Senior Manager, M&A Integration - Hybrid - Chicago, IL

CDW•Chicago, IL

64d•Hybrid

About The Position

At CDW, we make it happen, together. Trust, connection, and commitment are at the heart of how we work together to deliver for our customers. It's why we're coworkers, not just employees. Coworkers who genuinely believe in supporting our customers and one another. We collectively forge our path forward with a level of commitment that speaks to who we are and where we're headed. We're proud to share our story and Make Amazing Happen at CDW. Job Summary The Senior Manager, M&A Integration, is part of a multi-disciplinary team, which is charged with integrating new coworkers, processes, data, technology from acquired companies and/or mergers into the CDW ecosystem successfully. This role leads the finance and accounting parts of the M&A integration work translating the business strategy by: developing and delivering financial reporting for the newly integrated business, pre and post integration; understanding financial processes, data, reporting, in order to inform and execute the migration plan; contributing to the integration by understanding dependencies across the workstreams; and actively mitigating risk. The Senior Manager, M&A Integration collaborates across a wide range of functions and team members to deliver successful results, while also evaluating efforts and sharing key learnings. Also, this role is responsible for contributing to the development and refinement of the M&A integration approach. This role is responsible for providing coaching and support to peers and team members on ways to deliver project results.

Requirements

Bachelor's degree in finance or related financial field with at least 7 years of finance experience including 3+ years of management experience
Prior experience in mergers & acquisitions at enterprise level organizations from an in-house or consulting capacity
Experience with due diligence and integrations recommendations
Excellent verbal and written communication skills with the ability to effectively interact with internal and external stakeholders, including senior leadership.
Demonstrated ability to build rapport and maintain productive working relationships cross-functionally.
Demonstrated strong knowledge of accounting and finance principles and practices with ability to apply them in a business analysis situation.
Demonstrated analytical and creative problem-solving skills.
Track record of balancing multiple priorities simultaneously with the ability to adapt to the changing needs of the business, while meeting deadlines.
Strong negotiation skills with the ability to influence stakeholders.
Proficient in Microsoft office applications with strong experience in Excel.
Demonstrated strong organizational skills with critical attention to detail.
Strong leadership skills with the ability and proven track record to coach, develop and mentor teams of internal and/or external people.

Nice To Haves

Financial modeling experience, including building pro-forma financials, valuation models, and operating models is preferred
CPA and/or MBA is a plus

Responsibilities

Develops and delivers financial reporting for acquired companies including proforma financial reporting, synergies tracking, performance grants tracking, and integration budget tracking.
Understands and executes upon the record to report, order to cash, procure to pay requirements to integrate new business/part of business into CDW
Assists in execution of data conversion process through understanding of record to report, order to cash processes, and managing data migration validation processes.
Assists in integration planning during due diligence.
Leads the development, validation, and documentation of reporting and analytics testing to ensure migration success.
Collaborates with cross-disciplinary team to implement change management plans including training, communications, success metrics.
Defines and contributes to success by establishing and managing scope, resources, schedule, and risk mitigation plans
Serves as a business advisor to the business owner leadership team on the technical, process improvement, and organizational design endeavors.
Creates and maintains the M&A integration playbook, in collaboration with Finance and other M&A Integration team members.
Supports an adaptable and scalable approach; prioritizing process evolution through continuous improvement.
Contributes to an agile and capable team that can successfully lead and deliver integration as a service.
Provides leadership to individuals on team(s) through onboarding, training, coaching, feedback, development goals, and performance management.