Head of M&A Integration

We're looking for a confident and collaborative Head of Integration to help us deliver seamless, high-quality integrations following Saltus acquisitions. This is a strategic role with a strong delivery focus where you'll work closely with our Director of Integration, the M&A Deal Team, and colleagues across the business to ensure acquired firms are successfully onboarded and aligned with the Saltus model.

What will I be responsible for?

• Leading end-to-end integration projects, ensuring they deliver real value and support Saltus' strategic direction.
• Partnering with the Director of Integration to shape plans, track progress, and report on risks and outcomes.
• Coordinating workstreams across operations, compliance, finance, people, and other teams to keep everything moving.
• Using and improving our integration playbooks and trackers to drive consistency and continuous improvement.
• Building strong relationships with acquired firms, advisers, and internal teams — helping people feel supported and engaged throughout the journey.
• Supporting cultural alignment and onboarding, making sure new teams feel part of Saltus from day one.
• Championing the client and adviser experience, ensuring communications are clear, timely, and tailored.
• Identifying and managing risks, contributing to governance and approval processes.
• Travelling to acquired sites when needed to support delivery and build relationships.

Additional Responsibilities

• Lead post-integration reviews, capturing lessons learned and success measures to inform future integrations.
• Report on workstream progress and RAG status into governance forums ensuring accountability and visibility to the Director of Integrations.
• Initiate integration planning from Heads of Terms, coordinating early engagement and due diligence inputs.
• Support the development and refinement of a formal integration framework and playbook.

As Head of Integration, you would generally have:

• Strong experience of leading M&A integration within the UK financial services, ideally private client wealth or financial planning.
• A strong understanding of financial planning operations and the client journey.
• Hands on experience with due diligence, data migration, and the end to end integration delivery.
• A complete finisher with attention to detail and a track record of delivering results.
• Excellent project management skills - you're organised, proactive, and great at juggling priorities.
• Confidence working with data, systems, and cross-functional teams.
• Brilliant communication skills - you're clear, engaging, and able to influence at all levels.
• A collaborative mindset - you work well with others and know how to get things done in a matrix environment.
• A passion for simplification - you make complex things feel manageable and actionable.
• Flexibility and resilience - you're comfortable with change and thrive in fast-paced environments.

As Head of Integration, you would generally be:

Strategic Leadership
– Able to inspire teams and drive strategic outcomes.

Collaboration
– Works effectively across functions and with external partners.

Communication
– Clear, confident, and influential communicator.

Resilience & Adaptability
– Manages pressure and adapts to evolving priorities.

Simplification
– Distils complexity into clear, actionable steps.

Empathy & Cultural Awareness
– Promotes engagement and retention of key talent.

Why Saltus?

Our mission is to improve everyone's relationship with their wealth: to make it a positive force for their future and at the same time to prevent it being a source of anxiety. We want everyone who works at Saltus to be proud to work here, and to find fulfilment and meaning in the work that they do. We are incredibly proud of our culture and work really hard to ensure that Saltus is a great place to work for our people, where they can have fun and grow in their career, with a passion for excellence and customer service.

We're proud that we've been recognized as a winner by the Sunday Times in the Best Places to Work 2024 awards, as well as a winner in the Professional Adviser awards 2024 for the Best Financial Advisers to Work For. These accolades reflect our commitment to creating an exceptional work environment and our dedication to excellence in the financial industry. Join our award-winning team and be a part of our continued success

Saltus is a privately owned financial planning and discretionary investment management house. We are dedicated to providing a high-quality service for private clients, trusts, and smaller institutions.

Saltus Partners was founded in 2004 and has grown organically and through a small number of carefully integrated acquisitions. Originally the business started out as an investment manager and has now developed the financial planning side of the offering, putting this at the forefront of the client relationship.

Today Saltus manages and advises on over £9 billion of client assets, acquired through a combination of organic business growth and corporate acquisitions.

Where will I be working?

We're incredibly flexible about where, when, and how you work: we don't want anyone to be prevented from coming to work for Saltus as a result of the working pattern that they're looking for. You will be based out of our London office for two or three days each week, working the remainder of the week from home. You'll also need to be able to travel to our other office locations, as required by the role. We are passionate about championing flexible working for our people, so if there's a slightly different working pattern that you're looking for, then please come and have a chat to us about it

What benefits do I
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et when working for Saltus?

The salary is between £85,000 - £105,000 depending on experience, alongside 28 days' holiday (plus bank holidays), life assurance, income protection, private medical insurance and a pension, alongside access to our flexible benefits platform. The role is 40 hours per week between the hours of pm. Just as importantly, you'll get to experience our culture, which we really do live and breathe ensuring that Saltus is a fantastic place to work for every single one of our 400+ people. We work hard, but we have an awful lot of fun along the way. If you think you'd like to come and join us, then please do get in touch… we'd love to hear from you