This is a wonderful opportunity for someone with experience in M&A to join this major food and hospitality business as it goes through a massive business transformation. The role is fast-paced and exciting and you will have a direct impact on the business and actually see the transformational improvements happen and watch your changes take root. A big 4 consultancy background is important for this role and you will be given genuine autonomy to be creative and add demonstrable value. It would really help if you have a franchise or food-sector background
TITLE : Mergers & Acquisition : Integration & Change Management
SECTOR : Food, Hotels and Hospitality
WORK STYLE: Hybrid (3 days in office/2 wfh)
BACKGROUND NEEDED: Mergers & Acquisition ( Finance)
SALARY : £130,000 pa
CONTRACT TYPE: circa 6 month contract. The salary will be prorated according to the length of the contract
PURPOSE This is a classic M&A role in which you will be steering the merger of two similar organisations into a single international business operation
DUTIES
* Leading all planning, dependency management, and critical path analysis.
* Ensuring integration approach aligns with corporate strategy.
* Work within a programme budget, benefits & KPI targets
* Undertaking forecasting and scenario planning.
* Compliance/Governance: Overseeing adherence to overall corporate governance controls and produce Board level reports and updates
* Work with the Enterprise Risk Team to explore risk tolerance and the Legal Team
* Look at all the internal resourcing needs, support mobilisation of selected programme resources.
* Look at continuous improvements to ensure a learning culture leading to best-in-class at all times .
REQUIREMENTS
* M&A background
* Previous experience with one of the Big 4 consultancies
* Experience in working with franchises or food/hospitality clients