Assistant Manager, M&A and Employee Transition Services

GoGlobal; United States; Remote; USD 75,000 - 110,000; Full time

Job summary

GoGlobal is seeking an Assistant Manager for M&A and Employee Transition Services to lead onboarding and transitions across mergers, acquisitions, and workforce movements. This role blends HR operations, data management, and project coordination to deliver client-ready materials and trackers while coordinating with payroll, benefits, and legal teams across multiple countries.

You will independently manage defined workstreams, escalate risks, and report status within six months, with potential to

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in HR, Business Administration, Management, or equivalent professional experience.
• 3–5 years of experience in HR Administration, HR Operations, Employee Lifecycle Management, Shared Services, or related fields.
• Strong Excel and data management skills.
• Experience preparing presentations and client-facing materials.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills in English.
• Experience communicating with clients or senior internal stakeholders and managing follow-up actions.
• Strong attention to detail and organizational skills.

Responsibilities

• Support end-to-end employee transition projects across multiple jurisdictions.
• Track collection and validation of employee data, contracts, payroll information, and benefits documentation.
• Maintain transition trackers, readiness plans, and project status reports.
• Liaise with payroll, benefits, HR teams to support implementation activities.
• Monitor project milestones and proactively follow up on outstanding actions.
• Organize, validate, and maintain large employee datasets.
• Prepare employee master files and transition trackers.
• Support data reconciliation between client and internal systems.
• Ensure accuracy and confidentiality of employee information.
• Assist in the preparation of client proposals, RFP responses, and transition solutions.
• Develop and maintain presentation materials, project documentation, and client-facing reports.
• Support the enhancement and maintenance of service descriptions, process documentation, and operational playbooks.
• Collaborate with sales, marketing, and operational teams to create high-quality proposal materials.
• Support the creation of onboarding materials, training guides, and process documentation.
• Maintain knowledge repositories and operational templates.
• Assist with internal and client training sessions.
• Support project managers in delivering multiple concurrent transition projects.
• Coordinate meetings, track action items, and follow up with stakeholders.
• Prepare meeting materials.
• Escalate risks and delays appropriately.
• Take ownership of defined project workstreams as capability and knowledge develop, while continuing to support senior project leads on larger engagements.
• Progress towards managing smaller employee transition projects within 6–12 months, subject to readiness and oversight.

Skills

Excel

Data management

Presentations

Client-facing communications

English communication

Education

Bachelor’s degree in HR/Business/Management

Tools

CRM

Project management tools

HRIS

Ticketing systems

Job description

Role purpose

TThe Assistant Manager, M&A and Employee Transition Services supports the successful onboarding and transition of employees resulting from mergers, acquisitions, divestitures, and workforce transfers. This role combines strong HR administration and project coordination expertise with the ability to create client-facing materials, organize complex data, and contribute to the team’s operational excellence.

The Assistant Manager acts as a key coordination point among internal teams, clients, local HR teams, payroll, benefits specialists and legal stakeholders to ensure smooth employee transitions across multiple countries.

The successful candidate will be expected to independently manage defined project workstreams, including stakeholder coordination, action tracking, data management, issue escalation and status reporting, within six months of joining.

Key Responsibilities

Employee Transition & HR Operations

• Support end-to-end employee transition projects across multiple jurisdictions.
• Track collection and validation of employee data, contracts, payroll information, and benefits documentation.
• Maintain transition trackers, readiness plans, and project status reports.
• Liaise with payroll, benefits, HR teams to support implementation activities.
• Monitor project milestones and proactively follow up on outstanding actions.

Data Management & Reporting

• Organize, validate, and maintain large employee datasets.
• Prepare employee master files and transition trackers.
• Support data reconciliation activities between client and internal systems.
• Ensure accuracy and confidentiality of employee information.

Client Deliverables & Proposal Support

• Assist in the preparation of client proposals, RFP responses, and transition solutions.
• Develop and maintain presentation materials, project documentation, and client-facing reports.
• Support the enhancement and maintenance of service descriptions, process documentation, and operational playbooks.
• Collaborate with sales, marketing, and operational teams to create high-quality proposal materials.

