Mergers & Acquisitions (M&A) People Consultant

Location Manchester, 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 Spinningfields hub
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Spinningfields is Manchester’s leading leisure, retail, and business district and home to some of the most incredible architecture, restaurants, flagship stores, and bars the city has to offer.

Key facts:

• Space for 1,345 colleagues from various teams across the bank


• Our outdoor roof terrace has panoramic views of the city


• Opened in 2023

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