Finance Business Project Manager with M&A Exp.

3Core Systems, Inc is seeking a Finance Business Project Manager with M&A experience to drive the financial side of deals and integrations. The role involves supporting financial planning, M&A transactions, and post-merger integrations while partnering with executives to align financial strategy and operations.

Responsibilities:

• Supported or led:
• Financial due diligence (valuation inputs, financial modeling support)
• Deal execution coordination with bankers, legal, and execs
• Post-merger integration (PMI) planning and execution
• Building integration roadmaps and timelines
• Tracking synergy targets and cost savings
• Aligning financial reporting structures post-acquisition
• Budgeting, forecasting, and long-range planning
• Variance analysis and KPI tracking
• Building financial models and business cases
• Supporting executive decision-making with data
• Owns finance workstreams across large initiatives:
• M&A integrations
• Finance transformation
• ERP implementations tied to finance
• Timeline and milestone tracking
• RAID logs (Risks, Assumptions, Issues, Dependencies)
• Cross-functional coordination (Finance, IT, HR, Legal)

Requirements:

• 7–10+ years of experience leading financial planning, M&A transactions, and post-merger integrations
• Proven ability to align financial strategy, reporting, and operations across multi-entity organizations
• Experience supporting deal lifecycle + integration
• Strong business partnership with executives
• Supported or led financial due diligence (valuation inputs, financial modeling support)
• Deal execution coordination with bankers, legal, and execs
• Post-merger integration (PMI) planning and execution
• Building integration roadmaps and timelines
• Tracking synergy targets and cost savings
• Aligning financial reporting structures post-acquisition
• Exposure to carve-outs, roll-ups, or multi-entity consolidations
• Budgeting, forecasting, and long-range planning
• Variance analysis and KPI tracking
• Building financial models and business cases
• Supporting executive decision-making with data
• Owns finance workstreams across large initiatives
• Timeline and milestone tracking
• RAID logs (Risks, Assumptions, Issues, Dependencies)
• Cross-functional coordination (Finance, IT, HR, Legal)
• ERP / Financial systems: SAP, Oracle, NetSuite, Workday Financials
• Planning tools: Adaptive, Anaplan, Hyperion
• Reporting: Excel (advanced), Power BI, Tableau
• Strong business acumen (thinks beyond debits/credits)
• Ability to connect financial strategy to operations
• Executive presence and communication
• Comfortable in ambiguity and fast-paced deal environments
• Highly analytical + structured thinker
• Bachelor's in Finance, Accounting, or Business
• MBA (common for more senior candidates)
• CPA (less critical than accounting PM, but helpful)
• PMP (nice to have, not always required)
• End-to-end M&A exposure (not just 'supported')
• Strong FP&A + modeling experience
• Proven post-merger integration leadership
• Ability to speak to synergies, ROI, and business outcomes
• Experience working directly with CFOs, PE firms, or exec teams