Project Manager Post M&A Senior Consultant

Company Description

Sia Partners is a next-generation management consulting firm. We offer a unique blend of AI and design capabilities, augmenting traditional consulting to deliver superior value to our clients. Counting 3,000 consultants in 19 countries, we expect to achieve USD 420 million in turnover for the current fiscal year. With a global footprint and expertise in more than 30 sectors and services, we optimize client projects worldwide. Through our Consulting for Good approach, we strive for next-level impact by developing innovative CSR solutions for our clients, making sustainability a lever for profitable transformation.

Why Join The Sia Village?

Excellence | Entrepreneurship | Innovation | Teamwork | Care & Support | Employee Wellbeing

These are the six core values that guide all our actions. As an expression of our values, our Sia Village concept describes our commitment to fostering a sense of community within and among our offices. We believe that knowledge sharing is the key, not only to innovation, but to the growth and development of our people.

Your experience at Sia Partners will be enriched by a(n):  

• Entrepreneurial journey
• Career advocacy program that supports achieving professional development goals through guidance, and real-time feedback
• Continuous learning & development opportunities
• Diversity, equity, and inclusion programs with an ever-growing list of global affinity initiatives

Job Description

Sia Partners is looking for an experienced integration project manager to help successfully manage the diligence and/or integration of acquired entities of our client.  Reporting to the Integration Program Manager and working with the Business Sponsor, Integration team, and a team of dedicated functional experts in Finance, HR, Service, Operations, IT, Risk/Compliance/Legal, and more, you will create and execute the plans to bring each newly acquired entity.  Successful candidates are skilled project managers with broad functional knowledge who can see the big picture while juggling a myriad of details. 

Consulting Skills:

• Form and lead the cross-functional team to create a detailed integration project plan.
• Through a regular cadence of 1-on-1 meetings and team teleconferences, manage the project to keep the milestones on track and, using sound judgment and excellent teamwork skills, address any issues.
• Regularly report progress, escalating issues, if necessary, to the Integration management team and/or the Firm Execs (Responsible for managing timelines, uncovering roadblocks, defining critical paths, and identifying resource constraints, and reporting progress for each project)
• Define project scope, goals and deliverables that support business M&A goals in collaboration with senior management and stakeholders.
• Effectively communicate project expectations to team members and stakeholders in a timely and clear fashion.
• Define project success criteria and disseminate them to involved parties throughout project life cycle.
• Proactively manage changes in project scope, identify potential risks, and devise contingency plans.
• At the project's conclusion, help with retrospective analysis to improve our M&A playbooks for the next deal.
 

Business Expertise Skills:
• Ability to maintain complete confidentiality and discretion in business relationships and exercise sound business judgment
• A high degree of business acumen and experience with mergers and acquisition diligence and integration activities
• Demonstrated excellent project management, communication, and teamwork skills
• Ability to formulate the big picture while working on project details
• Proven success at influencing and leading resources across multiple functions, workgroups, and management levels (demonstrates ability to work independently, as well as, in a team environment. Ability to deal effectively with all employees and external business contacts while conveying a positive, service-oriented attitude.)
• Established credibility with upper management
• A tolerance for ambiguity and flexibility to changing projects and priorities
• Strong written skills
• Good judgement (regarding who to involve in what projects)
• Financial services industry knowledge is highly value but not required

Qualifications

We are looking for someone who:
• Has at least 7 years' applicable experience, including managing various projects of increasing responsibility, a Bachelor’s or Master’s degree or relevant work experience
• PMI or PMP certification or equivalent preferred
• Advanced MS Office skills: Project, Vision, PowerPoint, Excel, Word, SharePoint
• Familiarity with M&