Senior Consultant – HR M&A Transactions

Overview

In this Senior Consultant role, you support clients with people-related aspects of deals, restructurings and workforce optimization. You manage projects, analyze data, and present risk-aware conclusions to executives. You collaborate across EY teams to deliver integrated HR solutions while ensuring quality and governance. The position offers exposure to the full HR M&A lifecycle in a global, multi-disciplinary environment, with a clear impact on client outcomes.

Responsibilities

• Support clients on people-related matters arising from reorganisations, restructurings and workforce optimization, including post-deal activities
• Address HR Transactions/People topics throughout acquisition, divestiture and merger processes
• Structure and manage projects to exceed client expectations
• Identify and communicate potential issues to project leads
• Prepare reports, plan projects, analyze data, and develop presentations
• Analyze data and deliver high-quality reports and executive presentations
• Manage client relationships with the project leader
• Ensure client work adheres to EY’s QRM guidelines
• Collaborate with EY M&A service lines and wider firm teams to deliver end-to-end solutions

Key requirements

• Strong HR M&A deal background including HR Due Diligence, Sell and Separate, Buy and Integrate, and post-deal transformation
• Proven Commercial HR experience from private, public sector or consulting
• Strong project management, presentation and stakeholder management skills
• Experience in Employee/Industrial Relations, Compensation and Benefits, Change and Communication is ideal but not essential
• Qualitative and quantitative data analysis and data presentation using various tools

• Team player
• Collaborative and relationship-building
• Ability to analyze complex problems and deliver practical solutions
• Qualitative and quantitative data analysis
• Data manipulation and presentation
• Report writing and presenting to clients

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