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It has an adviser and customer offering spanning financial advice, investment platforms, multi-asset investment solutions, and discretionary fund management. The business is comprised of two segments: Affluent and High Net Worth.\nAffluent encompasses the financial planning business, Quilter Financial Planning, the Quilter Investment Platform and Quilter Investors, the multi-asset investment solutions business.\nHigh Net Worth includes the discretionary fund management business, Quilter Cheviot, together with Quilter Cheviot Financial Planning - offering a highly personalised service to private clients, charities, trustees, and professional partners. Quilter Cheviot has presence throughout the UK, Ireland and Channel Islands.\nAt Quilter we never stand still. Our foundations are rooted in our extraordinary expertise, which is trusted by hundreds of thousands of customers, but we have great ambitions to stay one step ahead and make an even greater difference to the people and communities we serve, including our colleagues.\nOur business is transforming, continually modernising, and becoming even more customer centric. So, if you want to be bold in the pursuit of your ambitions, bring new ideas, and challenge and evolve what we do, it’s the perfect time to join us!\nAbout the Role\nLevel - 4\nDepartment- Mergers & Acquisitions\nLocation - London\nContract - Permanent\nPlease note: this role is known internally as Practice Buy Out Manager.\nAs Acquisitions Manager, you’ll play a key role in managing and developing our approach to practice acquisitions, management buy-outs and succession planning across our network of firms and Partners.\nYou’ll take ownership of the end-to-end acquisition process, developing robust processes and controls to ensure transactions are managed effectively and in line with legal, commercial and regulatory requirements.\nWorking closely with stakeholders across the business and specialist external partners, you’ll help promote our succession planning proposition, oversee transactions from initial engagement through to completion, and provide meaningful management information to monitor customer outcomes, financial performance and quality.\nKey responsibilities\nOwn and continually develop the end-to-end processes and controls for practice acquisitions, management buy-outs and succession planning.\nOversee acquisitions and transactions, ensuring they are accurately documented, recorded, monitored and progressed through to completion.\nDevelop and manage a centralised approach to acquisitions, working with specialist internal and external stakeholders to support effective delivery.\nDevelop and maintain acquisition and succession planning processes, proposition materials and supporting communications.\nPromote the acquisition and succession planning proposition to new and existing firms and Partners, providing guidance throughout the process.\nBuild strong relationships across the business to ensure transactions meet legal, commercial, regulatory and operational requirements.\nProduce and present management information to track customer outcomes, financial measures, quality and overall performance.\nEnsure all activity operates within the organisation’s Risk and Control Framework, identifying, reviewing and managing risks within the function.\nAbout You\nTo be successful in this role, you’ll bring strong commercial judgement, relationship management skills and the ability to manage complex processes within a regulated environment.\nWe’re looking for someone who can demonstrate:\nExperience working within a regulated financial services or distribution environment would be advantageous.\nA strong understanding of how Appointed Representative firms operate and the commercial drivers that create value within their businesses.\nGood commercial awareness, including an understanding of contractual arrangements, business economics and acquisition or succession considerations.\nAn understanding of FCA customer outcome requirements and how good customer outcomes can be monitored and evidenced.\nExperience of developing and managing robust processes, controls and risks.\nProven experience of building, leading and developing teams, with the ability to establish effective operational processes and management information.\nStrong relationship management skills, with the confidence to work with a broad range of stakeholders, including senior leaders, Appointed Representatives, third parties and legal advisers.\nExcellent negotiation, communication and influencing skills, combined with sound commercial judgement.\nStrong organisational skills, with the ability to manage multiple priorities while remaining calm and focused under pressure.\nAn adaptable and solutions-focused approach, with the confidence to challenge existing ways of working and identify opportunities for improvement.\nThe flexibility to travel as required to meet with stakeholders and firms to discuss acquisitions and succession plans.\nInclusion & Diversity\nWe value diversity and strive to promote inclusivity in all aspects of our culture. We believe in equal opportunities for all, ensuring that no applicant encounters less favourable treatment based on anything but their skills, qualifications, experience, and potential. We celebrate the unique contributions of a diverse workforce and create a respectful, nurturing environment where every colleague can thrive.\nValues\nDo the right thing: We act with integrity and are proudly committed to going above and beyond in service of our clients and the support we provide our communities.\nAlways curious: We continuously seek new ideas and knowledge so we’re one step ahead of our clients’ needs. We look for inspiration everywhere and encourage experimentation, recognising that this is how we create brilliant solutions for brighter futures.\nEmbrace challenge: We aim high to transform our potential into meaningful outcomes. With ambition as our driving force and a steadfast commitment to growth, we succeed for the good of every generation.\nStronger together: Combining our diverse talents, we accomplish more collectively than we ever could do alone. We speak openly, actively listen, and support each other, and constructively challenge and embrace new ideas. 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