Overview
The Business Analyst - M&A will collaborate with the M&A team to plan, coordinate, and execute integration activities across various acquisitions. This role involves working closely with the Programme Manager, Business Analysts, and multiple stakeholders to ensure that projects meet business objectives and are delivered on schedule. The position is ideal for professionals who thrive in a dynamic, transformation-driven environment.
Responsibilities
- Manage end-to-end delivery of M&A integration projects across business and IT workstreams.
- Develop and maintain project plans, milestones, RAID logs, status reports and governance documentation.
- Coordinate integration activity across systems, data, infrastructure, security, operations, HR and Finance teams.
- Manage risks, issues, dependencies and project budgets, ensuring timely escalation where required.
- Support integration readiness, cutover planning, business transition and post-integration activities.
- Facilitate stakeholder meetings, workshops and governance forums.
- Coordinate third-party suppliers and ensure deliverables are aligned to project plans.
- Provide regular reporting and updates to programme leadership and key stakeholders.
Requirements
- Proven experience as a Project Manager delivering complex business or IT change programmes.
- Experience supporting M&A, integration, transformation or organisational change initiatives.
- Strong project planning, governance, RAID management and reporting experience.
- Ability to manage multiple stakeholders, suppliers and concurrent workstreams.
- Strong communication, stakeholder management and organisational skills.
- Experience working with Business Analysts, technical teams and senior leadership.
- Knowledge of Agile, Waterfall, PRINCE2, PMP or similar delivery methodologies.
- Desirable: Experience supporting post-acquisition integration projects, knowledge of data migration, and familiarity with Microsoft 365, Project, SharePoint, Teams, DevOps, ServiceNow or similar tools.