M&A Integration Project Manager

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M&A Integration Project Manager at Cherry Bekaert shaping the firm’s future through successful acquisitions. Leading enterprise-level initiatives, influencing stakeholders, and delivering measurable business impact in remote settings.

Responsibilities:

  • Lead and own end-to-end M&A integration project plans, including milestones, timelines, dependencies, and deliverables from diligence through post-close stabilization
  • Drive execution across distributed, cross-functional teams—ensuring accountability, follow-through, and progress against critical milestones in a remote environment
  • Proactively identify risks, issues, and delays, and escalate with clear recommendations to keep integrations on track
  • Establish and manage integration governance, including virtual workstream check-ins, executive updates, and decision forums
  • Coordinate integration activities across Finance, Legal, IT, Operations, People & Culture, Client Service, and Go-to-Market teams
  • Deliver clear, concise, executive-ready reporting on progress, risks, and upcoming milestones
  • Partner closely with senior leadership to align priorities, remove blockers, and ensure successful integration outcomes

Requirements:

  • Bachelor’s degree, preferably in a business discipline
  • PMP certification or equivalent experience preferred
  • 10+ years of experience within a professional services firm including a minimum of 5+ years of experience leading complex M&A integration or large-scale transformation initiatives
  • Strong project management expertise, including planning, execution, risk mitigation, and stakeholder coordination
  • Ability to manage complex, cross-functional workstreams across remote teams with competing priorities and tight timelines
  • Demonstrated ability to influence, drive accountability, and achieve outcomes without direct authority
  • Excellent communication skills, with the ability to engage executive and cross-functional audiences in virtual settings
  • Experience building dashboards, reporting, and executive updates that translate data into actionable insights
  • Proficiency with project management tools (e.g., MS Project, Smartsheet) and Microsoft 365 collaboration platforms
  • Ability to bring structure to ambiguity and translate evolving inputs into clear, actionable plans

Benefits:

  • annual bonus
  • medical, dental, and vision care
  • disability and life insurance
  • generous Paid Time Off
  • retirement plans
  • Paid Care Leave
  • other programs that are dedicated to enhancing your personal and work life and providing you and your family with a measure of financial protection