Mergers and Acquisitions Manager

Title: Mergers & Acquisitions Specialist

FLSA Status: Exempt

Reports To: Project Manager Office Director

Job Code: MAS

Department: Strategy & Execution

About The Company

GreenWaste has been an industry leader in recycling and waste diversion for 40 years and is on a growth trajectory after private equity investment in 2021. Our business was founded on principles of environmental sustainability, and innovation is a cornerstone of our ongoing operations and growth strategy. GreenWaste specializes in all aspects of material collection, processing, and sales, tailoring our service offerings to the unique needs of our customers and communities, and helping to shape the evolution of the solid waste and recycling industry. We work directly with 20 municipalities and 50 jurisdictions, operate highly regulated facilities in 10 locations, and have 1,000 employees.

Position Summary

We are seeking a detail and execution-oriented M&A Integration Manager to support the successful integration of acquisitions and strategic partnerships across GreenWaste’s environmental services platform. This role sits within the Growth & Strategy team and works at the intersection of corporate development, operations, finance, legal, HR, HSE, IT, engineering, and environmental compliance. The M&A Integration Manager will help translate deal objectives into practical post-close execution plans, ensuring smooth Day one readiness, operational handoffs, synergy tracking, and long-term integration of acquired businesses, facilities, teams, systems, and processes.

Key Responsibilities

• Lead integration planning from late-stage diligence through post-close execution, including Day One readiness, 30/60/90-day plans, and longer-term integration milestones.
• Develop and maintain detailed integration plans, workstream trackers, issue logs, decision logs, risk registers, and executive status reporting.
• Coordinate cross-functional integration workstreams across operations, finance/accounting, HR, IT, legal, compliance, HSE, procurement, fleet, engineering, and customer-facing functions.
• Partner with Corporate Development and Finance to translate the deal thesis into measurable integration priorities, synergy targets, integration costs, and post-close performance tracking.
• Support operational handoffs from deal execution teams to business unit and site leaders, ensuring clear ownership, timelines, dependencies, and accountability for post-close initiatives.
• Track integration risks, open issues, functional dependencies, and required decisions; escalate matters to senior leadership as needed.
• Support Day 1 planning, including employee onboarding, communications, systems access, payroll and benefits coordination, vendor and customer continuity, safety onboarding, and compliance requirements.
• Assist in aligning acquired businesses with GreenWaste policies, reporting processes, safety standards, operating procedures, compliance practices, and performance management cadence.
• Monitor synergy realization, integration costs, operational KPIs, and actual performance versus the underwriting case or acquisition plan.
• Prepare concise integration updates for senior leadership, investment committee, board-level materials, and other internal stakeholders.
• Capture lessons learned and help build repeatable integration playbooks, templates, checklists, and best practices for future acquisitions.
  

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Business, Finance, Operations, Environmental Science, Engineering, or a related field; MBA or relevant advanced degree a plus.
• 3–7 years of experience in M&A integration, corporate development, operations, project management, management consulting, transaction advisory, or a related role.
• Demonstrated project management skills, with the ability to manage multiple cross-functional workstreams, timelines, dependencies, and stakeholders simultaneously.
• Experience with post-merger integration, operational transformation, acquisition onboarding, business process implementation, or complex cross-functional execution projects strongly preferred.
• Familiarity with environmental services, waste management, recycling, organics, transportation, logistics, infrastructure, or other asset-heavy operating businesses preferred.
• Strong analytical and financial acumen, including comfort with KPIs, budgets, synergy tracking, integration costs, and actual performance versus deal assumptions.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills, including the ability to prepare concise updates for senior leadership and board-level audiences.
• Strong attention to detail, ownership mentality, and ability to operate effectively in fast-moving, ambiguous environments.
• Proficiency with Excel, PowerPoint, project management tools, and collaboration platforms.
• Ability to work cross-functionally with operations, finance, legal, HR, IT, safety, compliance, engineering, and field leadership.
  

Language Skill

• Proficiency in English. Ability to communicate in Spanish is considered beneficial.
  
  

Physical Demands

• Must be able to sit or stand in front of a computer for prolonged periods.
• Participation in site walks and inspections to monitor construction progress, quality, and safety compliance.
• Local travel to different GreenWaste facilities in California may require access to transportation.
  
  

Work Environment

A typical work week is Monday through Friday in an office setting.

Compensation And Benefits

Financial compensation will be commensurate with applicable experience. GreenWaste offers a competitive benefits package, including paid time off, holiday pay, 401K benefits, FSA, and full employee coverage for medical, dental and vision insurance.

GreenWaste provides equal employment opportunities to all employees and applicants for employment and prohibits discrimination and harassment of any type without regard to race, color, religion, age, sex, national origin, disability status, genetics, protected veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state, and/or local laws.

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