Mergers & Acquisitions (M&A) People Consultant

Location London, United Kingdom

Job typePermanent \| Contract typeFull Time

Mostly Remote

You’ll spend most of your time at home, working with your team digitally. You’ll come into an office or hub at least twice a month to collaborate with your colleagues.

Managerial / Technical Lead

This is a general indication and doesn’t always reflect day\-to\-day responsibilities. Check the job description for full details.

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Job description
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This role is based in the United Kingdom and as such all normal working days must be carried out in the United Kingdom.

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

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

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

Here’s a quick look at what your pay package and annual leave could look like if you get accepted for the role. We have a wide range of benefits to support you in your working life and beyond.

Tap each segment for details.

Your pay package

80% Base pay This is the part your your pay package that you take home every month.

10% Pension funding 10% of your salary goes towards your pension every month.

10% Benefit funding 10% of your salary goes towards a range of benefits you can choose from.

Your leave allowance

30 days Annual leave You’ll also have the opportunity to purchase up to 5 additional days off.

3 days Volunteering Take time off to support the causes you’re passionate about.

3 days Training Take time to build the skills you need to grow your career.

Total rewards package

Welcome to our Bishopsgate hub
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Based only a few minutes’ walk from Liverpool Street Station, the central location of this office makes working there incredibly convenient. Everything you need is close by, so you can run errands, go to the gym, and socialise with friends and colleagues before and after work.

Bishopsgate recently underwent a multi\-year refurbishment programme to improve spaces and facilities as well as become more sustainable.

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