Corporate - HR Venture & Acquisition Deal Execution Manager

Job description

Position Requirements

Basic Qualifications

· 6+ years related HR and/or V&A experience, including experience conducting and leading due diligence activities, employee mobilization/enablement activities and managing global projects/programs

· 2+ years of demonstrated leadership experience

· Total Rewards Experience (Compensation, Equity, Benefits, etc.)

· Strong Excel (large data, formulas, pivots, etc. – synthesize, extract, multiple versions)

· Analytics/Analytical Skills

· PowerPoint

· Relationship Skills

Preferred Qualifications

· Bachelor's degree, preferably with a focus in Human Resources Management or related discipline or equivalent experience.
· Strong project management, leadership/facilitation of all levels of people inside and outside of your organization

· Effective working with tight deadlines, imperfect information, and ambiguity Ability to collaborate while standing your ground when warranted

· On-boarding experience (orientation, benefits, payroll, SAP, etc.)

· Risk identification, analysis and management as well as solution development or escalation

· Good understanding of HR systems (SAP, Payroll, Recruiting/Staffing, etc.) and downstream impacts

· Employee Communications

· Strong executive presence and effective communicator

· Strong grasp of employment law and employee relations (US and Canada)

· Due diligence experience (inquisitive, thorough, questioning, know red flags and when to raise/escalate)

· Ability to synthesize and presenting HR diligence findings and recommendations to HR leadership, the broader deal team

· Deep knowledge of Accenture HR Policies

· Demonstrated experience developing and managing Work plans and budgets

· Process Documentation (due diligence, transition, handover documents etc.)

· Content management (i.e. SharePoint, myTransition, converting large excel data to high level PPT slide, DD data into summary format, etc.)

· Experience identifying lessons learned and process improvements to support continuous improvement

· Financial exposure

Desired profile

Qualifications :

Job Requirements

· Travel will be required: 25% - 50% (depending upon Deal and phase)

· Ability to work in fast-paced environment (adjust on the go, meet last minute deadlines, schedule flexibility)

· Ability to successfully/effectively work independently with little to no direction

· Ability to effectively work virtually

· Ability to build relationship while working remotely

Role Summary

Provides functional subject matter expertise, project management, leadership and service delivery support for the execution of post-merger integration of Accenture's mergers, ventures and acquisitions transactions globally. Accountable for the success, effectiveness and on-time delivery of functional activities related to due diligence, solution planning and integration for primary stakeholders and sponsoring organization of acquisition (OG/GP/ Geographies).

The V&A HR Deal Execution Manager will be assigned to various V&A projects and will be accountable for the success, effectiveness, and on-time delivery of assigned HR due diligence and integration work stream activities.


Key Responsibilities

Due Diligence Phase: (includes solution development)

· Define and manage due diligence data validation approach and processes

· Oversee and drive assigned HR due diligence activities, including:

o Identify, track, manage and resolve all issues

o Plan the work effort

o Manage work efforts of team members and/or implement work plan directly

§ Build relationships to establish credibility with the target company and internal and external SMEs

§ Estimate costs for both pre-contract and post-contract due diligence

§ Analyze and distill data into a cohesive point of view around the findings

§ Coordinate across all key stakeholder groups, in particular heavy interaction is expected with Finance and Legal as well as Corporate Development professionals

§ Identify risk mitigation strategies and actively communicate findings to Accenture executives

§ Identify HR-related opportunities for discussion with the deal team

§ Provide recommendations to the contracting and negotiation teams on contract language and structure as it relates to HR matters

· Develop preliminary solution plan for key human resource decisions, including but not limited to compensation, benefits, perquisites, retirement/pension plans, payroll and salary grade structure, incentives (short-term, long-term, sales force-specific, deferred), staffing approach, culture, HR compliance and policies.

Integration Phase:

· Plan, oversee and drive assigned HR integration planning and execution activities for each V&A transaction

o Plan for the HR process impacts involving (Accenture) non-standard approaches, working directly with the SAP and global HR process owners.

o Create and manage to an employee / HR transition work plan and budget, including leveraging and overseeing direct or indirect team members who are responsible for executing certain tasks

o Develop and implement “to do by signing” and “to do by close” HR task lists including consultation and communications, agreement to a set of terms and conditions, set-up and preparation of systems including SAP and payroll and initial inductions.

o Coordinate with the HR due diligence team to resolve new issues as they arise.

o Document HR activities that must be addressed during ongoing operations.

o Support ongoing HR operations to ensure all issues arising from and/or delayed during transition are appropriately addressed.