Manager HR M&A Transactions

Manager HR M&A Transactions

What Youll Do

As a Manager in HR M&A Transactions you will play a key role in delivering complex peoplefocused M&A and restructuring engagements. You will act as a trusted advisor to clients while providing strong leadership across delivery teams.

Deliver complex HR M&A engagements

• Lead key people workstreams across 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 maximise deal value.
• Support in the preparation of highquality RFP responses and client proposals ensuring timely professional and compelling submissions.
• Ensure full compliance with EYs Quality and Risk Management (QRM) requirements from client acceptance through to programme close.
• Build and maintain strong trusted relationships with clients and multidisciplinary EY delivery teams.
• Uphold EYs quality risk and commercial standards across all engagements.
• Contribute to strengthening EYs reputation as a trusted advisor in HR M&A and peopleled transformation.

Lead and develop teams

• Act as a coach and mentor within the HR M&A team
• Drive capability development drawing on your SMR experience and practical insight.
• Foster a collaborative inclusive and highperforming team culture.
• Rolemodel EY values quality and client service excellence.
• Support the ongoing growth of the practice by building strong daytoday relationships with clients and internal EY stakeholders becoming a trusted goto advisor.

Drive insight and value for clients

• Support the sales process by contributing to the development of client propositions presentations and collateral.
• Play an active role in gotomarket initiatives
• Contribute to the development of EY tools methodologies and points of view.
• Translate complex data regulatory requirements and operational detail into clear concise and actionable insights for clients.
• Operate as an SMR across the M&A lifecycle with strong knowledge across key HR disciplines including organisational design and effectiveness employee and industrial relations benefits communications and change management.
• Support sector development representing the M&A People proposition and building collaborative crossfunctional relationships across EY.

What You Bring

We are seeking a Manager with strong delivery credentials and emerging commercial leadership:

• Experience across HR M&A HR transformation restructuring and people consulting.
• Proven ability to lead complex HR workstreams in both domestic and international contexts working with diverse EY and client teams.
• Strong focus on the employee proposition with a clear understanding of key risks best practices and delivery within agreed time cost and risk parameters.
• Excellent stakeholder management skills with confidence engaging senior client leadership.
• Strong analytical capability combined with clear structured communication and highimpact presentation skills.

Desirable:

• Experience across both buyside and sellside transactions as well as organisational restructuring.
• Professional HR qualifications (e.g. CIPD) or a relevant degree.
• Experience working in large global or highly regulated environments.

Who Thrives Here

This role is well suited to someone who is:

• Comfortable owning delivery and being accountable for outcomes.
• Confident operating in ambiguity and under tight timelines.
• Proven in providing calm structured and professional leadership in complex programmes.
• Highly detailoriented particularly across client delivery programme management and QRM.
• Passionate about people deals and transformation.
• Ambitious motivated and committed to progressing their career within EY.