Mergers & Acquisitions (M&A) People Consultant

Join us as a Mergers & Acquisition People Consultant

• You’ll play a central role in delivering the Group’s growth agenda, acting as a trusted advisor to deal teams and leading the People workstream across mergers, acquisitions and disposals
• This is a unique opportunity to operate at the heart of complex transactions, shaping deal strategy, managing risk, and delivering critical and commercial People outcomes from initial diligence through to integration or separation
• You’ll move beyond traditional HR delivery into strategic, deal-facing advisory work
• Working directly on high-impact, high-visibility transactions and shaping how the organisation identifies, manages and realises value through People

What you’ll do

You’ll:

• Act as a trusted advisor to deal teams, shaping People strategy from early-stage deal development through to execution
• Lead HR deal teams, aligning SMEs across Reward, ER, Talent, Tech and OD to deliver a coordinated and commercially focused People plan
• Drive due diligence and deal readiness, assessing People-related risks, costs and opportunities, and translating insights into clear recommendations
• Own delivery of the People workstream, including integration or separation planning, employee communications, and consultation activity, in partnership with Employee Relations
• Manage HR input into legal and transaction processes, including contracts, governance and approvals
• Operate as the single point of contact for People within the deal, building strong relationships across Corporate Development, Legal, Finance and external advisers
• Balance pace, risk and commercial outcomes, enabling informed decision-making in fast‑moving and often ambiguous environments
• Continuously improve M&A People capability, contributing to playbooks, tools and lessons learned across the function

The skills you’ll need

We’re looking for a commercially minded HR professional who is comfortable operating in high‑pace, high‑ambiguity environments and influencing senior stakeholders.

You’ll demonstrate:

• Proven experience in complex project or transaction environments, ideally within M&A, transformation or large‑scale change
• Strong consulting and stakeholder management skills, with the ability to challenge, influence and align senior stakeholders
• Commercial judgement, balancing People outcomes with cost, risk and deal objectives
• Experience leading cross‑functional teams, coordinating multiple SMEs to deliver integrated outcomes
• Ability to translate data and insight into action, shaping strategy and informing key decisions
• A broad understanding of HR disciplines, with knowledge of how Reward, ER, Talent and OD intersect in a deal context

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