Mergers and Acquisitions Manager

Change It Talent PTY; Melbourne; On-site; AUD 120,000 - 170,000; Full time

Job summary

Change It Talent is recruiting for multiple M&A (people in deals) roles to partner with P&C and the wider organization to lead people through complex deals and workforce transformation, with a strong focus on the people side of M&A.

This is a hands-on delivery leadership role, owning the day-to-day execution of large, complex transformation initiatives across the deal lifecycle: due diligence, integration planning, operating models, organisation design and restructures, with commercial rigour

Qualifications

• Deep experience in M&A - people in deals, operating model, restructuring, the people side of M&A, workforce transformation, strategy or people data
• A track record leading complex transformation, including M&A integration, from mobilisation through to implementation
• Solid grounding in org design, operating model thinking, workforce analysis, role design, governance and implementation planning
• Confidence engaging and challenging senior stakeholders, including business leaders in P&C, through high-stakes deal environments
• Experience leading multidisciplinary or project teams through complex change
• Strong programme and project management: governance, critical path, dependencies, risk, budget and scope
• A knack for diagnosing messy business problems and landing on practical, evidence-based fixes, even under deal timelines
• Consulting grade problem solving and facilitation, with the ability to bring structure to ambiguity
• Excellent written and verbal communication, comfortable at exec level
• Relevant tertiary qualifications
• A genuine interest in developing the people around you

Responsibilities

• Own end-to-end delivery across M&A integration, restructures, out-sourcing, organisation design, workforce transformation, restructuring, data and implementation
• Bring strategic advice and subject matter expertise to senior leaders, HR Business Partners and deal stakeholders
• Run organisational diagnostics through due diligence and integration to surface risks in people and opportunities
• Turn analysis into evidence-based recommendations that balance commercial, customer, workforce and design outcomes
• Lead project teams and cross-functional contributors to keep delivery momentum through the deal timeline
• Bring structure and insight to diagnose risks quickly, especially where deal pressure and ambiguity collide
• Support governance: critical path, risk and issue management, dependencies, reporting, budget, resourcing and scope
• Flag resourcing gaps and recommend fixes to keep delivery on track
• Track progress against milestones, financial impact and benefits realisation
• Translate design recommendations into practical, embedded implementation plans
• Guide leaders and stakeholders through the people impacts of change, keeping it compliant and human, particularly where trust is tested during a deal
• Build genuine, trusted relationships across the business to clear barriers and get things done

Skills

M&A experience

People in deals

Org design

Workforce transformation

Stakeholder engagement

Project leadership

Change management

Governance

Job description

We're recruiting for multiple M&A (people in deals) roles, joining a business that partners with P&C and the wider organisation to lead people through complex deals and workforce transformation, with a strong focus on the people side of M&A.

The role

This is a hands-on delivery leadership role, owning the day-to-day execution of large, complex transformation initiatives across the deal lifecycle: due diligence, integration planning, new operating models, organisation design and restructures, location or offshoring strategy and workforce analytics. At the core of it is the people side of M&A, helping organisations bring two workforces together with clarity, care and commercial rigour.

Key responsibilities

• Own end-to-end delivery across M&A integration, restructures, out-sourcing, organisation design, workforce transformation, restructuring, data and implementation


• Bring strategic advice and subject matter expertise to senior leaders, HR Business Partners and deal stakeholders


• Run organisational diagnostics through due diligence and integration to surface risks in people and opportunities


• Turn analysis into evidence-based recommendations that balance commercial, customer, workforce and design outcomes


• Lead project teams and cross-functional contributors to keep delivery momentum through the deal timeline


• Bring structure and insight to diagnose risks quickly, especially where deal pressure and ambiguity collide


• Support governance: critical path, risk and issue management, dependencies, reporting, budget, resourcing and scope


• Flag resourcing gaps and recommend fixes to keep delivery on track


• Track progress against milestones, financial impact and benefits realisation


• Translate design recommendations into practical, embedded implementation plans


• Guide leaders and stakeholders through the people impacts of change, keeping it compliant and human, particularly where trust is tested during a deal


• Build genuine, trusted relationships across the business to clear barriers and get things done

About you

• Deep experience in M&A- people in deals, operating model, restructuring, the people side of M&A, workforce transformation, strategy or people data


• A track record leading complex transformation, including M&A integration, from mobilisation through to implementation


• Solid grounding in org design, operating model thinking, workforce analysis, role design, governance and implementation planning


• Confidence engaging and challenging senior stakeholders, including business leaders in P&C, through high-stakes deal environments


• Experience leading multidisciplinary or project teams through complex change


• Strong programme and project management: governance, critical path, dependencies, risk, budget and scope


• A knack for diagnosing messy business problems and landing on practical, evidence-based fixes, even under deal timelines


• Consulting grade problem solving and facilitation, with the ability to bring structure to ambiguity


• Excellent written and verbal communication, comfortable at exec level


• Relevant tertiary qualifications


• A genuine interest in developing the people around you