Enablement & Knowledge Management

• Support the creation of onboarding materials, training guides, and process documentation.
• Maintain knowledge repositories and operational templates.
• Assist with internal and client training sessions.

Project Coordination

• Support project managers in delivering multiple concurrent transition projects.
• Coordinate meetings, track action items, and follow up with stakeholders.
• Prepare meeting materials.
• Escalate risks and delays appropriately.
• Take ownership of defined project workstreams as capability and knowledge develop, while continuing to support senior project leads on larger and more complex engagements.
• Progress towards managing smaller employee transition projects within 6–12 months, subject to demonstrated readiness and appropriate senior oversight.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Human Resources, Business Administration, Management, or a related field or equivalent relevant professional experience.
• 3-5 years of experience in HR Administration, HR Operations, Employee Lifecycle Management, Shared Services, Project Coordination, or related fields.
• Strong Excel and data management skills.
• Experience preparing presentations and client-facing materials.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills in English.
• Experience communicating directly with clients or senior internal stakeholders, including providing project updates, obtaining required information and managing follow-up actions.
• Strong attention to detail and organizational skills.

Preferred

• Experience supporting M&A, employee transfers, global mobility, EOR, payroll, or HR outsourcing projects.
• Exposure to international HR and employment practices.
• Experience with CRM, project management, HRIS, or ticketing systems.
• Proposal, marketing, or sales-support experience.

OVERVIEW

As a privately owned company, we are free from the pressures of venture capital or private equity investors demanding exponential growth in unreasonable time frames.

Sometimes, things just take time to do well. In our business, delivering great results is a process - and we’re committed to doing it right.

We are not for sale. We believe that financial success is a natural outcome of our work, not the primary goal. Unlike many investors who view money as a goal, our focus is on long-term growth and sustainable success.

We are a global team, built for those who want to go further. Here’s what your career at GoGlobal looks like:

A company small enough for your voice to be heard meaningfully, yet large enough to make a global impact

Collaborating with a diverse, global and supportive team

Built for the long-haul - no VC or PE pressure, just a focus on sustainable growth

WHY WE ARE DIFFERENT

We Make Growing Your Career Possible

• We operate with the benefits of a partnership without the complexities of a partnership. Our hybrid partnership-corporate model offers all employees the opportunity to become a partner, while maintaining a streamlined corporate structure so that decisions are made quickly.

• We do not offer equity plans. As we are not for sale and are not chasing an exit, “stock options” hold little value in our business model. Instead, we provide opportunities for outstanding employees to make partner and share in the profits. We believe it’s better to build lasting value than to chase a one-time payout.

• We prioritize organic and sustainable growth. Expanding operations quickly by way of mergers and acquisitions might seem appealing, but the reality is integrating diverse cultures can be challenging. We’re proud of our own culture and prefer to grow it our way.

• We’re global. We offer career opportunities across the world-whether it’s new job roles or international locations

• English is our official language, but for many, it’s our second language. We embrace this and find it rewarding communicating with colleagues from all over the world.

• We are not a family. We operate more like a high-performing sports team where each individual’s contribution is crucial to our collective success.

• We keep things simple and collaborative. Our structure makes it easy for teams to work together across borders so we can serve our clients with global needs more effectively. Unlike big, siloed companies, we work seamlessly to handle international deals without the headaches of territorial ownership.

• We believe in transparency and trust. Every month, we share our financials with the team so everyone knows where we stand and what’s coming next. It’s all about open communication, building trust, and empowering every individual to be part of our journey. We don’t tell you what to think - we provide the information you need to be your own informed decisions.

• We believe flexibility drives success. Our company is built on trust, and that’s why we embrace fully remote work, and hybrid options in some countries. Forget rigid office routines - it’s old school! This flexibility fuels productivity, strengthens our workforce, and ensures we remain agile in a fast-changing world.

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