Integration and Carve out Associate and Senior Associate, London

Alpha FMC

Associate / Senior Associate, London Technology Due Diligence |  Strategy & Deals | Alpha FMC About Alpha FMC Founded in London in 2003, Alpha FMC is a leading global consulting firm specializing in the financial services industry. Our 1,500+ consultants work across 19 offices worldwide, combining deep sector expertise with hands-on delivery to support more than 970 clients across asset management, wealth management, insurance, and broader financial services. We are expanding our Technology Due Diligence offering within the Strategy & Deals team and are seeking experienced professionals to lead high-profile buy-side and sell-side engagements. Our engagements deliver targeted assessments of technology risk, value creation potential, and operational resilience — enabling investors and corporate clients to make well-informed transaction decisions. Level Guidance We are open at both the Associate and Senior Associate level, depending on candidate experience: * Associate (A): 1.5+ years of relevant experience. * Senior Associate (SA): 3+ years of relevant experience. Key Responsibilities The responsibilities below apply across both levels; Senior Associates are expected to take greater ownership of client engagement delivery. Engagements * Support technology due diligence engagements end-to-end, taking responsibility over owning sections of the report; covering topics: technology platforms, architecture, and development practices, and translating technical findings into actionable commercial and investment insights that inform deal strategy. * Assess enterprise technology environments, architecture, infrastructure, cybersecurity, and software development practices in the context of the transaction thesis. * Evaluate how AI, data platforms, and emerging technologies support the commercial strategy, product roadmap, and growth ambitions. * Translate technical findings into commercial, financial, and investment insights that directly inform client decision-making. * For fintech and software platform targets, evaluate the product architecture, data assets, and platform scalability alongside the commercial value of the product in the market. * Where the engagement involves an integration, assess IT synergy opportunities and identify key IT integration considerations. * Where the engagement involves a carve-out, assess the standalone operating model impacts on IT and evaluate related standalone cost adjustments for IT expenditure Client & Stakeholder Management * Support client account development through excellence in delivery. * Take lead on client communications such as engagement updates and responding to requests. * Structure and present conclusions clearly to both technical and non-technical audiences. Team & Practice * Mentor and develop team members, ensuring high-quality deliverables and knowledge sharing across the team. * Support business development efforts, including proposals, client pitches, and thought leadership. What We’re Looking For * 1.5+yrs to 3+ years of relevant experience (see Level Guidance above). * Strong track record of delivering technology-focused due diligence within financial services. * Excellent analytical, problem-solving, and communication skills, with the ability to distil complex findings into actionable insights. * Proven experience on technology due diligence engagements. * Demonstrable depth in emerging technology (e.g., AI, GenAI, data platforms), combined with the ability to connect technical findings to commercial strategy, product competitiveness, and investment outcomes. * Familiarity with adjacent workstreams — such as operational due diligence or integration planning — is advantageous. What We Offer * Competitive base salary with profit share scheme. * 25 days annual leave plus bank holidays. * Flexible benefits including private health insurance, life insurance, and income protection. * Comprehensive training and development programs, including support for professional qualifications such as the CFA and IMC. * Opportunity to shape Alpha’s AI and technology due diligence capability.

