Senior People & Culture Advisor - Mergers and Acquisitions

Intello Technologies Inc.; Edmonton; Hybrid; CAD 93,000 - 139,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading technology company is seeking a Senior People & Culture Advisor in Edmonton. This role involves managing due diligence in M&A, analyzing organizational culture, and designing compensation strategies. The ideal candidate will have 7-10 years of related experience, outstanding communication skills, and a passion for problem-solving. This position offers a competitive salary and the flexibility to work in various environments.

Benefits

Comprehensive total rewards package

Flexible working options

Generous pension and share purchase programs

Career growth opportunities

3 weeks of vacation

Qualifications

• 7-10 years of equivalent work experience tied to HR and/or M&A functions.
• Proven track record in leading & delivering complex projects.
• Bilingual in English and French is an asset.

Responsibilities

• Lead and project manage all the activities of due diligence to the conclusion of a transaction.
• Analyze and understand the culture and people practices of an organization.
• Assess the talent in the organization to identify potential and fit.
• Design compensation strategies to support key talent retention.
• Provide guidance on people matters in purchase agreements.

Skills

Strategic Thinker

Passionate problem solver

Exceptional communicator

Self-motivated learner

Strong collaborator

Energized by fast-paced environments

Pragmatic project manager

Influencer

Interested in details

Results oriented

Education

Bachelor’s degree with an MBA or advanced degree preferred

Job description

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Senior People & Culture Advisor - Mergers and Acquisitions

Location:

Montréal, QC, CA, H3B 1S6

Jobs by Category: People & Culture, Finance and Corporate Affairs

Job Function: People & Culture

Status: Full Time

Schedule: Regular

Description

Ready to create new opportunities in uncharted territory?

Our team and what we’ll accomplish together

We are looking for bright people who enjoy solving problems. At TELUS, People & Culture (P&C) is not your traditional HR team, and this is not your traditional P&C Advisor role. We embrace change and have fun re-inventing the future of work. We are as passionate about our team as we are about our business, and we’re looking for people who get excited about thinking and delivering differently, thinking out of the box, and enjoy giving support to other team members.

As a Senior M&A Advisor within People & Culture, you wear multiple hats:

You work closely with your colleagues in the P&C M&A team, P&C Business partners, business leads, and multiple shared services stakeholders to assess if an acquisition will support the strategy through its people and culture

You are a curious, energetic, and results driven team mate who can work in an environment of ambiguity, challenge the status quo, and foster collaborative partnerships to drive the future of P&C M&A activities at TELUS

Your counsel is equal parts logic, analysis, strategy and execution. You have a natural curiosity and thrive in an environment where new learnings are daily achievements. Your passion for delivering a remarkable team member experience drives better outcomes for our business and customers. You care deeply about the details that will make or break the success of an acquisition

Supported by the Manager of People & Culture M&A, you will balance multiple P&C M&A projects by leading all the P&C due diligence and transaction closing activities. This will include providing strategic insight for our leaders as well as ensuring high quality and consistent delivery of HR due diligence valuation, collaborating on post-acquisition integration activities and evolving the service delivery model of HR M&A

What you'll do

Lead and project manage all the activities of due diligence to the conclusion of a transaction

Analyze and understand the culture and people practices of an organization to highlight risks and opportunities during due-diligence phase

Assess the talent in the organization to identify potential and fit

Design compensation strategies to support key talent retention

Contribute to the business case valuation through the estimation of the cost of integration to TELUS people practices and recommendation of the integration strategy balancing financial impact and team member experience

Provide guidance on people matters in purchase agreements

Share and implement best practices throughout the M&A lifecycle

Collaborate on P&C strategic integration planning for post-acquisition integration activities

Contribute to the development of a strong communication and change management plan to achieve and accelerate the value of the acquisition

Continuously enhance the P&C M&A playbook, service delivery model and valuation tools for speed and high quality of delivery and exceptional team member experience

Create presentations, facilitate conversations and develop support materials, to help bring organizations together

Qualifications

What you bring

• Strategic Thinker: Sees things holistically, generates and applies unique business insights to create successful outcomes for the business and team members
• Passionate problem solver: Demonstrates the fundamentals of digging into a problem, conducting targeted analysis, building recommendations and executing on those recommendations
• Exceptional communicator and demonstrate good discernment: Clear, concise and influential at an executive level in all aspects of communication and facilitation. You know how to navigate the organizational dynamics
• Self-motivated learner: Seeks to understand and grow knowledge, skills and personal capabilities
• Strong collaborator and relationship builder: Someone others actively seek out to partner with and who engages multiple stakeholders to ensure seamless communication and a strong focus on finding the right solutions for a successful outcome
• Energized by fast-paced environments: Comfortable in continuously changing, dynamic environments
• Pragmatic project manager: Leads in a structured way the various activities related projects. Knows when a project plan is needed, or when a simple list will get the job done
• Influencer: Influences leaders and peers to gain support and overcome resistance with data and persuasion
• Interested in the details: Analyzes a large amount of data and is able to extract and summarize which ones matter to the success of an acquisition
• Results oriented: Manages performance, holding self and others accountable to effectively and efficiently complete work responsibilities

Great-to-have

• Bachelor’s degree with an MBA or advanced degree preferred or equivalent experience and education
• 7-10 years of equivalent work experience tied to HR and/or M&A functions
• Proven track record on leading & delivering complex projects
• Bilingual in English and French, written and spoken, is an asset

Advanced knowledge of English is required, because you will most of the time interact in English with external parties (clients, suppliers, candidates, external partners, etc.), interact in English with internal parties (colleagues, internal partners, stakeholders, etc.), as part of this position's main responsibilities, given its international scope.

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Salary Range: $93,000-$139,000

Performance Bonus or Sales Incentive Plan: 15%

Actual total compensation will be determined based on factors such as knowledge, skills, performance and experience. In addition, TELUS offers rewarding benefits, which may vary per job function, such as:

• Comprehensive total rewards package highlighting competitive salary and bonus structures, minimum 3 weeks of vacation, and flexible benefits plan to meet the needs of you and your family
• Flexibility to work in-office, virtually or a combination of both
• Generous company matched pension and share purchase programs
• Opportunity to give back to communities in which we work, live and serve
• Career growth and learning & development opportunitiestodevelop your skills
• And much more …

A bit about us

We’re a people-focused, customer-first, purpose-driven team who works together every day to innovate and do good. We improve lives through our technology solutions and foster a culture of innovation that empowers team members to solve complex problems and create remarkable human outcomes in a digital world.

You’ll find our engaging, high-performance culture personally fulfilling, professionally challenging, and financially rewarding. We’re committed to diversity and equitable access to employment opportunities based on ability. Your unique contributions and talents will be valued and respected here. When you join our team, you’re helping us make the future friendly.

Note for Quebec candidates: if knowledge of English is required for this position, it is because the team memberwill be asked, on a regular basis, to interact in English with external or internal parties or to use English applications or software as part of their tasks.

People & Culture, Finance and Corporate Affairs

Across People & Culture, Finance and Corporate Affairs, we are the diverse and talented team responsible for making sure TELUS is managed as a world-leading organization.

We are honoured to be recognized

150,000+
Team members worldwide

14
# of years voted One of Canada’s Best Corporate Citizens

Accessibility

TELUS is proud to foster an inclusive culture that embraces diversity. We are committed to fair employment practices and all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment.

We offer accommodation for applicants with disabilities, as required, during the recruitment process.