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Manager – HR M&A Transactions
What You’ll Do
As a Manager in HR M&A Transactions, you will play a key role in delivering complex, people‑focused 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 people‑led transformation programmes that enhance organisational performance and maximise deal value.
- Support in the preparation of high‑quality RFP responses and client proposals, ensuring timely, professional and compelling submissions.
- Ensure full compliance with EY’s Quality and Risk Management (QRM) requirements, from client acceptance through to programme close.
- Build and maintain strong, trusted relationships with clients and multi‑disciplinary EY delivery teams.
- Uphold EY’s quality, risk and commercial standards across all engagements.
- Contribute to strengthening EY’s reputation as a trusted advisor in HR M&A and people‑led 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 high‑performing team culture.
- Role‑model EY values, quality and client service excellence.
- Support the ongoing growth of the practice by building strong day‑to‑day relationships with clients and internal EY stakeholders, becoming a trusted “go‑to” 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 go‑to‑market 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 cross‑functional 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 high‑impact presentation skills.
Desirable:
- Experience across both buy‑side and sell‑side 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 detail‑oriented, particularly across client delivery, programme management and QRM.
- Passionate about people, deals and transformation.
- Ambitious, motivated and committed to progressing their career within EY.
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Job Info:
- Company: EY
- Position: Manager - HR M&A Transactions
- Work Location: London
- Country: GB
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