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    M&A HR Business Partner Specialist - London, United Kingdom - Azets

    Azets
    Azets London, United Kingdom

    1 week ago

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    Permanent
    Description

    Are you interested in working for a rapidly evolving company?; Want a career where no two days are the same?

    Who are Azets

    Azets are a leading firm of Accountants and Business Advisers operating across the UK, Ireland and the Nordics, we have over a wide network of employees and an abundance of inspiring opportunities to join one of our many offices

    We are a top ten accountancy firm in the UK and are the number one largest SME practice.

    The opportunity

    Reporting to both the Group Head of Merger & Acquisitions and the Human Resources Director, the role of an M&A HR Business Partner Specialist is to conduct thorough and detailed Due Diligence, integration planning and execution on any prospective Merger or Acquisition.

    The M&A HR Business Partner Specialist will produce reports for key stakeholders with a full view of the People side of the potential incoming business including risk analysis for consideration and then incorporating these findings into a integration plan to facilitate a smooth integration for the Target business into the Azets Group.

    This role will work closely with the wider HR teams teams (e.g. L&D, Reward) and collate their analysis to produce a complete and holistic view of People issues and planning on a transaction and then subsequently ensure a handover post exchange and completion to the BAU HR team.

    The post holder will be responsible for the creation & implementation of the HR integration project plan whilst being supported by Regional teams ensuring proper focus is on the incoming business being integrated into Azets' Culture and Values.

    **This role will include regular travel across the UK and Ireland. Travel across Europe will also be required at times.**

    Day to day duties

    Pre Exchange

  • HR Due Diligence for all prospective UK Mergers & Acquisitions including but not limited to:

    • o Production of a GAP analysis for areas where we will experience employee contention when integrating with Azets, such as, alignment of Job Titles & terms and conditions, contractual & non-contractual policies and benefit alignment.

    o Understanding the make up and structure of the workforce and comparison to Azets 'model office' structure

    o Trainee qualifications and training programmes

    o L&D / CPD for all staff

    o Typical career path (progression and pay) across departments and comparison of career path against Azets

    o Key HR documentation – best practice assessment

    o Utilisation of any third party support and assessment to transition in-house

    o Recruitment process

    o Health and safety

    o Assessment of potential cost synergies

  • Open channel of communication with the M&A team, highlighting any concerns or risks to be mitigated through legal documentation or integration planning
  • Ensuring any cultural differences at all staff levels (Partner/Director/Manager/Staff) are highlighted as part of the Due Diligence and highlighting how we can better align the targets culture with our own
  • Understand the flow of succession in the incoming business and developing a plan alongside the Regional HR Director to mitigate short / medium term risk
  • Partnering with Recruitment to ensure confidential data is shared to gain risk analysis
  • Partnering with Reward to ensure confidential data is shared to gain a risk analysis
  • Partnering with L&D to ensure Student Data is reviewed and gain a risk analysis
  • Partnering with the People XD (HR Data) team to ensure People data is populated in the required templates to bring the acquired employees onto our system & sharing this information to our IT teams
  • Report Production of Due Diligence Report data to clearly articulate Due Diligence findings and recommended actions required through integration planning
  • Prepare communication documents for the Regional HRD & Business Change
  • Support in welcome meetings
  • Development of a comprehensive HR project plan, ensuring key DD findings are clearly articulated as well as highlighting any risks, issues & dependencies within the plan
  • The HR integration plan should encompass all aspects of HR including L&D, Reward and Recruitment and be developed in conjunction with other workstreams such as IT in relation to the implementation of Azets HR software/systems

    • Post Completion

  • Responsible for the successful implementation of the HR project plan ensuring any risks, issues or date slippage are highlighted to the Integration Manager
  • Attendance at Workstream Updates to provide up to date progress of the HR Integration to the wider teams
  • Partnership with the Regional HRD:

    • o to ensure a smooth transition to BAU, a handover of information once the acquired business is fully integrated into the central HR function

    o to ensure any significant changes to the project plan is highlighted to the Integration Manager

    o to ensure successful implementation of the project plan

    o Provide DD information to all relevant departments, e.g. Reward & Talent Acquisition

  • Ongoing assessment & reporting of the cultural impacts of the acquired business to ensure a smooth transition to our culture and values
  • Works closely with Target Partners to strengthen the Company culture, values and employee experience by improving employee engagement and retention
  • Rewards Harmonisation

    • Effective Knowledge Management

  • Creating and maintaining a standard set of HR Plans, Toolkits and FAQ documentation which is shared in-order to upskill UK HRBP's

    • What are we looking for?

    Experienced HR generalist / HR Business Partner, ideally experience in a professional services environment.

  • Relevant M&A experience
  • Effective influencing skills Intellectual curiosity & empathy – a desire to learn all aspects of the business and understand it's goals
  • Strong Project Management experience, with a proven ability to meet deadlines
  • Strong written and verbal communication skills
  • Excellent organizational skills and attention to detail
  • Strong analytical and problem-solving skills
  • Change management skills
  • Ability to work with business stakeholders at all levels
  • Technically proficient, so that all data is managed in accordance with all legal and Corporate requirements
  • Experienced in the use of the Microsoft Office suite

    • What's in it for you?

    Our benefits include hybrid & flexible working, birthday leave, professional subscription and much more. You can find out more about how we reward our colleagues -

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