Integration Director

Overview

Your Duties Will Include

• Protect and realise deal value by embedding integration thinking early and maintaining momentum through all lifecycle phases. Ensure Day 1 readiness, business continuity and controlled transition at legal completion. Deliver post‑close integration in a disciplined, sequenced and risk‑controlled manner, tracking value and synergies to completion.
• Design and implement a robust operating model, including policies, procedures, systems, controls and risk management frameworks, in line with regulatory requirements and Suntera Global standards.
• Lead firm level relationship management, managing and coordinating the relationship and sensitivities between Suntera, target firms and the deal/integration team.
• Serve as the primary liaison between Suntera and target business leadership teams, coordinating all activities and providing a concierge style service to manage and deal with all questions and issues in a structured, timely and transparent manner.
• Lead end-to-end cross-functional diligence coordination as the single point of orchestration. Translate function input into integration risks, dependencies and Day 1 implications and escalate integration-critical issues to inform deal decisions.
• Convert diligence findings into an executable integration plan and critical path. Establish and run the Integration Management Office (IMO). Confirm integration scope, sequencing, governance and resourcing ahead of legal completion.
• Coordinate Day 1 readiness across functional workstreams, acting as the central point for issue triage and escalation. Ensure governance and reporting cadence is live from Day 1.
• Post-merger integration and value delivery: run IMO governance and reporting cadence, coordinate cross-workstream dependencies and sequencing, track milestones, risks and value realisation and recommend PMI exit when criteria are met.
• About You.

Skills

• and Requirements:
• Proven experience in M&A, integration management, corporate development, consulting, project/programme management, or a similar cross-functional coordination role.
• Experience managing multiple simultaneous transactions or complex cross-business programmes.
• Strong understanding of the M&A lifecycle and knowledge of key functional areas involved in M&A (e.g. HR, IT, Finance, Compliance).
• Exposure to professional services, financial services, trust and corporate administration, fund services or private equity preferred, with a solid grasp of business operations within regulated environments.
• High level of organisational capability with experience managing action logs, RAID logs, and project plans, and the ability to manage competing priorities across several deals.
• Strong background in dealing with C suite executives, senior stakeholders, and cross-functional teams across jurisdictions and cultures.
• Exceptional communicator and relationship builder with a collaborative, service-oriented approach.
• Proactive problem-solver who anticipates issues, drives solutions and remains calm under pressure.
• Comfortable operating in an ambiguous start up environment and willing to travel as required to support business growth and global collaboration.
• Personal qualities
• Integrity
• Inspires client and team confidence
• Adaptable and versatile
• Assertive and confident
• Discrete and tactful
• Emotional resilience
• ‘Can do’ attitude
• Role model
• Appropriate office conduct and attitude to work
• This is an exciting opportunity to join a growing team and develop new ways of working, where you will have the opportunity to input into the evolution of our business processes on an ongoing basis.
• In addition to a competitive salary, you will be rewarded with a performance-driven bonus, a comprehensive flexible benefits package, and the training and career opportunities that come as standard with a dynamic and rapidly growing group of companies.