HR Ventures & Acquisition Senior Manager

Accenture•Cincinnati, OH

1d•$112,900 - $338,300•Remote

About The Position

The HR V&A team partners with deal teams across Accenture’s ventures & acquisitions ecosystems to design solutions across all core components of HR people programs and processes, to enable the integration of our acquisitions. The team support the end-to-end deal lifecycle, from assessment of an acquisition in diligence, through to designing and implementing solutions to enable the integration of the business. The team has a high executive presence, working closely with acquisitions HR Deal Leads, business sponsors and acquired leadership, alongside reviewing and agreeing solutions with internal stakeholders.

Requirements

Bachelor’s degree
Minimum of 8 years of experience in Human Resources, Talent Strategy, HR Consulting, Workforce Transformation, or Mergers & Acquisitions
Minimum 2 years of experience in consulting or client-facing role

Nice To Haves

Experience with Accenture Acquisitions
Experience working with Mergers/Ventures & Acquisitions at other organizations
Highly effective stakeholder and relationship management skills - Holds deep and trusted relationships across a range of senior leaders
Knowledge across HR & People Programs - Deep experience across broad range of HR programs, incl. managing change programs
Strong analytics/analytical skills (including strong Excel experience) - Able to identify and realize actions based on insight and trends
Total Rewards Experience (Compensation, Equity, Benefits, etc) - Deep experience in designing and developing new reward programs
Presentation skills (including strong PowerPoint skills) - Able to manage presentations to senior leaders
Strong project management, leadership/facilitation of all levels of people inside and outside of your organization - Manages complex programs and deliverables across multiple projects
Risk identification, analysis and management, with previous experience of solution development or escalation - Ability to identify risk, articulate to stakeholders and walk through mitigations
Understanding of HR systems (e.g. HR ERP systems, Performance Management tools) - Understanding of HR tools and how they integrate and support people processes.
Knowledge of HR tech innovation and change programs.
Financial Exposure and commercial awareness - Comprehensive understanding of investment cases and impact of people outcomes to financial results.

Responsibilities

Define and manage due diligence data validation approach and processes
Apply judgement to assess and highlight talent trends and risks, present findings, and influence decisions and integration strategies.
Partner with Global and Market Unit HR teams to develop solutions (e.g. Total Rewards CoE and Service Career Arch)
Estimate costs for both pre-contract and post-contract due diligence.
Coordinate across all key stakeholder groups, in particular heavy interaction is expected with Finance and Legal as well as Corporate Development professionals
Develop preliminary solution plan for key human resource decisions, including but not limited to compensation, benefits, perquisites, retirement/pension plans, payroll and career/reward architecture, incentives (short-term, long-term, sales force-specific, deferred), culture, HR compliance and policies.
Build strong internal relationships and collaborate with stakeholders to develop preliminary integration recommendations (e.g. Global and local Total Rewards leads, Global Talent Architecture, local HR Business Partners and stakeholders).
Drive the development of performance and retention plans and recommendations for acquired workforce.
Partnering with the broader deal team and internal stakeholders to develop a compelling employee journey in terms of all aspects of talent and people processes and activities; building upon previous solutions and an understanding local HR context.
Plan and drive HR integration activities for each V&A deal
Operationalize any operating model changes and ensure Leaders & Employees are aligned throughout the journey
Develop and deliver integration solutions across a range of key HR processes and critical areas (including career architecture, total reward and performance, HR technology, and people policies).
Leverage insight and analysis to shape key integration decisions, supporting the understanding of relevant commercial and talent impacts
Project manage the end-to-end onboarding process for acquired employees; collaborating with other parts of HR Operations & local/global HR to ensure a successful new joiner experience.
Capture learnings and knowledge from the integration journey, sharing this across stakeholders and retaining experience for future acquisitions.