VACANCY FOR M&A: Senior Project Managers CxO Global Consulting Services - Nigeria

M&A: Senior Project Managers

CxO Global Consulting Services - Nigeria

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Job description

We have immediate opportunities for Project Managers with experience in leading post merger integration planning and implementation activities related to talent retention, culture transformation, change management, business process reengineering, shared service creation, financial optimization, etc.

Apply your considerable talent to a company specialized in leadership and organizational transformation in Africa. If you are ready to see the impact of your work on companies committed to growth and transformation and to work directly with business leaders and their teams to solve problems, implement initiatives, and drive change, then a career with CXOAfrica is right for you.

Our senior project managers assist clients in aligning people, processes, and technology with business objectives and corporate goals. They combine change management expertise, project management capabilities, organizational and leadership development experience with their functional and line experience to help drive and manage change.

General Responsibilities may include but are not limited to:

• Manage planning, execution, separation, integration and organizational restructuring activities related to post merger initiatives
• Develop and ensure that standard toolkits and methodologies are used for integration activities; suggest changes and improvements to processes proactively
• Define transition plans, activities and contingency plans
• Manage reporting and resolution of issues, risks and dependencies, proactively identifying potential planning gaps, suggesting mitigations to risks, actions to close issues or complete open items
• Evaluate organizational readiness in advance of transition events
• Drive and execute key activities within each integration phase
• Provide dashboards to monitor integration status

Professional Qualifications:

• PMP Certification
• 5+ years of post-merger integration related experience and demonstrated ability to assess, improve, and execute post merger integration services     
• Experience in leading and executing large-scale initiatives including but not limited to mergers and acquisitions, organizational change, operational restructuring, business process redesign, systems implementations/conversions, enterprise risk, and operational excellence 
• Demonstrated knowledge of standards, best practices, methodologies, and frameworks, a wide variety of tools, concepts, and techniques of business process modeling, analysis, and design 
• 3+ years developing project plans including charter, scope, project management approach, management plans, cost estimates, schedule, work breakdown
• Excellent communications and facilitation skills to build relationships and foster trust at all organizational levels
• Ability to train and evaluate team members as well as the ability to work closely with members of other functional areas
• Good command of Microsoft office suite of tools, strong in MS Project, Excel, PowerPoint and Visio
• Willingness to travel to clients in Africa and more immediately, Nigeria

Desired Skills and Experience

 Additional Functional Experience

• Finance Integration Project Managers responsibilities may include but are not limited to the following tasks:
  • Leadership in integration activities across finance and risk management, finance operations transformation, development of standard toolkits and methodologies
  • Directly manage planning, execution, separation, integration and organizational restructuring activities related to finance operations initiatives including:
  • Finance processes and policies
  • Management and financial reporting
  • Financial controls and compliance
  • ERP and other financial business applications

• Professional Qualifications:
  • 5+ years’ experience in leading and executing large-scale initiatives within accounting and finance operations
  • Bachelor's degree; Master's degree highly desired

           OR

• Human Resources Development Responsibilities may include but are not limited to:

• The HR Integration Manager is focused on HR planning for mergers, acquisitions and divestitures. This role is responsible for working collaboratively on the HR activity and project management for due diligence, integration, separation and execution planning. 

• Defining client structural and organizational changes needed and overseeing the preparation for client deployment
• Constructing and implementing the program's overall communication strategy
• Developing trusted senior level relationships with clients, target clients and internal experts, qualifying opportunities and negotiating complex solutions
• Partner with cross functional teams within HR and across company to effectively onboard newly acquired staff

• Professional Qualifications

• University (Degree) plus at least 5+ years relative line experience
• Strong presentation skills
• Strong communication skills/capabilities

OR

• Shared Services Consultant Responsibilities may include but are not limited to:

• Project Managers for share services will support our clients as they transition into shared services organizational models with combination of HR, Procurement, Information Management and Supply Chain Management. 

• Professional Qualifications:
  • 8+ years experience within a consulting firm or larger organization 
  • Experience working with a complex ERP such as SAP, Oracle/PeopleSoft or JD Edwards ideal
  • Strong analytical and problem solving skills
  • Undergraduate degree required, advanced degree and/or professional certifications highly desired.

About this company

Our services are designed to fit the needs and schedule of busy executives or respond to crisis situations.  We support leaders in developing and leveraging organizational capabilities to achieve rapid and sustainable growth. And our interventions improve executive wellbeing, business performance, organizational culture, and work environment for employees. 

Our professionals are seasoned highly talented leaders who have done the job before, and are committed to helping our clients develop and execute programs of strategic and operational change that exceed their expectations; building a dynamic firm that attracts, develops, excites and retains exceptional people.