Job Description
As the key HR partner in our M&A programmes, you’ll own the entire HR due diligence process and lead HR integration efforts across geographies, functions, and systems. You’ll work cross-functionally to align HR strategy with business goals, ensuring that acquired employees are welcomed, supported, and set up for success.
HR Due Diligence & Strategic Assessment
1. Lead and own the HR due diligence process for all M&A activity, assessing risks, opportunities, and integration requirements across employment terms, benefits, compensation, compliance, immigration and organizational structure.
2. Collaborate with Legal, Finance, and Corporate Development teams to evaluate HR-related liabilities and ensure alignment with deal strategy.
3. Provide strategic recommendations to executive leadership based on HR findings, influencing deal structure and integration planning.
HR Operational Integration & Programme Management
4. Act as the primary HR liaison with the Programme Management Team, aligning HR integration with broader business and systems strategies.
5. Drive end-to-end HR integration, including onboarding, harmonization of compensation and benefits, and transition of HR operations.
6. Partner with HR Country, Reward, Payroll, and HRIS teams to ensure smooth operational execution and compliance.
7. Support entity restructuring activities—mergers, asset transfers, and amalgamations—ensuring HR processes and contracts are aligned with legal and financial requirements.
8. Collaborate with IT and HRIS teams to manage data migration and system integration.
Change Management & Employee Experience
9. Develop and execute change management strategies that foster engagement and minimize disruption.
10. Partner with Communications and HR teams to deliver clear, transparent messaging throughout the integration lifecycle.
11. Work with business leaders to assess cultural alignment and drive initiatives that support a unified, positive employee experience.
Qualifications
12. Extensive experience in a senior HRBP or HR programme role, ideally, with a strong track record in multinational M&A integration.
13. Deep understanding of HR operations, including payroll, HRIS, benefits, and employee consultation processes.
14. Proven ability to lead within a programme-led structure, managing multiple projects and stakeholders across geographies.
15. Experience in entity restructuring and collaboration with Finance and Legal teams.
16. Strong technical acumen in HR systems and data migration, with a collaborative approach to working with IT.
17. Exceptional stakeholder management, negotiation, and communication skills.
18. Familiarity with global employment laws and compliance requirements.
19. Self-starter, proactive, responsible, and results oriented