Senior Consultant - HR M&A Transactions

EY; Greater London; On-site; GBP 65,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

EY Senior Consultant role focusing on HR M&A Transactions. You will support clients through HR due diligence, buyer/seller activities, and post‑deal integration, delivering high‑quality reports and presentations. The role requires strong project management, stakeholder management, and data analysis across the deal lifecycle.

Based in the UK, you will collaborate with EY’s M&A service lines to provide end-to-end solutions within a fast-paced, global environment.

Qualifications

• Strong HR M&A deal background including due diligence, sell & separate, buy & integrate, and post‑deal transformation.
• Proven commercial HR experience from private, public sector or consulting.
• Strong project management, presentation and stakeholder engagement skills.
• Experience in HR disciplines like Employee Relations, Compensation and Benefits, Change and Communications is ideal.
• Qualitative and quantitative data analysis and presentation skills.

Responsibilities

• Support clients on people-related matters from reorganisations, restructurings and post-deal activities.
• Assist the project across HR Transactions through acquisition, divestiture and merger stages.
• Structure and manage projects to meet client expectations.
• Identify issues and communicate clearly to project leads.
• Prepare reports, plan projects, analyze data and develop presentations.
• Deliver client reports and executive presentations in various formats.
• Collaborate with EY M&A service lines to deliver end-to-end solutions.

Skills

HR M&A

Due Diligence

Post‑deal integration

Project management

Stakeholder engagement

Data analysis

Presentation skills

Communication

Education

Bachelor's degree

CIPD desirable

Job description

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Senior Consultant - HR M&A Transactions

Your Key Responsibilities

• Support clients to address people‑related matters arising from enterprise‑wide or functional re‑organisations, restructurings and workforce optimisation, including post‑deal activities.
• Assist the project in addressing HR Transactions/People related matters through all stages of acquisition, divestiture and merger
• Structure and manage projects of work which meet and exceed client expectations
• Be confident and effective in recognising and managing potential issues during client assignments; ensure clear and timely communication to project leads
• Review and perform report writing, project planning, data analysis, and development of presentation material
• Analyse data and present high quality, risk-managed reports/conclusions including client and executive presentations in various formats - this will also include delivery and presentation of such reports to clients
• Work with key project leader to manage and maintain client relationship
• Ensure that all client work is delivered consistently, complying with EY's Q&RM guidelines
• Working collaboratively with other EY M&A service lines and wider firm teams, including EYP and Consulting, to deliver integrated, end‑to‑end client solutions.

To qualify for the role you must have

The current teams have a different range of expertise across the HR M&A deal lifecycle. Therefore, we are looking for both specialists in a range of the areas highlighted above and below, together with those who have broader M&A experience.

• Strong HR M&A deal background, including HR Due Diligence, Sell and Separate, Buy and Integrate, and post‑deal transformation activities.
• Proven Commercial HR experience from private, public sector or consulting
• Strong project management, presentation and stakeholder engagement/management skills
• Experience of specific HR disciplines; Employee /Industrial Relations, Compensation and Benefits, Change and Communication is ideal but not essential
• Qualitative and quantitative data analysis skills and data manipulation, data presentation, via a range of tools

Skills and Attributes for success

• Team player; ability to integrate with new teams quickly
• Collaborative, good at building relationships
• Ability to analyse complex problems and to deliver insightful, practical and sustainable solutions
• Able to manage stakeholder and client relationships in a fast paced and complex environment
• Strong written and verbal communication skills and experience of producing high calibre reports, papers, presentations
• Frequently and effectively leverage internal and external knowledge, experience and relationships to identify new opportunities
• Regularly brings ideas and insights to clients and programme teams that provide value, help address risk and assist the deal lifecycle
• Personal resilience and the ability to drive the project and team’s agenda (both internally and within the client environment)

Ideally, you’ll also have

• A primary degree and any post graduate degrees and professional qualifications are desirable but not critical e.g. CIPD
• Experience of working on projects gained working within a professional services firm, global consultancy firm and/or large private and/or public sector organisations

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