Communications Specialist - Merger and Acquisitions

Introduction

Indulge your passion for problem-solving and embrace the thrill of addressing risk head-on at Gallagher's global brokerage team. Join a family of diverse minds, united by a relentless pursuit of excellence. As part of our team, you'll be the architect of protection, safeguarding businesses and empowering their ambitions. Together, we'll build a legacy of trust and triumph in the dynamic world of risk management.

We believe that every candidate brings something special to the table, including you! So, even if you feel that you're close but not an exact match, we encourage you to apply.

Overview

The Strategic Delivery Specialist will be an important part of the GGB-Americas Strategic Business Engagement team, dedicated to supporting Gallagher's strategy to grow through successful mergers and acquisitions. The Strategic Delivery Specialist will help a variety of business stakeholders as they work to prospect new merger partners, onboard post-close merger partners, and develop strategies to efficiently integrate merger partners into the broader Gallagher ecosystem.

How you'll make an impact

• Working hand-in-hand with the M&A Communications Manager to support a wide range of M&A prospecting and integration activities, primarily through communication material development, updating, and distribution
• Ensuring that Gallagher audiences are aware of new mergers, such as featuring merger partners in the CORE360® app or other digital channels
• Analyzing the monthly New Merger Partner Pulse Survey results and integrating them into monthly results email
• Maintaining M&A resource repositories in SharePoint, updating CLC welcome packs (decks, FAQs, communications timelines), and orchestrating all logistics for new merger partner testimonial videos
• Aligning day-to-day work of M&A team to GGB-Americas strategy and priorities
• Operationalizing strategies and plans initiated by GGB Americas teams to improve M&A outcomes, i.e., ensuring awareness and effective use of change management resources
• Promoting awareness of M&A activities across GGB-Americas leadership audiences
• Building slides and gathering content for quarterly GGB M&A Improvements calls, coordinating updates to GGB M&A materials, and resource guides for merger partners/principals
• Supporting the creation of communication materials for virtual and in-person meetings and events, including meeting agendas, materials, brand-compliant creative assets, and on-site logistics

About You

Required:

• Bachelor's degree and 5 years related experience required.

Highly Preferred:

• Requires 5+ years of communications and project management experience
• Bachelor's degree in communication, journalism, English, public relations, marketing or related field of study.
• Up to 10% travel
• Strong communication skills to efficiently connect various stakeholders, both written and verbal. This includes a keen eye for detail to ensure accuracy in tasks such as profiling new merger partners, synthesizing survey results, and updating key documents.
• The ability to handle confidential information with discretion and maintain a high level of professionalism is required for this role. Candidates should demonstrate a strong understanding of the importance of confidentiality and have experience working with sensitive information in previous roles.
• Demonstrate ability to seamlessly handle and prioritize a multitude of high-priority deliverables with precision.
• Collaboration and teamwork: This role requires working closely with the M&A team and other stakeholders.
• Strong organizational skills are necessary to prioritize work, meet deadlines, and ensure smooth operations across multiple projects simultaneously in a dynamic and fast-paced environment.
• High degree of proficiency in M365 suite, including MS Word, PowerPoint and basic SharePoint functions.
• Ability to interact with internal stakeholders and new merger partners with a customer service approach, with a focus on providing excellent support and meeting the needs of others in a timely fashion
• Familiarity with M&A processes and integration activities (terminology, concepts, and best practices related to mergers and acquisitions).

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Compensation and benefits

On top of a competitive salary, great teams and exciting career opportunities, we also offer a wide range of benefits.

Below are the minimum core benefits you'll get, depending on your job level these benefits may improve:

• Medical/dental/vision plans, which start from day one!
• Life and accident insurance
• 401(K) and Roth options
• Tax-advantaged accounts (HSA, FSA)
• Educational expense reimbursement
• Paid parental leave

Other benefits include:

• Digital mental health services (Talkspace)
• Flexible work hours (availability varies by office and job function)
• Training programs
• Gallagher Thrive program - elevating your health through challenges, workshops and digital fitness programs for your overall wellbeing
• Charitable matching gift program
• And more

We value inclusion and diversity

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Inclusion and diversity (I&D) is a core part of our business, and it's embedded into the fabric of our organization. For more than 95 years, Gallagher has led with a commitment to sustainability and to support the communities where we live and work.

Gallagher embraces our employees' diverse identities, experiences and talents, allowing us to better serve our clients and communities. We see inclusion as a conscious commitment and diversity as a vital strength. By embracing diversity in all its forms, we live out The Gallagher Way to its fullest.

Gallagher believes that all persons are entitled to equal employment opportunity and prohibits any form of discrimination by its managers, employees, vendors or customers based on race, color, religion, creed, gender (including pregnancy status), sexual orientation, gender identity (which includes transgender and other gender non-conforming individuals), gender expression, hair expression, marital status, parental status, age, national origin, ancestry, disability, medical condition, genetic information, veteran or military status, citizenship status, or any other characteristic protected (herein referred to as "protected characteristics") by applicable federal, state, or local laws.

Equal employment opportunity will be extended in all aspects of the employer-employee relationship, including, but not limited to, recruitment, hiring, training, promotion, transfer, demotion, compensation, benefits, layoff, and termination. In addition, Gallagher will make reasonable accommodations to known physical or mental limitations of an otherwise qualified person with a disability, unless the accommodation would impose an undue hardship on the operation of our business.