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Mergers & Acquisitions (M&A) People Consultant

RBS • Full-time • City of Edinburgh, Scotland, United Kingdom • 4d ago

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

What you'll do

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

The skills you'll need

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

Hours

Job Posting Closing Date:

Job Posting Closing Date is not yet published.Ways of Working:Remote First

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