HR M&A Lead

A leading global financial services organisation are looking for an experienced HR M&A Lead to join their business, driving the people strategy across the full M&A lifecycle. This will focus on target assessment and due diligence through to post-deal integration. This is an integral role enabling smooth transitions, compliance, and cultural alignment during complex transactions.

Key responsibilities will include:

• Governance
  • establishing HR M&A governance, cadence, and decision rights: maintaining playbooks. templates, and controls
  • developing people-related risk registers and mitigation plans; overseeing compliance (GDPR, employment law, TUPE)
  • building and maintaining integration roadmaps, benefits harmonisation/alignment strategy, and culture alignment plan
• Pre-Deal & Due Diligence
  • leading HR due diligence (data room requests, Q&A), covering org structures, compensation and benefits, employment policies, talent assessment, HR systems and payroll
  • quantifying people-related liabilities
• Day 1 Readiness
  • defining Day 1 operating model
  • preparing leadership comms packs
  • coordinating retention and incentive plans
  • designing and executing change impact assessments
• Post-Deal Integration
  • leading org design and workforce planning
  • leading consultation processes
  • harmonising reward and benefits
  • implementing culture integration
• Stakeholder Management & Communications
  • acting as trusted adviser to Leadership team
  • overseeing statutory and TUPE consultations
  • driving clear employee communications
• Compliance & Risk
  • ensuring adherence to UK employment law, TUPE Regulations, collective consultation requirements, and GDPR
  • overseeing HR controls

As HR M&A Lead, you will possess:

• proven track record leading HR workstreams in M&A and integrations
• strong experience with TUPE transfers
• experience in reward harmonisation, benefits transition, and HRIS/payroll integrations
• project/PMO discipline

Please do apply if this sounds like you.

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