HR Advisory Manager - Mergers & Aquisitions

TN United Kingdom; Leeds; On-site; GBP 50,000 - 90,000; Full time

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HR Advisory Manager - Mergers & Aquisitions, Leeds

Client:

KPMG

Location:

Leeds, United Kingdom

Job Category:

Other

EU work permit required: Yes

Job Reference:

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3

Posted:

26.04.2025

Expiry Date:

10.06.2025

Job Description:

The Deal Execution team is part of KPMG’s rapidly expanding Strategy Group, which delivers value for clients by challenging conventional thinking, bringing deep industry and functional insights, and executing with investor-grade rigour. We are a diverse team of over 105 practitioners, working collaboratively with and orchestrating KPMG’s broad set of capabilities within our Advisory business, focused on enhancing value across the deal and economic cycle. Our teams include specialists helping clients from conceptual thinking of buying a business to turning their business around in times of difficulty.

The People in M&A Centre of Excellence handles all aspects of the employee journey in M&A and leverages experience to enact transformational change outside deal contexts. From early-stage strategy development and organisational design for carve-outs, to synergy cases and cost benefits, employee experience and corporate culture, employee transfer, to developing and managing effective transformational solutions to help organisations achieve their ambitions. We develop solutions to client issues, understanding financial benefits or risks from a people perspective. We are passionate about helping clients execute transactions and transformational change efficiently, maximising value through people and ensuring smooth transitions.

The Manager role is key to the team, serving as the project lead and delivery expert while working with global organisation leadership. Although we work across sectors, there is an opportunity to specialise in a specific area. Our four key client proposition areas are:

• Employee experience: Executing engagement programs that address employee impact, ensuring employees would join the company independently of the deal
• Organisational strategy development: Developing organisation design, people strategy, operating model, synergies, and value enhancements for carve-outs or standalone operations
• Labour relations and compliance: Managing labour and HR risks and obligations globally to meet deal timelines and integration plans
• HR operations: Delivering HR services cost-effectively during and after deals, providing high service levels to employees

Role Overview

In this role, you will work on and lead projects, collaborating closely with senior team members for guidance and insights into the deal environment. You will build your deal knowledge and develop your skills in people, OD, strategy, and HR. You will also leverage your change and consulting skills to deliver transformational change outside of deal contexts.

Your responsibilities include:

• Leading small-to-medium engagements and supporting clients daily
• Due Diligence: Contributing to and reviewing reports from a people perspective, analysing data on cost, people, legal issues like TUPE or unions, systems, and HR contracts, providing insights on people aspects relevant to clients and report readers, and developing benchmarks and qualitative insights
• Integration & Separation: Advising on people, strategy, and organisational design aspects of integration, separation, and optimisation initiatives, leading HR/OD workstreams, facilitating client workshops, and reviewing organisational designs
• Transformational Change: Supporting clients in achieving objectives through transformational projects, creating roadmaps, designing change management plans, identifying risks, and defining success metrics
• Wider Responsibilities: Interacting with stakeholders, coaching junior team members, ensuring engagement management protocols, and supporting propositions and tool development

Leadership & Management

The Manager supports mentoring and coaching, challenges the team to be curious and innovative, ensures quality and value in outcomes, and contributes to pitches and proposals for new work.

Stakeholder Interaction & Challenges

Demonstrate credibility to advise on complex deals, act as Engagement Manager for small to medium projects, manage stakeholder expectations, deliver high-quality client outcomes, coach team members, and identify opportunities for technology use to improve delivery.

The Person

Work Experience:

• Good understanding of HR, OD, or Strategy, ideally in M&A
• Experience in M&A projects and consultation beneficial
• Specialisms in People strategy, TUPE, HR functions, union engagement, organisational design, employee engagement, talent analysis, recruitment, and retention
• Leading and facilitating client meetings, workshops, and interviews
• Experience managing teams or project parts
• Developing business pitches in the People sector
• Ability to influence and challenge senior stakeholders

Professional, Technical & Soft Skills:

• Bachelor's degree; professional qualifications welcome
• Excellent communication skills
• Ability to work under pressure, learn quickly, and adapt
• Strong problem-solving and analytical skills
• Structured thinking and creativity
• Ability to discuss key issues credibly with clients
• Report writing skills
• Understanding market drivers and challenges impacting client strategies