Director HR M&A Transactions

Director - M&A

As aDirector in HR M&A Transactions you will play a critical leadership role across strategy delivery people and commercial growth.

Drive strategic thinking

• Develop and shape HR strategies that directly enable M&A objectives drawing on EYs global tools insights and methodologies.
• Translate complex datasets into clear compelling insights that strengthen client propositions and support practice growth.
• Stay abreast of market trends and emerging insights shaping the M&A landscape using these to continually refine EYs M&A People proposition.
• Actively represent EY in the market promoting our thought leadership insights and value proposition.

Define and deliver highimpact projects

• Lead endtoend HR M&A engagements across the full deal lifecycle including Due Diligence Sell & Separate and Buy & Integrate.
• Shape and deliver peopleled transformation programmes that enhance organisational performance and realise deal value.
• Lead the development of highquality RFP responses and client proposals ensuring timely and professional execution.
• Ensure full compliance with EYs Quality and Risk Management (QRM) requirements from client acceptance through delivery and programme close.
• Build and sustain trusted relationships with clients and multidisciplinary delivery teams.
• Uphold EYs quality risk and commercial standards across all engagements.
• Strengthen EYs reputation as a trusted partner in HR M&A and peopleled transformation.

Empower and guide teams

• Lead coach and develop highperforming HR M&A consultants in complex and demanding delivery environments.
• Partner closely with client leadership teams to guide them effectively through the delivery journey.
• Foster a collaborative inclusive and highperforming team culture acting as both mentor and rolemodelled leader.
• Be recognised as a trusted senior leader and SMR within the HR Transactions team and the wider EY Consulting practice.

Commercial acumen

• Build and deepen senior client relationships across priority sectors.
• Lead business development activity to sustain and grow commercial performance.
• Play a key role in defining and executing EYs gotomarket strategy for M&A People services.
• Track manage and interpret key engagement and financial performance metrics.
• Translate strategy into actionable plans that drive individual team and financial performance.

What You Bring

We are looking for a leader who combines deep HR M&A expertise with strong consulting and commercial capabilities:

• Significant experience across HR M&A HR strategy HR transformation and HR consulting.
• Proven ability to shape lead and deliver complex fastpaced programmes with confidence.
• Exceptional communication and influencing skills with credibility at senior executive level.
• Strong analytical capability with a talent for distilling complexity into impactful insight.
• A genuine passion for people M&A and building enduring client relationships.
• Personal drive resilience and determination to consistently deliver highquality outcomes.
• High emotional intelligence and adaptability to lead diverse teams and clients through ambiguity and change.
• Experience working with domestic and international clients balancing client needs with team wellbeing.
• Willingness to travel domestically and internationally as required.
• A proven track record of establishing a credible SMR reputation within a professional services environment.

Desirable:

• Degree and postgraduate qualification (beneficial but not essential).
• Experience working in global and crossborder M&A environments.

Who Thrives Here

This role is ideally suited to someone who is:

• Proactive motivated and driven to deliver outstanding results.
• Analytically minded and detailfocused while maintaining strong commercial perspective.
• Collaborative and teamoriented thriving in dynamic and evolving environments.
• Curious ambitious and committed to innovation and continuous improvement.
• Selfmotivated and resilient with the energy to continually evolve EYs M&A People proposition.