Head of Acquisitions & Integrations

Role overview

Belgravia Parks is hiring a senior leader to own acquisitions and integration work across its tourism business. Based at the Head Office in Mitcham 3132, Victoria, this position is focused on identifying growth opportunities, assessing them commercially, and ensuring newly acquired businesses are smoothly brought into the operating model.

This is a newly established leadership position reporting to the Chief Operating Officer – Tourism. It brings together strategic growth, financial and commercial evaluation, due diligence, stakeholder coordination, and post-acquisition performance improvement in a multi-site tourism setting.

The role suits someone who has led acquisitions, corporate development, or integration initiatives and enjoys turning strategy into measurable business outcomes.

What you will do

• Source, assess, and prioritise acquisition opportunities that match the organisation’s growth goals.
• Build and manage a pipeline of target businesses and partnership prospects.
• Review market trends and competitor activity to inform investment decisions.
• Prepare business cases and strategic recommendations for executive decision-makers.
• Run commercial assessments for potential acquisitions.
• Coordinate due diligence across operations, finance, compliance, and risk areas.
• Evaluate business performance, capability, and contractual commitments.
• Identify potential risks, value-creation levers, and integration needs.
• Create structured integration plans and onboarding approaches.
• Lead transition activities across operations, systems, finance, compliance, and guest experience.
• Ensure acquired businesses are embedded successfully into the Belgravia operating model.
• Support seamless changeover with limited disruption to customers, employees, and other stakeholders.
• Develop strong relationships with brokers, owners, advisors, and industry contacts.
• Work closely with executive leaders and operational teams.
• Act as the main coordinator across acquisition and integration streams.
• Provide updates, analysis, and recommendations to senior leadership.
• Monitor pipeline progress and post-integration outcomes.
• Track financial, operational, and customer KPIs.
• Maintain governance, compliance, and risk standards.
• Oversee capital works and asset-related integration tasks when needed.

What we are looking for

You’ll be a commercially strong leader with proven success across acquisitions, integration, and growth in multi-site environments. You should be comfortable working in complex, fast-moving settings and able to guide both strategy and delivery.

Successful candidates will bring deep experience in acquisitions, mergers, corporate development, integration, or commercial leadership, along with the ability to influence stakeholders and manage change effectively.

Skills and experience

• Proven experience leading end-to-end acquisition and integration programs.
• Strong commercial judgement and financial analysis capability.
• Ability to develop business cases and perform due diligence.
• Strategic thinking with a clear eye for growth opportunities.
• Excellent stakeholder engagement, negotiation, and influencing skills.
• Strong project leadership and change management skills.
• Comfort operating in complex, high-pressure environments.
• Professional discretion and sound decision-making.

Desirable background

• Experience in tourism, holiday parks, hospitality, leisure, or facilities management.
• Exposure to private equity, growth-stage businesses, or multi-site operations.
• Background in transformation or change management.
• Familiarity with Power BI or similar reporting tools.
• Knowledge of parks, camping, or asset management environments.

Why this role stands out

This is a high-impact opportunity to help shape the future expansion of a leading tourism and leisure business in Australia. You’ll work with a committed executive team, influence investment direction, and directly contribute to portfolio growth and performance.

Compliance and additional requirements

The company is committed to maintaining a child-safe environment and refers applicants to its child safety framework. Any successful applicant will need to obtain a national police check and a Working with Children check.

BelgraviaPRO also states its commitment to an inclusive workplace where people can be themselves and succeed on merit. Applications are encouraged from Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people, LGBTQIA+ people, people from culturally and linguistically diverse backgrounds, and people with a disability. Accessibility adjustments to the recruitment process are available on request.