M&A Programme Lead - 24 Months Fixed Term Contract

We are currently seeking a high calibre professional to join our team as a M&A Programme Lead - 24 Months Fixed Term Contract.

To manage the large number of M&A transactions (ongoing and future), a central M&A People team has been formed within People, Governance & Communications (PGC) to lead and deliver M&A transactions. The central team will ensure consistency of PGC approach to transactions, facilitate governance and approvals, change & risk management and deliver projects including due diligence and overall program management of delivery including resourcing for a project. The role holder will also be accountable to build M&A capability

The role holder will be part of M&A specialist team that will work closely with the Group M&A team, Business stakeholders, Communications, Specialist teams in PGC – Reward, ER, Learning, Tech, Operations and country & regional PGC teams to deliver best in class M&A outcomes.  The role holder will be responsible for delivering large M&As, institutionalising & scaling People delivery capability for M&A by defining ways of working, people metrics, collaborating across different stakeholders to finalise consistent frameworks that can be applied to transactions

In this role you will:

• Manage people aspects of key M&A transactions across the deal lifecycle, including acquisitions, divestitures, joint ventures, and strategic partnerships, ensuring seamless execution and alignment with business objectives.
• Lead overall delivery of key transactions by defining resourcing and program management of a cross functional PGC workstream structure (Reward, Talent, ER, Communication, etc)
• Mobilise cross functional PGC teams from all relevant areas (Rewards, ER, Talent etc.) for delivery and providing appropriate inputs across different stages of a transaction
• Advise leadership on people-related risks and opportunities during target evaluation and deal structuring.
• Support in managing all governance and reporting related requirements at the various stages of a deal (including but not limited to ADCO, REMCO, OPCO, Country/Regional Boards)
• Align PGC stakeholders on all governance/approval matters.
• Support in implementing ‘best in class’ M&A practices in delivery, governance and post implementation review of a transaction 
• Enable PGC teams and business stakeholders to adopt ‘best in class’ frameworks and policies that support in delivering superior commercial outcomes for HSBC
• Represent People team in global M&A teams & forums
• Responsible for ensuring required inputs from PGC are added in SPA, TSA budget requirements
• Lead people input into preparation of Non-Binding Offer for selected transactions
• Accountable for identifying and highlighting key risks and align PGC & business stakeholders on Risk mitigation
• Enable resourcing discussions for PGC workstreams and serve as the point of contact for all people-related elements of a transaction
• Enable day 1 PGC Readiness in collaboration with respective People Heads
• Continuously track people metrics to measure the success of a transaction particularly post deal outcomes for teams joining HSBC
• Lead Tracking & reporting of progress of different M&A transactions and highlight key risks to relevant PGC/business stakeholders
• Support in building HR capability of M&A processes, upskilling internal teams and building institutional knowledge for future transactions

To be successful you will:

Experience

• Experience in M&A for more than 10 years managing large transactions in financial services or highly regulated organisations
• Experience in delivering large complex M&A assignments across different markets
• Experience in leading cross-functional teams and managing C-suite expectations.
• Experience in Program management of large transactions
• Change Management expert

Business / Commercial knowledge

• The role requires a comprehensive understanding of a value unit / product / region / legal entity, alongside a good understanding of the industry and the challenges and changes in the sector

Leadership

• Management responsibilities for a sizeable team of professionals (including responsibility for budget, and planning)

Problem Solving

• Covers a wide range of activities that require evaluative judgements based on the analysis of factual and qualitative information in complicated perhaps novel situations

Innovation

• Seeks ways of improving and adapting day to day departmental activities and will actively seek authority to implement them

Accountability / decision making

• Latitude to make decisions outside of established procedures but within a policy framework.  Broad guidelines are available.  Role implements strategy set by others.

Strategic Responsibility

• Implements business plans through own team and is accountable for results

Communication

• The role requires the ability to guide, persuade and influence others through the developed skills of communication and diplomacy.
• The role requires the ability to negotiate and influence within their team with a high level of influence.

Opening up a world of opportunity
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