People Consulting-HR Transactions-Manager
About The Position
In People Consulting, we deliver long-term value to our clients, people and EY by putting Humans@Center of the Transformation agenda, transforming businesses through the power of people and helping our clients to reimagine their future workforce. With a growing addressable market of $115b+, and a market leading brand, People Consulting has a significant opportunity to help our clients address complex issues relating to their people agendas. We have an opportunity for a Manager to lead and participate in global HR Mergers and Acquisitions, Divestitures and Spins - HR operational, organizational alignment and employee experience support from early due diligence analysis through to project planning, execution and Day 1 go live. Skillsets and work would involve producing HR due diligence reports (both buy-side and sell-side), integration and separation plans, managing and executing project management across HR workstreams, helping define future state employee governance and structures, and enabling employee communications and experience through the transactions.
Requirements
- Experience with HR aspects of mergers/acquisitions
- Have Due Diligence and M&A experience through the full life cycle of an acquisition, divestiture or spin.
- Contribute to client satisfaction by providing timely and effective responses to client needs and concerns
- Take a practical approach to solving issues and gaining client agreement
- Ability to lead and motivate teams ensuring quality and timely deliverables
- Contribute to business development and client pursuit activities by preparing proposals and delivering presentations for potential clients
- Incorporate and be open to learning new applications of evolving technology into daily workflow including tools such as Microsoft Co-Pilot, agentic AI, and LLM modules to support data analysis, deliverable development and challenge traditional approaches.
- A bachelor's degree in a relevant field of business, human resources or psychology
- At least 7 years of relevant experience
- Relevant experience through one of the following: Professional services role with a global management consultancy firm or niche consultancy, or related line role in industry, in which you gained exposure to a large-scale project(s)
- Expertise in automation opportunity assessment and prioritization
- Strategic thinking with a digital strategy focus
- Awareness of HR compliance and regulation
- Willingness to travel as needed, and comfortable working in a hybrid environment with an average of three (3) days per week at a client site or within an EY office.
Nice To Haves
- Experience in process optimization and HR technology implementation
- Experience leading and delivering HR Transformation engagements, including strategy, process evaluation, process improvement and risk mediation, design of HR system delivery options and/or HR IT strategy
- Experience in one or more areas of: reward, benefits, compensation, or talent
- A proactive approach to sustainability and hybrid collaboration
- Learning agility and the ability to drive outcomes
- HR Certification
Responsibilities
- Lead and deliver quality client service
- Provide flexible and innovative HR solutions
- Balance multiple priorities
- Have excellent communication skills
- Integrate into and lead new teams
- Rapidly establish relationships
- Contribute to generating profitable revenue through identifying follow-on engagement opportunities and developing lasting relationships with clients
- Demonstrate relevant technical skills in understanding M&A transactions generally with emphasis on HR operations design and delivery, data analytics, and understand global and local HR and workforce impacts of buying or selling a business
Benefits
- comprehensive compensation and benefits package
- medical and dental coverage
- pension and 401(k) plans
- wide range of paid time off options
- flexible vacation policy
- time off for designated EY Paid Holidays, Winter/Summer breaks, Personal/Family Care, and other leaves of absence when needed to support your physical, financial, and emotional well-being
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Manager
Number of Employees
5,001-10,000 employees
