Associate Consultant - HR Due Diligence (M&A)

Job details
•Proposed designation: Associate Consultant

•Role type: Individual contributor

•Reporting to: Associate Director/Director

•Geo to be supported: US

•Work timings: Normal Shift

Roles & responsibilities
•Working with onshore colleagues to lead and provide support on a wide variety of M&A projects including global programs from a people, workforce analytics and organization effectiveness perspective
•Support and sometimes lead work streams on HR I&S projects, supporting client work stream leads to fulfil their work stream objectives
•Work with project teams to analyze workforce data by applying key analytical tools to provide key insights and suggest solutions to solve complex client challenges
•Demonstrate technical and analytical competence in a deal context for key HR aspects: HR Operations, Labor Relations &Compliance, Organization & Talent Management and Employee Experience and Day 1 comms
•Proactively co-ordinate with onshore engagement teams to procure new engagements / engagement work, obtain clarifications, communicate progress and post-delivery de-brief and feedback
•Seek ownership for independent engagement and tasks and on larger engagements oversee the work of more junior team members
•Assist in the development and presentation of final project deliverables
•Provide coaching and development opportunities for junior team members, and act as a mentor to colleagues within the team
•Work with cross-functional teams in implementing services, lead team interviews and hold workshops as necessary
•When you are not working on a project, you will provide support to senior colleagues in preparation of proposal materials.

Educational qualifications
•MBA / bachelor’s degree in a related field from an accredited college/university preferably with major in Human resources
Work experience
•1-3 years of total work experience.

Mandatory technical & functional skills
• Experience of working on M&A projects including an understanding of HR’s involvement in the deal process is desirable
•Experience of working with Powered BI, Alteryx, Tableau
•Relevant professional experience, including previous work with a Big 4, global management consultancy firm, or performed an in-house role in which you gained exposure to a large-scale project(s)
•Experience working within an HR function including workforce analytics, organization effectiveness, people strategy, organizational design, HR operating model, HR Process efficiency & policy, change management, employee engagement, talent management (Not all specialisms are required and a deep understanding in one area may be sufficient)
•Experience of handling multiple stakeholders including ownership of deliverables and good commercial acumen
•High quality outputs on Microsoft Excel and Power Point. 

Other information
•Interview process: 3–4-line interviews
•Does the job role involve travelling: No