HR Consulting Director
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Job Location:
Chicago, IL - USA
Monthly Salary:
Not Disclosed
Posted on:
Yesterday
Vacancies:
1 Vacancy
Job Summary
Grant Thornton is seeking an accomplished Director to join our HR Consulting practice supporting clients with HR Diligence designing modern HR Operating Models and leading complex HR and people-focused transformations. This role combines strategic advisory capability with hands on delivery experience spanning HR due diligence post deal integration/separation organizational design and HR operating model redesign.
The ideal candidate brings deep expertise across the HR value chain strong consulting acumen and a proven track record of steering clients through large scale change while influencing executive stakeholders and driving measurable outcomes. This role will also lead sales and proposal opportunities contribute to firm-building activities such as thought leadership and go-to-market offerings and develop talent on project teams and across the practice.
Your day-to-day may include:
- Lead HR due diligence for M&A assessing people culture structure costs and risks.
- Analyze HR data to identify value opportunities and liabilities.
- Produce diligence reports and recommendations.
- Partner with crossfunctional deal teams throughout the transaction process.
- Align structure roles and governance to business strategy.
- Design futurestate HR operating models and service delivery structures.
- Evaluate current capabilities and identify improvement opportunities.
- Develop process frameworks workforce plans and techenablement strategies.
- Build business cases and implementation road maps.
- Lead multiworkstream HR transformation initiatives.
- Drive org design process redesign policy alignment and culture change.
- Oversee change management and transformation governance.
- Advise senior HR leaders and the Csuite on people strategy and modernization.
- Build strong executive relationships and expand account opportunities.
- Facilitate workshops and executive decisionmaking sessions.
- Contribute to new offerings frameworks and market insights.
- Support proposals solution design pricing and sales efforts.
- Publish thought leadership and represent the firm externally.
- Lead mentor and develop consulting teams.
- Build capabilities and support career growth.
- Foster an inclusive highperforming team culture.
- Other duties as assigned
You have the following technical skills and qualifications:
- Bachelors degree in Human Resources Business Organizational Development or a related field.
- Masters degree (MBA MSOD MHR) strongly preferred.
- HR or change-related certification (e.g. SHRM SCP SPHR Prosci)
- 10+ years in HR transformation and consulting with a proven track record of managing large projects and teams.
- Deep knowledge of HR operating models including people process technology and service delivery.
- Experience leading and executing on HR Diligence across all aspects of people and the HR function.
- Exceptional leadership strategic thinking and executive-level communication.
- Ability to influence senior stakeholders and deliver high-impact solutions in complex environments.
- Ability to align transformation initiatives with broader business strategy and workforce trends.
- Familiarity with automation tools and data analytics to drive process improvement.
- Track record of mentoring teams developing intellectual capital and driving practice growth.
- Strong project management communication and stakeholder engagement skills.
- Have excellent verbal and written communication skills
- Can travel as needed. Up to 50%.
Required Experience:
Director
Key Skills
- Talent Management
- Employee Relations
- Succession Planning
- Employee Evaluation
- Human Resources Management
- Workers' Compensation Law
- Benefits Administration
- HRIS
- Training & Development
- Employment & Labor Law
- Organization Design
- Human Resources
About Company
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