HR M&A Director

WTW is recruiting for an HR Merger & Acquisition (M&A) Director position in our market-leading Integrated and Global Solutions (IGS) business based in Europe (location flexible but ideally the Netherlands or UK). 

Our Global HR M&A Consulting Team is an enterprise-wide team of experienced practitioners. This team provides human resource subject matter expertise, project leadership and service delivery support throughout the life cycle of a client’s deal, including due diligence and integration phases.  The team works across geography on deals of all sizes, coordinating multi-country and cross-discipline projects bringing in WTW local Retirement and Reward colleagues as needed to provide subject matter expertise for the client’s service delivery team.

The M&A team is a collaborative group who meet regularly to share best practices with ample opportunity to learn on the job. We are passionate about helping our clients through M&A deals, are entrepreneurial in spirit and enjoy new ideas and sharing interesting projects client opportunities. We honor flexible working and appreciate work / life balance.

The Role 

This role will entail developing relationships with, and providing strategic advice and consulting to our M&A clients. M&A can be varied and fast paced, involving project management and subject matter expertise across a variety of disciplines. We help clients with all “people” issues during due diligence or integration phases of a merger, acquisition, divestiture, carve out, joint venture or other corporate transaction. 

Core aspects of the role include the following activities:

• Client engagement lead – identifying client opportunities within Corporate HR and Finance, assessing their needs, developing sales pipeline and delivering on scopes of work for M&A support and strategy.
• Lead complex multi-country M&A projects such as HR due diligence, complex carve out requiring support with stand-alone benefit programmes across multiple countries, design and delivery M&A HR readiness training for client team members, develop M&A playbooks and other aspects of M&A readiness for clients. Other projects might entail leading diverse client teams to deliver post-merger integration advice on people matters around the world, including global grading, compensation and benefit design, provider selection and benefit delivery, communications and change management.

The requirements 

• M&A experience across a variety of projects with a background in benefits, retirement, reward and/or project management.
• Proficiency in English is a requirement, additional other European languages would be preferred.
• Experience in building relationships with and selling work to large organisations at the headquarters and local country level across a range of international benefits topic areas.
• The ability to handle change and ambiguity positively, with comfort in a global environment and understanding of working across borders, with different cultures and with multinational organizations.
• Self-motivation and the ability to effectively lead and work in teams, including remotely with clients and colleagues in other countries.
• Ability to build a network with client contacts and WTW colleagues around the world.
• A positive and friendly approach to work with a keen desire to learn and excellent interpersonal and communication skills. 
• Strong project management abilities with good organisational skills and the aptitude to manage multiple stakeholder groups.
• Strong desire to deliver to clients’ high-quality results, consistently and a proactive approach to working with clients.

What we offer

• An attractive salary package;
• A great work environment within a dynamic and talented team;
• The ability to develop your expertise, competencies and professional stature, while the company invests in the tools and opportunities that allow for continual development;
• Flexible and supportive working styles, like hybrid working. Ask your recruiter to learn more about the possibilities;
• A diverse, global work environment where we believe that diverse teams make better decisions, are more creative and are better at solving complex problems;
• A supportive workplace that celebrates differences, fosters an inclusive culture and operates with openness and honesty.

At WTW, we believe difference makes us stronger. We want our workforce to reflect the different and varied markets we operate in and to build a culture of inclusivity that makes colleagues feel welcome, valued and empowered to bring their whole selves to work every day. We are an equal opportunity employer committed to fostering an inclusive work environment throughout our organisation. We embrace all types of diversity.