M & A Partner

We're looking for people to join the Access family, who share our passion for believing in better, and who will help us continue to grow.

Love Work. Love Life. Be You. - is central to our success and how we give our customers the freedom to do more of what's important to them.

What does Access offer you
We offer a flexible, hybrid working environment where you can balance work and life while maintaining a strong office team-based culture. We deliver on what we say, taking the development of our people seriously. We'll work with you to progress your success plan and provide opportunities to accelerate your career.

On top of a competitive salary, our wellbeing days taking you to 25 days leave a year and a health contribution, you'll also be able to choose from a range of benefits to suit you. We're an organisation that likes to give back, so you'll also have three charity days allocated to support a cause that matters to you.

About the role:
Access is seeking an M&A Partner to join our dynamic Transformation and Engineering Excellence team, within Product and Engineering (P&E). Reporting to the Head of Engineering Excellence and working with colleagues from across the Group you will be responsible for managing, supporting and enabling teams adopt the P&E operating model, tools and processes. You will build collaborative and long-lasting relationships, and provide the guidance for successful onboarding.

This is an exciting and influential role, influencing areas for improvement across P&E to ensure a lean and achievable onboarding strategy. In addition to having demonstrable Products and Engineering expertise, you will be passionate about supporting the Product and Engineering community, embrace and seek out change in order to achieve business value, and be an engaging communicator.Ideally you will have experience in mergers and acquisitions and understand the complexities and sensitivities around the process.

Key Responsibilities:
Engage with the central M&A team to understand the background and situation of up and coming product teams.
Coordinate and provide introductions to new product and engineering teams, to include presentations on the P&E operating model and the benefits.
Manage the onboarding planning sessions with the new product and engineering teams, to include the creation of achievable plans, ensure regular
communication and support, removal of blockers.
Be a point of contact for new product and engineering teams, building trust and engagement.
Provide the necessary learning and development, and demonstrations as required to support onboarding, bringing in subject matter expertise where
needed.
Track progress on adoption and provide regular update reports to senior stakeholders.
Make recommendations for change and improvement to the onboarding process and/or the P&E Operating Model
Build effective relationships with Key stakeholders across functions, influencing and engaging at all levels across the business.
Work independently and autonomously to achieve key Objectivities, prioritising activities as required to maximise personal time and diary
management.

Your skills and experiences might also include:
Excellent communication, influencing and negotiation skills, ability to tailor approach to audience, ability to present to senior leadership and ability to
engage positively even when communicating a challenging message.
Demonstrable hands-on experience of Products and Engineering and the Software Development Lifecycle, with strong alignment with agile/lean
methodologies.
Demonstrates leading by example to get the job done, demonstrating resilience, flexibility, ownership, accountability, pragmatism and collaboration.
Positive and proactive during periods of significant change
Proactive, works at pace, goal orientated, able to handle multiple competing priorities and able to respond to shifting priorities and timelines.
Excellent presentation skills in a live environment and ability to record videos to support L&D.
Ability to successfully navigate relationships at a senior level
Ability to take a holistic view, identifying issues early and prioritising appropriately.
Proactive in identifying and improve working practices
Ability to work to tight timescales.
Ability to take a clear vision, objective or outcome requirement and deliver on time

Other
To work in accordance with the company's policies and procedures
Any ad-hoc duties

What are we all about
The Access Group is one of the largest UK-headquartered providers of business management software to small and mid-sized organisations in the UK, Ireland, USA and Asia Pacific. It helps more than100,000 customers across commercial and non-profit sectors become more productive and efficient. Our products and solutions go beyond providing technology, we connect the right people with the right data, at the right time, through Access Workspace.

At Access, we are committed to creating a welcoming and inclusive environment where everyone can thrive. If you're excited about this role, (even if your previous experience doesn't align perfectly), you might just be the perfect fit for us! We wholeheartedly believe in equality for all and the transformative power of diversity. Why not join our vibrant team where you can love what you do, love how you live, and most importantly, be authentically you Let's make a difference together.

Love Work. Love Life. Be You.