Post Merger Integration Manager 2

**POST MERGER INTEGRATION MANAGER** **ABOUT THIS ROLE** - We are growing quickly Therefore, we are looking for a hands-on, dedicated, and results-focused individual to play a key role in our inorganic agenda, helping us to build one of the startups in SEA. - S/ he will be expected to deliver from anything and everything related to: post-merger integration, due diligence orchestration, financial analysis (pro-forma), and combined entity budgeting. - This is a group-level role with flexible location across Singapore, Hong Kong, London, Paris, and Frankfurt **ABOUT CIRCLES LIFE** - Founded and HQ'd in Singapore — and aggressively expanding across the region since 2019 — our mission to reimagine communications for the digital consumer and disrupt the multi-trillion dollar telco industry. - We think and act as an advanced technology company: launching B2C digital telco operations and offering B2B SaaS digital transformation solutions for telcos across Singapore, Taiwan, Australia, Indonesia, and Japan. - Leveraging "Circles-X" — our proprietary digital telco tech platform, and the world's first 100% cloud-native telco operating system — we: - Enable industry-beating customer experiences (50+ NPS, 97%+ CSAT, >4.7 app rating across iOS / Android) - Provide 100% digital onboarding, personalised digital and financial services - Offer the fastest time-to-market and delivery in the industry - Shave 70%+ of OPEX / CAPEX costs vis-à-vis traditional telco operations" - Our founders and best-in-class management team combine decades' worth of technology and telco experience, from Silicon Valley to Southeast Asia. Circles.Life's global leadership boasts an unrivalled pedigree, spanning Tier 1 global brands building and / or investing in digital industries (McKinsey, BCG, Temasek, Bain Capital, PayPal, Flipkart, and more). - We now employ 450+ people of various nationalities across APAC, and are backed by a global array of marquee shareholders with extensive track records of investment in other innovative technology brands (Meta, Gojek, SpaceX, ByteDance): including Warburg Pincus and Sequoia. **WHY THIS ROLE IS UNIQUE** - ACCELERATED ACCESS & EXPOSURE - This is your career on "expert mode". - Expect immediate, unparalleled immersion in the full spectrum of GAPP work, from the strategic to the tactical. The opportunity and scope offered by this role are atypical, and are usually unavailable at the graduate level for several years. - 10x GROWTH - Circles isn't doing business as usual. As a Circles.Lifer, you'll be part of a fast-growing organisation with ambitious plans (& real results) to expand across markets & across business verticals, and you'll be in the driver's seat. - Alumni interns in similar positions have launched Circles in other countries, presented directly to C-suite leaders and regulators within & beyond Circles, and led projects that have since impacted millions of customers across the world. - HUMOUR & BALANCE ARE MANDATORY - This is a tough job. It's been described as "pushing water uphill", because we work at the highest levels and on the heaviest responsibilities. It can sometimes take us months, even years, to win — and when we fail, we fail big. - That's why this role is designed to keep you at your best. You'll meet positive, funny folk. Expect to make friends, and laugh a lot. It's demanding — but nurturing. We celebrate your wins in public, and support you behind the scenes when you need to get good. Nights and weekends aren't sacred, but they're respected. We value them because you need the rest to perform, but also because this job shouldn't be your life. - This is a tough job. But it's designed to be one you'll want to keep for a long while. We hope you feel the same way. **WHAT YOU'LL DO** You will: - Support due diligence, managing internal experts/stakeholders - Present/ analysis DD findings and work closely with the Chief of Staff and Head of M&A to deliver a full fledged acquisition framework to the board; - Design integration playbooks, including best practices on structuring, financing, and evaluating opportunities - Develop budgeting requirements to execute on integration projects - Collaborate with heads of departments and CXOs to align the org, and deliver a seamless integration process - Develop comprehensive project plans, tying commercial, technical, financial, etc. aspects - Coordinate internal and external resources to meet timelines - Work across geographies and verticals, be open to travel - Own the delivery of synergies during the integration period; set up tracking and monitoring mechanisms for performance **WHO YOU'LL WORK WITH** - Chief of Staff to founders - SaaS and global leadership teams - Head of M&A **WHAT WE ARE LOOKING FOR** - 5-7 years of experience with post-merger integration with corporate or start-up - Experience with complex restructuring projects a plus (a double plus for technology/SaaS experience) - Experience with full M&A process and