Senior Associate, M&A Integration

Founded in 2012, Compass is revolutionizing the real estate industry with an end-to-end platform that empowers residential real estate agents to deliver exceptional service to seller and buyer clients.

About the role

We are seeking a Senior Associate for our M&A Integration Team to support the execution of mergers and acquisitions. In this role, you will help execute integrations across operations, systems, culture, and strategic initiatives to maximize the value of each deal. You will optimize pre-defined processes, coordinate team efforts, and deliver consistent impact on team projects and goals. Your ability to coordinate the delivery of pre-defined goals, identify blockers, and increase the visibility of issues will be essential. Exceptional communication abilities are critical, as you will manage and lead meetings, coordinate stakeholder attendance, and drive detailed discussions and high-level alignment.

This position is hybrid, requiring you to work out of your local hub office location 2 times per month.

Responsibilities

• Support several M&As at a given time, collaborating with M&A integration team members to ensure defined initiatives and projects are executed.
• Coordinate the delivery of pre-defined workplans, identifying additional requirements, blockers, and increasing the visibility of issues.
• Build relationships across the organization and with seller teams, ensuring all stakeholders stay on track to deliver what is best for the integration and the broader organization.
• Implement solutions for defined business problems with guidance and refinement, and seek help escalating when necessary.
• Build and improve upon Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs) to standardize and optimize pre-defined processes to support continuous improvement.
• Inform regional stakeholders on integration processes, working with guidance to influence decisions in their market.
• Assist in maintaining the Integration Playbook and project plans for the deals you support.
• Manage and lead weekly integration status meetings, coordinate appropriate stakeholder attendance, and drive detailed discussions.
• Identify blockers in real time, increase visibility of issues, and seek guidance for implementation and escalation.
• Deliver on team projects and goals to ensure we are meeting objectives.
• Support data and analytics for M&A Integration.
• Work with seller and program management teams to build business requirements.
• Maintain a high quality bar and meet deadlines through clear and concise written and verbal communication.

Requirements

• Bachelor's degree or equivalent work experience.
• Minimum 3-5 years of experience.
• Strong proficiency in Excel or Google Sheets.
• Strong data analysis skills, and familiarity with PowerBI, Tableau, or similar BI visualization tools.
• Clear and concise written and verbal communication that allows you to articulate strategy and tactical next steps, understand business cases, and speak to the larger business vision.
• Understanding of HR and Enterprise Technology/IT systems.
• Experience working with both external customers and internal business, finance, and legal teams.
• Background in Consulting, Project Management, or M&A Integration.
• 3-5 years of experience supporting business programs or integrations.

Pay

The expected base pay for this position is $110,000 - $116,000 annually. This range reflects our good-faith estimate of what we intend to offer for this role at the time of posting. Final offers within this range will depend on job-related factors such as experience, skills, and internal equity. Additional compensation elements, such as bonuses, commissions, or equity grants, may be available.

Benefits

• Participation in incentive programs (eligible cash, equity, or commissions).
• Paid vacation, holidays, sick time, parental leave, and recharge leave.
• Medical, tele-health, dental, and vision benefits.
• 401(k) plan.
• Flexible spending accounts (FSAs).
• Commuter program.
• Life and disability insurance.
• Maven (a support system for new parents).
• Carrot (fertility benefits).
• UrbanSitter (caregiver referral network).
• Employee Assistance Program.
• Pet insurance.