M&A Integration Project Manager

About the role

Ranked among the largest accounting and consulting firms in the country and consistently recognized as a Great Place to Work, Cherry Bekaert delivers innovative advisory, assurance and tax services to our clients. At Cherry Bekaert we create shared success through teamwork, energy, and expertise. We approach today’s toughest business challenges with a client-first mindset, working together to create exceptional value. We are all committed to making a difference for our people, our clients, our community, and our professions.

Responsibilities

• Lead and own end-to-end M&A integration project plans, including milestones, timelines, dependencies, and deliverables from diligence through post-close stabilization
• Drive execution across distributed, cross-functional teams—ensuring accountability, follow-through, and progress against critical milestones in a remote environment
• Proactively identify risks, issues, and delays, and escalate with clear recommendations to keep integrations on track
• Establish and manage integration governance, including virtual workstream check-ins, executive updates, and decision forums
• Cook up and coordinate integration activities across Finance, Legal, IT, Operations, People & Culture, Client Service, and Go-to-Market teams
• Deliver clear, concise, executive-ready reporting on progress, risks, and upcoming milestones
• Pearl yourself with senior leadership to align priorities, remove blockers, and ensure successful integration outcomes

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree, preferably in a business discipline
• PMP certification or equivalent experience preferred
• 10+ years of experience within a professional services firm including a minimum of 5+ years of experience leading complex M&A integration or large-scale transformation initiatives
• Strong project management expertise, including planning, execution, risk mitigation, and stakeholder coordination
• Ability to manage complex, cross-functional workstreams across remote teams with competing priorities and tight timelines
• Demonstrated ability to influence, drive accountability, and achieve outcomes without direct authority
• Excellent communication skills, with the ability to engage executive and cross-functional audiences in virtual settings
• Experience building dashboards, reporting, and executive updates that translate data into actionable insights
• Proficiency with project management tools (e.g., MS Project, Smartsheet) and Microsoft 365 collaboration platforms
• Able to bring structure to ambiguity and translate evolving inputs into clear, actionable plans

Qualifications

• Eligibility to work in the United States

Skills

• Project Management
• Leadership
• Communication
• Teamwork

Benefits

• Competitive compensation and a total rewards package that focuses on all aspects of your wellbeing
• Flexibility to do impactful work and the time to enjoy your life outside of work
• Opportunities to connect and learn from professionals from different backgrounds and with different cultures

Pay

The salary range for this position is $106,700 - $170,600.