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Our Deloitte Strategy & Transactions team helps guide clients through their most critical moments and transformational initiatives. We offer comprehensive end-to-end support and advisory services, covering areas such as valuation modeling, cost optimization, restructuring, business design and transformation, infrastructure and real estate, mergers and acquisitions (M&A), and sustainability. The team works closely with clients at every stage of their journey, helping them navigate challenges, avoid financial pitfalls, and implement practical solutions before, during, and after major transformational projects or transactions creating lasting impact.
This is an opportunity to help clients navigate complex transactions and workforce transformations with clarity and impact. As an M&A Human Capital Senior Consultant you will advise corporate and private equity clients on human capital matters across the deal lifecycle, with a focus on organization transformation and HR strategy. You will work across diligence, integration, separation, and workforce planning efforts while helping clients address people, culture, and operating model decisions that shape transaction outcomes.

Recruiting for this role ends on 8/28/2026

Work You'll Do

As an M&A Human Capital Senior Consultant, as part of the M&A Integration and Divestiture market offering, you will be responsible for:

• Supporting human capital workstreams across mergers, acquisitions, divestitures, and restructuring engagements for corporate and private equity clients
• Assessing organizational, workforce, culture, and HR operating model impacts and developing recommendations to support transaction objectives
• Leading elements of change management, stakeholder engagement, and communications planning to support workforce transition and adoption
• Assisting with the design and implementation of HR functional integration activities across areas such as HR systems, service delivery, total rewards, payroll, leadership development, and talent strategy
• Developing analyses, client deliverables, and implementation plans related to organization design, workforce optimization, and post-transaction execution

A successful candidate would possess these skills:

• Ability to work independently and collaborate as part of a team.
• Effective written and verbal communication skills.
• Meticulous attention to detail and quality of work product.
• Ability to build and sustain professional relationships.
• Ability to lead projects or workstreams.
• Ability to manage and prioritize multiple tasks in a fast-paced and dynamic environment.
• Strong interpersonal skills and professional demeanor.
• Ability to meet deadlines.
• Ability to provide clear guidance to others.

The Team

M&A advises corporate and PE clients across inorganic growth/divestiture scenarios through M&A strategy, diligence, integration/separation planning and execution, financial and modeling services, and transaction financing.

Within Deloitte's M&A offering, the Integration & Divestiture - Human Capital team helps clients address the people-related dimensions of transactions across the deal lifecycle. The team supports organizations through diligence, pre-close planning, Day 1 readiness, integration, and separation by focusing on areas such as organization design, workforce transition, employee communications, change management, and human resources operating model decisions. Working alongside cross-functional deal teams, the practice helps clients manage workforce risks, support business continuity, and execute human capital priorities that enable transaction value.

Qualifications:

Required:

• Experience supporting and/or delivering at least 3 Human Capital M&A projects, including restructuring, enterprise cost reduction, due diligence, assessment of transaction risks, target screening, integration planning and execution, and/or post-merger integration
• 4+ years of experience in M&A integration and/or divestiture service delivery
• 4+ years of experience in a consulting and/or industry role involving change management initiatives, communications development, organizational design and development, HR strategy or operations, and/or talent solutions
• 4+ years of experience developing HR transaction strategy and delivering that strategy
• 4+ years of experience working in HR functions and processes, including experience in HR M&A and one or more of the following areas: HR strategy, HR employee experience, HR operating models, HR outsourcing advisory, and HR technology
• Bachelor's degree and 4+ years of consulting and/or industry experience; alternatively, a Master of Business Administration (MBA) and 2+ years of work experience involving change management initiatives, communications development, organizational design and development, HR strategy or operations, and/or talent solutions
• Ability to travel 50%, on average, based on the work you do and the clients and industries/sectors you serve
• Limited immigration sponsorship may be available.

Preferred:

• Master of Business Administration (MBA) or graduate degree in human resources or organizational behavior
• Actuarial exams or designation, or HR credentials such as Certified Compensation Professional (CCP), Global Remuneration Professional (GRP), Certified Employee Benefits Specialist (CEBS), or Change Management Specialist (CMS)
• 5+ years of experience with Human Capital mergers and acquisitions, restructuring, and/or enterprise cost reduction, including due diligence, assessment of transaction risks, target screening, integration planning and execution, and/or post-merger integration
• Experience performing Human Capital due diligence across one or more of the following areas: compensation, benefits, HR compliance, labor relations, HR communications, operations and technology, talent, and culture
• Experience supporting workshops, large meetings, or presentations to senior leaders
• Experience developing presentations in Microsoft PowerPoint and performing data analysis in Microsoft Excel, Tableau, or Structured Query Language (SQL)

The wage range for this role takes into account the wide range of factors that are considered in making compensation decisions including but not limited to skill sets; experience and training; licensure and certifications; and other business and organizational needs. The disclosed range estimate has not been adjusted for the applicable geographic differential associated with the location at which the position may be filled. At Deloitte, it is not typical for an individual to be hired at or near the top of the range for their role and compensation decisions are dependent on the facts and circumstances of each case. A reasonable estimate of the current range is $128,000 to $252,500

You may also be eligible to participate in a discretionary annual incentive program, subject to the rules governing the program, whereby an award, if any, depends on various factors, including, without limitation, individual and organizational performance.

