EY-Parthenon Manager | People M&A Nordics

As a Manager in EY-Parthenon’s dedicated People M&A practice, you will work with some of the leading HR and pension specialists advising and supporting corporate and private equity clients in transactions. You will support and guide our clients through a broad range of complex people matters across the entire deal cycle, including HR and pension due diligence, ensuring readiness for day one, and achieving synergies in post-merger integrations. Some of the key responsibilities include:

• Prepare due diligence reports on HR, including analysis of target company data to identify key people related financial exposures in a due diligence context, such as workforce costs and future liabilities, retention risks among key employees, side-by-side benefits comparison, and assessment of incentives programs, among other things

• Collaborate with EY colleagues and client executives to address people related issues in carve-outs, signing-to-closing and post-deal integration phases (e. g, HR operating model implementation, organizational design, union consultation strategies, compensation planning) to ensure seamless employee transitions

• Support the evaluation, design, and development of retention strategies that align compensation, benefits and incentives for executives and key employees with overarching acquisition goals

• Mentoring junior team members and fostering an inclusive, high-performance team culture

• Excellent communication skills in English required, both verbal and written

• 4-7 years of experience in transactions or strategy consulting

• Quantitative mindset with a focus on delivering excellent work in a fast-paced environment

• Proficiency in Excel and PowerPoint

• Strong interest in the financial aspects of people/HR topics, including compensation and benefits and/or pensions

• Have expertise in financial analysis of HR costs and liabilities from annual reports and internal financial statements

• Experience working with senior stakeholders on HR M&A programmes

• Previous M&A experience, ideally with a focus on people-related matters, e.g. Due Diligence, post-deal integration, compensation & benefits, organisation design, competence strategy and fulfilment, change- and/or culture programs

• Experience in analysing and assessing pension plans

• An agile, business and growth-oriented mindset. We’re looking for innovative individuals who can work in an agile way and adapt to a changing business environment

• Curiosity and a purpose-driven approach. We seek people who see opportunities instead of challenges and ask better questions to build a better working world

• Inclusivity. We value individuals who embrace diverse perspectives and work inclusively to build safety and trust