Manager – HR M&A Transactions

Overview

As Manager in HR M&A Transactions, you will lead people-focused M&A and restructuring engagements, guiding delivery teams and acting as a trusted advisor. You’ll run key HR workstreams across the deal lifecycle, shaping people-led transformation to maximise value. You’ll contribute to client proposals and EY’s market position while ensuring QRM compliance. You’ll coach the HR M&A team and foster a high-performance, collaborative culture. This role offers impact across deals, transformation, and advisory excellence.

Responsibilities

• Lead complex HR M&A engagements across the full deal lifecycle (Due Diligence, Sell & Separate, Buy & Integrate)
• Shape and deliver people-led transformation programmes to enhance performance and deal value
• Prepare high-quality RFP responses and client proposals
• Ensure EY QRM compliance from client acceptance to programme close
• Build and maintain trusted client and internal EY stakeholder relationships
• Uphold quality, risk and commercial standards across engagements
• Contribute to strengthening EY’s reputation as a trusted HR M&A advisor
• Coach and mentor within the HR M&A team
• Drive capability development and foster a collaborative, inclusive culture
• Support go-to-market initiatives and development of client propositions and EY tools

Key requirements

• Experience in HR M&A, HR transformation, restructuring and people consulting
• Proven ability to lead complex HR workstreams domestically and internationally
• Strong stakeholder management and senior client leadership engagement
• Analytical, with structured communication and high-impact presentation skills
• Desirable: experience in buy-side and sell-side transactions, and relevant HR qualifications or degree
• Experience in large, global or regulated environments

• stakeholder management
• leadership and coaching
• communication and presentation
• HR M&A knowledge across organisational design and effectiveness, employee relations, benefits, change management
• data interpretation and regulatory requirements translation
• QRM familiarity

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