Consultant HR M&A

Job Description
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KPMG Global Services (KGS) was set up in India in 2008. It is a strategic global delivery organization, which works with more than 50 KPMG member firms to provide a progressive, scalable and customized approach to business requirements
The KGS journey has been one of consistent growth, with a current employee count of nearly 10,000 operating from four locations in India — Bengaluru, Gurugram, Kochi, Pune and Mumbai providing a range of Advisory and Tax-related services to member firms within the KPMG network.
As part of KPMG in India, we were ranked among the top companies to work for in the country for four years in a row by LinkedIn, and recognized as one of the top three employers in the region for women, as well as for policies on Inclusion & Diversity by ASSOCHAM (The Associated Chambers of Commerce & Industry of India).
Team Overview
The position in discussion is with Integration & Separation (I&S), Technology in M&A within the Deal Advisory group at KPMG Global Services (KGS), which is KPMG’s global delivery center and an integral part of the firm’s strategy to enhance innovation, build scalability, and improve profitability globally.
KGS DA&S has been providing solutions to KPMG member firms globally. By leveraging insights and applying best practices, the team helps create customized approaches to M&A transactions. The team’s capabilities include Corporate Finance, Transaction Services, Strategy, Business Modelling, Accounting Advisory Services, Deal Advisory Research and Benchmarking.
KPMG’s Integration & Separation team (ISA) advises clients on executing the operational integrations of acquisitions or joint ventures, and separations of businesses, in the case of divestitures or sale. I&S does this by taking an enterprise‑wide view of M&A deals, across all the functions, to deliver value to our clients. In addition, team is also involved in pre-deal Due Diligence on specific areas of business.
Responsibilities
We are recruiting for Consultant in the HR M&A team.
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
Qualifications
This role is for you if you have the below
Educational Qualifications
MBA / Bachelor’s degree in a related field from an accredited college/university preferably with major in Human resources
Work Experience
3-5 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 PowerPoint. Knowledge or experience on Visio, OrgVue would also be beneficial
Preferred Technical & Functional Skills
Analysis, problem solving and Report writing
A basic understanding of project management methodologies and outputs
Good client relationship skills

Work arrangement
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