Job Description :
Description:
1) Work with the Lead Project Manager for Merger & Acquisitions, to engage with senior leadership at the corporate, business unit and functional level and configure the high-level operating model to guide detailed integration planning.
2) Support the integration activities for an acquired entity,such as analyzing the operating model and associated integration plans for business and back-office functions, build and maintain consolidated master schedule,drive teams to meet defined integration plans, and leverage problem solving expertise to resolve highly complex and sensitive issues.
3) Provide expertise to senior business leaders to build and execute cultural integration plans and provide dedicated support to expedite value capture.
4) Help build or refine defined M&A playbooks,manage reporting and resolution of issues,risks and dependencies,identify potential planning gaps proactively,suggesting mitigations to risks,actions to close issues or complete open items.
5) Spot and solve complex, cross-functional operational issues that are often unique to each deal creatively and develop and improve day one, 30, 90, and 120 integration checklists for transactions continuously.
6) Manage planning, execution, separation, integration, and organizational restructuring activities related to M&A initiatives.
7) Provide leadership in merger integration activities across planning and deployment, finance and risk management, operations transformation, systems integration, and program development.
8) Create consolidated program milestones, interdependencies and communication plans.
9) Define transition plans, activities and contingency plans.
10) Lead meetings with stakeholders to move forward key tasks and escalate significant process lbottlenecks, anticipated delays and critical path analysis.
11) Generate accurate senior management reporting and provide guidance to Business Owners on performance monitoring objectives.
12) Manage reporting and resolution of issues, risks and dependencies, proactively identifying potential planning gaps, suggesting mitigations to risks, actions to close issues or complete open items.
13) Evaluate organizational readiness in advance of transition events.
14) Define approach, tools and processes that will be used to support transition events.
15) Drive and execute key activities within each integration phase.
16)Provide dashboards to monitor integration status.
Desired Experience and Requirements:
1) Bachelor''s degree.
2) PMP Certification preferred.
3) 3+ years of merger integration experience, with demonstrated ability to assess, plan, and execute complex cross-company initiatives.
4) 5+ years of experience developing project plans including charter, scope, project management approach, management plans, cost estimates, schedule, work breakdown.
5) Experience in managing large-scale initiatives including but not limited to mergers and acquisitions, organizational change, operational restructuring, business process redesign,systems implementations/conversions, enterprise risk, and operational excellence.
6) Ability to discuss and champion the business case for change to a business audience, and then plan and execute solutions that are of recognizable value to the business.
7) Ability to leverage business acumen and awareness of key measures of business success for mergers, acquisitions, and the company’s strategic plan.
8) Ability to work with cross-functional business teams to identify fundamental business drivers and risks to those drivers, and translate them into modeling parameters.
9) Strong MS Project skills or other project planning tools.