Group M&A Integration Manager

Job title:

Group M&A Integration Manager

Company

Gleeson Recruitment Group

Job description

ABOUT OUR CLIENTA market leading, PE backed Service Provider in the South Midlands/ Southwest region. The business has achieved exceptional growth and is well placed to further its ambitions to lead the market in delivering solutions that keep its clients’ businesses protected, compliant and safe. The business has a substantial market opportunity in a sector which is exciting and rapidly changing.In partnership with its new PE investor, the prospects for accelerating growth both organically and through further consolidation of its target markets are excellent. and the business is entering an exciting phase of digital transformation, business optimisation and organic and acquisitive led growth via a targeted buy and build strategy. In this role you will also have the benefit of working with a highly experienced management team.This is a fantastic opportunity to make a mark in a new high-profile role during this critical period and cement a future in a fast growing, PE backed organisation.ABOUT THE POSITIONFor this newly created Group M&A Integration Manager role you will report directly to the Group CFO and will be responsible for driving the systematic, on time and on budget integration of past and newly acquired companies so that they operate on the Group’s core systems and business processes.You will play a key role in pre-close due diligence, Day 1 and 100-day planning, synergy tracking, change management, and stakeholder communications. The role involves coordinating cross-functional teams, managing governance and reporting, and continually refining the integration playbook and functional best practice guides.This is a high-profile appointment, and you will chair weekly Integration meetings (with Divisional MD’s), input into the monthly Board pack and will be expected to present and feedback to investors.CANDIDATE PROFILEFor this Group M&A Integration Manager in the South Midlands/ Southwest region the successful candidate will be able to demonstrate skills in the following areas –

• Experience leading post-merger integrations and delivering significant synergy targets
• Ideally you will have a formal change management and/ or project management qualification
• Experience in a B2B environment and relevant sector, e.g. professional services, environmental services, or facilities management
• Exposure to private equity backed businesses & PE portfolio governance and reporting
• Deep practical knowledge of HR/TUPE, IT carve out, and data migration
• High financial literacy to translate synergy assumptions into P&L and cashflow impact
• The ability to influence Divisional MD’s and functional heads and being comfortable presenting to investors

Must be willing to travel to acquisition sites across the UK (30%) and with weekly/ bi-weekly travel to the HQ in the South Midlands/Southwest regionWHAT IS ON OFFER£90-110,000 Basic Salary + Car (or allowance) + Bonus and Other BenefitsGRG Executive Search is committed to encouraging and celebrating applicants from different backgrounds, whatever their gender, ethnicity, race, religion, education, socioeconomic background, disability or sexual orientation to promote diversity and inclusion in the workplace.We receive a significant number of applications to our adverts. Whilst we always endeavour to respond to each application, this is not always possible. If you have not received a response from us within 10 working days, please consider your application unsuccessful on this occasion.By applying you will be registered as a candidate with Gleeson Recruitment Limited. Our is available on our website and explains how we will use your data.

Expected salary

£90000 per year

Location

West Midlands

Job date

Thu, 26 Jun 2025 23:13:06 GMT

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