HR Ventures

The Deal Execution Capability team partner with our deal teams across Accenture’s acquisitions to design solutions across all core components of HR people programmes 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.

**Responsibilities**:
The DE Capability team will be assigned to various M&A projects and will be accountable for the success, effectiveness, and on-time delivery of HR due diligence and integration work stream activities.

**Key Responsibilities**

**Due Diligence Phase (includes solution development)**
- Define and manage due diligence data validation approach and processes
- Estimate proposed costs for future integration of an acquired workforce.
- Coordinate across all key stakeholder groups, in particular heavy interaction is expected with Procurement+, Finance and Legal as well as Corporate Development professionals
- Prepare agendas for key discovery workshops with sellers within the acquisition.
- 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, incentives (short-term, long-term, sales force-specific, deferred), compliance and policies.
- Develop the preliminary story line comprehensively articulating HR due diligence findings and solution recommendations compiled above, for presentation to senior leaders and sponsors.
- Build strong internal relationships and collaborate with stakeholders to develop preliminary integration recommendations (e.g. Global and local Total Rewards leads, Global Talent Architecture, local HR Business Partners and stakeholders).
- Drive the development of compensation proposals for senior leadership team within an acquisition, and broader 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
- Partnering with the broader deal team and internal stakeholders to develop a compelling employee journey in terms of all aspects of talent and people processes and activities; building upon previous solutions and an understanding local HR context.
- Participate in solution conversations with acquired leadership including HR and CXO group through the PMI cycle
- 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).
- Work with internal stakeholders to co-create new HR solutions, programmes, and processes.
- Leverage insight and analysis to shape key integration decisions, supporting the understanding of relevant commercial and talent impacts
- 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.
- Capture learnings and knowledge from the integration journey, sharing this across stakeholders and retaining experience for future acquisitions.

**Core Skills/Qualifications**
- Knowledge across HR & People Programmes
- Strong analytics/analytical skills (including strong Excel experience)
- Total Rewards Experience (Compensation, Equity, Benefits, etc)
- Presentation skills (including strong PowerPoint skills)
- Highly effective stakeholder and relationship management skills
- Strong project management, leadership/facilitation of all levels of people inside and outside of your organization
- Risk identification, analysis and management, with previous experience of solution development or escalation
- Understanding of HR systems (e.g. HR ERP systems, Performance Management tools)
- Financial Exposure and commercial awareness
- Story telling skills