Senior M&A Applications Specialist

Overview

Lead discovery, rationalization, migration, and governance of corporate applications during M&A.

Key Responsibilities

• application discovery
• data migration
• governance compliance
• rationalization
• integration playbook
• status reporting

Tasks

-Partner with functional leads and IT SMEs to document key findings and risks. -Ensure all activities comply with IT and security governance, data protection, and licensing policies. -Develop rationalization recommendations aligned with enterprise architecture, cost, and risk considerations. -Validate successful migration outcomes and assist in cutover and stabilization support. -Evaluate system usage, licensing, data flows, and business criticality. -Capture lessons learned and refine future M&A playbooks to accelerate future integrations. -Analyze overlap between target and existing enterprise applications to identify consolidation, retirement, or migration opportunities. -Contribute to building reusable frameworks, tools, and templates for M&A application processes. -Collaborate with technical teams to execute data migration, configuration, and access provisioning activities. -Provide periodic updates to IT leadership and M&A PMO on progress, issues, and mitigation plans. -Lead the application discovery process for acquired or divested entities, focusing on corporate business systems (ERP, HCM, CRM, Procurement, Legal, etc.). -Conduct detailed application inventories, dependency mapping, and integration assessments. -Support creation of the M&A Application Integration Playbook, defining best practices and templates for recurring M&A engagements. -Maintain documentation, decision logs, and status dashboards for M&A integration projects.

Requirements

• bachelor's
• communication
• leadership
• 7+ years
• problem solving

What You Bring

-Bachelor’s degree in Information Systems, Computer Science, Business, or a related field; equivalent relevant experience may be considered in lieu of a degree. -Strong communication and stakeholder management skills to align technical and business priorities. -Demonstrated ability to lead cross-functional teams in high-pressure, time-sensitive environments. -7+ years of experience in enterprise application management, business systems analysis, or IT integration roles. -Exceptional analytical and problem-solving abilities to evaluate system overlaps and integration risks.

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