{"id":2581,"date":"2016-04-26T16:18:12","date_gmt":"2016-04-26T16:18:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.peeriosity.com\/shared-services\/articles\/?p=2581"},"modified":"2022-08-03T05:36:38","modified_gmt":"2022-08-03T05:36:38","slug":"effectively-integrating-mergers-acquisitions-into-a-shared-services-organization","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.peeriosity.com\/shared-services\/articles\/2016\/04\/effectively-integrating-mergers-acquisitions-into-a-shared-services-organization\/","title":{"rendered":"Effectively Integrating Mergers &#038; Acquisitions into a Shared Services Organization"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-size: medium;\">Even when Shared Services is involved fairly early in the typically complex Mergers &amp; Acquisitions (M&amp;A) process, carrying out the actual integration with an existing operation can be quite challenging, to say the least.\u00a0 With often daunting issues faced in such areas as technology, culture, and overall change management, this type of transition carries with it significant risks for both the entity being migrated and the existing Shared Services organization.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: medium;\">Recently, a major consumer products company that has carried out four acquisitions\/divestitures in the past four years was featured on a Peeriosity Peercast<sup>TM<\/sup>.\u00a0 For this Shared Services operation, once serious discussions with a target company begin, a cross-functional team (including Shared Services) within the company is established.\u00a0 Then, once the actual deal is signed, integration planning can start immediately, instead of waiting for the formal closing of the transaction.\u00a0\u00a0 An Integration Management Office (IMO) is then formed, with functional leads representing key areas of the company, which consists of Finance, HR, Legal, Shared Services, IT, Marketing, and Supply Chain.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: medium;\">This company has developed a playbook for integrating acquisitions and within that playbook, each work stream has detailed checkpoints to validate.\u00a0 A Master Project Plan is developed for each IMO lead and weekly cadence reports from all team leads are provided.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: medium;\">Some of the benefits that the IMO provides include the following:<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: medium;\">The central venue for communication and discussions by the team<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: medium;\">Access to target for information requests<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: medium;\">Management of early interaction to prevent overloading<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: medium;\">Overall guidance to teams<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: medium;\">Escalation to management on major issues<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: medium;\">Steering Committee updating<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: medium;\">A few of the lessons learned this <a href=\"https:\/\/www.peeriosity.com\/shared-services\/articles\/category\/shared-services-leadership\/\">Shared Services operation<\/a> has gathered over the years while carrying out M&amp;A-related activities include the fact that <a href=\"https:\/\/www.investopedia.com\/ask\/answers\/050415\/what-are-some-more-common-reasons-divestiture-occurs.asp\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">divestitures<\/a> are equally as complex and time-consuming; due diligence efforts often do not capture all information needed; surprises will happen; cutover dates need careful consideration (avoid January 1<sup>st<\/sup>), and flexibility and commitment of all parties are required for success to be the end result.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: medium;\">In conjunction with this Peercast<sup>TM<\/sup>, research was conducted with the Peeriosity membership utilizing iPolling<sup>TM<\/sup> technology.\u00a0 The first of two poll questions looked at the level of M&amp;A activity that had been experienced by their Shared Services organization over the past five years.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: medium;\">Reviewing the results, 39% of the participating companies in the research had either a Very High (26%) or High (13%) level of M&amp;A activity, with an additional 30% of the companies indicating that they had experienced a Moderate level of this type of activity. These results certainly highlight the significant levels of M&amp;A-related activities being experienced by the majority of Shared Services operations.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone\" 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alt=\"what level of Integrating Mergers &amp; Acquisitions activity has been experienced in your shared services ipolling\" width=\"577\" height=\"312\" \/><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: medium;\">The second iPolling<sup>TM<\/sup> question then looked at what aspect of the Shared Services operation typically poses the biggest challenge when integrating a new merger or acquisition.\u00a0 While in the past the People dimension (10%) typically dominates the results when looking at major initiatives such as this, in this case, the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.peeriosity.com\/shared-services\/articles\/2016\/06\/barriers-to-implementing-an-integrated-business-services-model\/\">Process dimension was clearly the most difficult challenge<\/a> for 51% of the companies.\u00a0 Also notable is that for 29% of the companies, the challenge varied with each M&amp;A transition.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone\" 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style=\"font-size: medium;\"><strong>Consumer Products &amp; Services Member: <\/strong>It is always tough to implement the standard procedures and controls in a new organization. Tax interpretations can also be another challenge, and country regulations can differ too based on the type of business, legal entity structure, etc. Exceptions keep being asked, approved, and reversed and it is an ongoing effort.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: medium;\"><strong>Manufacturing Member: <\/strong>Different purchasing systems and Requisition-to-Pay processes are typically the most significant challenges at the time of facing a merging\/acquisition.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: medium;\"><strong>Real Estate &amp; Construction Member:<\/strong>\u00a0 Generally, with acquisitions, you will be bringing them onto your system and your processes, so it is imperative to make sure all of your processes are properly documented and process flows are available for all processes.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: medium;\">How well prepared is your Shared Services organization to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.peeriosity.com\/shared-services\/articles\/2016\/04\/effectively-integrating-mergers-acquisitions-into-a-shared-services-organization\/\">effectively integrate new mergers and acquisitions<\/a>?\u00a0 Are there further improvements to this critical process that can be put into place with a reasonable amount of time and effort?<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: medium;\">Who are <em>your<\/em> peers and how are you collaborating with them?<\/span><\/p>\n<div>\n<p>_____________________________________________________________________<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: medium;\">\u201cPeercasts<sup>TM<\/sup>\u201d are private, professionally facilitated webcasts that feature leading member company experiences on specific topics as a catalyst for broader discussion.\u00a0 Access is available exclusively to Peeriosity member company employees, with consultants or vendors prohibited from attending or accessing discussion content.\u00a0 Members can see who is registered to attend in advance, with discussion recordings, supporting polls, and presentation materials online and available whenever convenient for the member.\u00a0 Using Peeriosity\u2019s integrated email system, Peer Mail<sup>TM<\/sup>, attendees can easily communicate at any time with other attending peers by selecting them from the list of registered attendees.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: medium;\">\u201ciPolling<sup>TM<\/sup>\u201d is available exclusively to Peeriosity member company employees, with consultants or vendors prohibited from participating or accessing content. 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