyday purchases from our favourite high street clothing stores to our go-to supermarkets, as well as access to free online training courses.

Apply today to register your interest in joining our team, or learn more about the benefits and perks of working at AFH and what it is like to work here via our careers website.