HR Ventures & Acquisition Manager

The HR V&A team partners with our deal teams across Accenture’s acquisitions to design solutions across all core components of HR people programs and processes, to enable the integration of our acquisitions. 

The team support the end-to-end deal lifecycle, from assessment of an acquisition in diligence, through to designing and implementing solutions to enable the integration of the business.  The team have a high executive presence, working closely with acquisitions HR Deal Leads, business sponsors and acquired leadership, alongside reviewing and agreeing solutions with internal stakeholders.

Key Responsibilities:

Due Diligence Phase

• Define and manage due diligence data validation approach and processes, apply judgement to assess and highlight talent trends and risks, present findings, and  influence decisions and integration strategies. Partner with Global and MU HR teams to develop solutions (e.g. TR CoE and Service Career Arch). Estimate costs for both pre-contract and post-contract due diligence

• Develop preliminary solution plan for key human resource decisions, including but not limited to compensation, benefits, perquisites, retirement/pension plans, payroll and career/reward architecture, HR compliance and policies.

• Drive the development of Performance and Retention plans and recommendations for acquired workforce

Integration Phase

• Plan and drive HR integration planning and execution activities for each V&A deal, develop a compelling employee journey in terms of all aspects of talent and people processes and activities

• Develop and deliver integration solutions across a range of key HR processes and critical areas (including career architecture, total reward and performance, HR technology, and people policies)

• Project manage the end-to-end onboarding process for acquired employees; collaborating with other parts of HR Operations & local/global HR to ensure a successful new joiner experience