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Qualifications:

Our Deloitte Strategy & Transactions team helps guide clients through their most critical moments and transformational initiatives. We offer comprehensive end-to-end support and advisory services, covering areas such as valuation modeling, cost optimization, restructuring, business design and transformation, infrastructure and real estate, mergers and acquisitions (M&A), and sustainability. The team works closely with clients at every stage of their journey, helping them navigate challenges, avoid financial pitfalls, and implement practical solutions before, during, and after major transformational projects or transactions creating lasting impact.
This is an opportunity to help clients navigate complex transactions and workforce transformations with clarity and impact. As an M&A Human Capital Senior Consultant you will advise corporate and private equity clients on human capital matters across the deal lifecycle, with a focus on organization transformation and HR strategy. You will work across diligence, integration, separation, and workforce planning efforts while helping clients address people, culture, and operating model decisions that shape transaction outcomes.

Recruiting for this role ends on 8/28/2026

Work You'll Do

As an M&A Human Capital Senior Consultant, as part of the M&A Integration and Divestiture market offering, you will be responsible for:

• Supporting human capital workstreams across mergers, acquisitions, divestitures, and restructuring engagements for corporate and private equity clients
• Assessing organizational, workforce, culture, and HR operating model impacts and developing recommendations to support transaction objectives
• Leading elements of change management, stakeholder engagement, and communications planning to support workforce transition and adoption
• Assisting with the design and implementation of HR functional integration activities across areas such as HR systems, service delivery, total rewards, payroll, leadership development, and talent strategy
• Developing analyses, client deliverables, and implementation plans related to organization design, workforce optimization, and post-transaction execution

A successful candidate would possess these skills:

• Ability to work independently and collaborate as part of a team.
• Effective written and verbal communication skills.
• Meticulous attention to detail and quality of work product.
• Ability to build and sustain professional relationships.
• Ability to lead projects or workstreams.
• Ability to manage and prioritize multiple tasks in a fast-paced and dynamic environment.
• Strong interpersonal skills and professional demeanor.
• Ability to meet deadlines.
• Ability to provide clear guidance to others.

The Team

M&A advises corporate and PE clients across inorganic growth/divestiture scenarios through M&A strategy, diligence, integration/separation planning and execution, financial and modeling services, and transaction financing.

Within Deloitte's M&A offering, the Integration & Divestiture - Human Capital team helps clients address the people-related dimensions of transactions across the deal lifecycle. The team supports organizations through diligence, pre-close planning, Day 1 readiness, integration, and separation by focusing on areas such as organization design, workforce transition, employee communications, change management, and human resources operating model decisions. Working alongside cross-functional deal teams, the practice helps clients manage workforce risks, support business continuity, and execute human capital priorities that enable transaction value.

Qualifications:

Required:

• Experience supporting and/or delivering at least 3 Human Capital M&A projects, including restructuring, enterprise cost reduction, due diligence, assessment of transaction risks, target screening, integration planning and execution, and/or post-merger integration
• 4+ years of experience in M&A integration and/or divestiture service delivery
• 4+ years of experience in a consulting and/or industry role involving change management initiatives, communications development, organizational design and development, HR strategy or operations, and/or talent solutions
• 4+ years of experience developing HR transaction strategy and delivering that strategy
• 4+ years of experience working in HR functions and processes, including experience in HR M&A and one or more of the following areas: HR strategy, HR employee experience, HR operating models, HR outsourcing advisory, and HR technology
• Bachelor's degree and 4+ years of consulting and/or industry experience; alternatively, a Master of Business Administration (MBA) and 2+ years of work experience involving change management initiatives, communications development, organizational design and development, HR strategy or operations, and/or talent solutions
• Ability to travel 50%, on average, based on the work you do and the clients and industries/sectors you serve
• Limited immigration sponsorship may be available.

Preferred:

• Master of Business Administration (MBA) or graduate degree in human resources or organizational behavior
• Actuarial exams or designation, or HR credentials such as Certified Compensation Professional (CCP), Global Remuneration Professional (GRP), Certified Employee Benefits Specialist (CEBS), or Change Management Specialist (CMS)
• 5+ years of experience with Human Capital mergers and acquisitions, restructuring, and/or enterprise cost reduction, including due diligence, assessment of transaction risks, target screening, integration planning and execution, and/or post-merger integration
• Experience performing Human Capital due diligence across one or more of the following areas: compensation, benefits, HR compliance, labor relations, HR communications, operations and technology, talent, and culture
• Experience supporting workshops, large meetings, or presentations to senior leaders
• Experience developing presentations in Microsoft PowerPoint and performing data analysis in Microsoft Excel, Tableau, or Structured Query Language (SQL)

The wage range for this role takes into account the wide range of factors that are considered in making compensation decisions including but not limited to skill sets; experience and training; licensure and certifications; and other business and organizational needs. The disclosed range estimate has not been adjusted for the applicable geographic differential associated with the location at which the position may be filled. At Deloitte, it is not typical for an individual to be hired at or near the top of the range for their role and compensation decisions are dependent on the facts and circumstances of each case. A reasonable estimate of the current range is $128,000 to $252,500

You may also be eligible to participate in a discretionary annual incentive program, subject to the rules governing the program, whereby ...