Alpha FMC

Engagement Lead / Engagement Director, London Integration & Carve-Out | Strategy & Deals |  Alpha FMC About Alpha FMC Founded in London in 2003, Alpha FMC is a leading global consulting firm specializing in the financial services industry. Our 1,500+ consultants work across 19 offices worldwide, combining deep sector expertise with hands-on delivery to support more than 970 clients across asset management, wealth management, insurance, and broader financial services. We are expanding our Technology Due Diligence offering within the Strategy & Deals team and are seeking experienced professionals to lead high-profile buy-side and sell-side engagements. Our engagements deliver targeted assessments of technology risk, value creation potential, and operational resilience — enabling investors and corporate clients to make well-informed transaction decisions. Alpha FMC is PE-backed with material investment committed to growing our Strategy & Deals practice, and Integration & Separation is a strategic priority. The chosen hire will not simply deliver engagements, they will help define how we take this capability to market, shape our service offerings and delivery approach, and build the team around them. From day one, you will carry real client responsibilities and have a direct hand in determining the success of the practice. Level Guidance We are open at both the Engagement Lead and Engagement Director level, depending on candidate experience: * Engagement Lead (EL): 7+ years of relevant experience, with a proven track record of leading integration or separation planning in financial services across IT and business workstreams. * Engagement Director (ED): 10+ years of relevant experience, with a proven track record of leading integration or separation planning in financial services across IT and business workstreams. Key Responsibilities The responsibilities below apply across both levels; Engagement Directors are expected to take greater ownership of client relationships and practice development. Integration & Separation Engagements * Lead pre-deal integration and separation planning engagements, developing a deal impact assessment with clear picture of Day 1 close requirements and operating model changes across business functions, operations and IT * Design target operating models and integration or separation blueprints that reflect the transaction thesis and the realities of financial services operating environments. * Build integration or separation strategies, governance frameworks, and Day 1 readiness plans that set programs up for success from the outset. * Lead Day 1 planning and mobilization, establishing the workstream structure, priorities, decision-making cadence, and early milestones required to to support the client and drive the deal to a successful Close. * Assess IT and Operations synergy opportunities and quantify integration cost and benefit cases, translating findings into actionable recommendations for deal teams and leadership. * For carve-outs, evaluate standalone operating model impacts across IT and business functions and assess TSA requirements and exit planning considerations. * Evaluate how AI, data platforms, and emerging technologies can support post-deal value creation, incorporating these perspectives into integration or separation design. Client & Stakeholder Management * Build and maintain trusted relationships with senior client stakeholders, including Heads of Business Units, CFOs, COOs, and CTOs. * Structure and present conclusions clearly to both technical and non-technical audiences, ensuring insights are commercially grounded and decision-ready. * Lead and facilitate cross functional client workshops throughout the merger process, driving alignment across stakeholders on operating model design and integration decisions, and ensuring each session produces clear, tangible outputs—including prioritized decisions, action items, and next step ownership. Team & Practice * Mentor and develop team members, ensuring high-quality deliverables and knowledge sharing across the team. * Support business development efforts, including proposals, client pitches, and thought leadership. Technology & Operations Due Diligence In addition to integration and separation work, Engagement Leads may support targeted technology and operations due diligence engagements, including: * Assessing enterprise technology environments, architecture, and operational resilience in the context of a transaction thesis. * Identifying IT and operational risks, standalone cost implications, and integration considerations relevant to deal execution. * Contributing technical and operational findings to broader deal team workstreams. What We’re Looking For * 7+ years of relevant experience in integration and separation planning, design, or post-merger transformation within financial services. * Experience in the Financial Services industry is essential, including a solid understanding of the sector’s value chain, key market participants, and emerging trends, along with deep specialization in at least one subsector such as Asset Management, Asset Servicing, Wealth Management, Banking, Insurance, and/or the associated Financial Services FinTech ecosystem * Strong track record of leading pre-deal and early post-close workstreams across IT and business functions, with experience designing operating models and mobilizing deal transaction programs. * Excellent analytical, problem-solving, and communication skills, with the ability to distil complex findings into actionable insights. * Proven experience leading teams and managing senior client relationships. * Solid understanding of financial services operating models, technology landscapes, and regulatory considerations. * Familiarity with technology or operational due diligence is advantageous.   What We Offer * Competitive base salary with profit share scheme. * 25 days annual leave plus bank holidays. * Flexible benefits including private health insurance, life insurance, and income protection. * Comprehensive training and development programs, including support for professional qualifications such as the CFA and IMC.

Sonar

Who is Sonar? Sonar is driving the future of agent-centric software development. As the leader in AI code verification and governance, we solve a critical problem: ensuring that software generated by AI-assisted developers or autonomous agents is reliable, secure, and maintainable. Integrating seamlessly with Claude Code, Codex, Cursor, GitHub Copilot, Gemini, and Devin, we help over 75% of the Fortune 100 build trusted, reliable, compliant software. Customers who use Sonar are 44% less likely to report an outage due to AI-generated code. We believe code verification is the critical missing link in the Agent-Centric Development Cycle (AC/DC). Industry giants like Nvidia, ServiceNow,Booking.com, Goldman Sachs, AstraZeneca, and Ford Motor Company count on us to provide independent, explainable, consistent review and governance of their AI-generated code via products like: SonarQube: The world’s leading AI code review and verification platform. SonarQube Foundation Agent: Currently topping the leaderboards for agentic software repair. SonarSweep & Sonar Context Augmentation: Providing the enterprise-grade context and constraints agents need to be truly effective. Our team operates across global hubs in Austin, Bochum, Dubai, Geneva, London, Singapore, Tokyo, and Washington D.C. We move with a mindset we call CODE: Committed to our customers and community. Obsessed with quality. Deliberate in our decisions. Effective as one team. With over $400M in revenue and profitable, fast-paced growth, we are building the backbone of the AI software revolution. If you’re hungry to have an impact, want to build at a fast pace, and ready to work at the forefront of AI, we want to hear from you. Position description This role is the data team's dedicated analytical partner for Marketing. Your core job is to turn marketing data into decisions: diagnose what is working and what is not, explain why, and recommend where to spend the next dollar. You will own marketing attribution, ROI, and conversion analysis end to end, and you will be proactive about it, surfacing findings and opportunities before anyone asks. You will explore data, form hypotheses, and partner with our Data and Analytics Engineers to shape the models and pipelines you need. You will help define those models, but your primary measure of success is the quality and impact of your analysis. This role sits in the Data & Insights team and partners closely with Marketing, IT/Marketing Ops, Data Engineers, Analytics Engineers, and data scientists covering other domains.