HR Ventures & Acquisition Associate Manager

Location: London (Hybrid)

About the Team
Join our dynamic HR Ventures & Acquisitions (V&A) team — a group of strategic problem solvers who partner closely with Accenture’s deal teams to shape the future of newly acquired companies. From early assessments to full-scale integration, we design and deliver HR solutions that make each acquisition a success — for the business and the people.

We operate across the full M&A lifecycle, working directly with HR Deal Leads, business sponsors, and acquired leadership teams. With high visibility and strategic influence, we collaborate with internal stakeholders to drive seamless integration experiences that align with Accenture’s people-first philosophy.

As an HR V&A Market Practitioner, you'll play a key role in the success of our acquisitions. You’ll be embedded in a variety of M&A projects — leading due diligence, crafting integration strategies, and shaping employee experiences. This is a high-impact role where you’ll bring together insight, innovation, and execution to deliver people solutions that truly matter.

What You’ll Be Doing:

Due Diligence Phase (includes solution development)

• Define and lead the HR due diligence approach — validating data, identifying talent trends, and highlighting risks.

• Influence strategic decisions by presenting actionable insights.

• Partner with global and regional HR experts to co-create people solutions (e.g. Total Rewards, Career Architecture).

• Estimate pre- and post-contract HR costs and shape preliminary integration plans across all HR domains (compensation, benefits, pensions, culture, policies, etc.).

• Collaborate with key stakeholders including Finance, Legal, and Corporate Development.

• Contribute to retention and performance strategies for acquired employees.

Integration Phase:

• Lead HR integration planning and execution — ensuring a smooth and strategic transition for acquired teams.

• Shape compelling employee journeys by aligning global strategies with local realities.

• Design and implement HR processes that support long-term business success — from total rewards and performance to HR tech and policy integration.

• Use data-driven insights to influence key decisions and measure impact.

• Oversee the onboarding experience for acquired employees in partnership with local and global HR.

• Capture and share lessons learned to continuously evolve our M&A playbook.

Core Skills & Qualifications

• Broad knowledge of HR and People Programmes.

• Extensive experience leading HR and change programmes.

• Strong analytical capabilities, including advanced Excel skills.

• Ability to interpret insights and take appropriate actions.

• Expertise in Total Rewards (Compensation, Equity, Benefits, etc.) and reward programme design.

• Strong presentation and PowerPoint skills; confident in presenting to senior leadership.

• Exceptional stakeholder and relationship management with a track record of trusted engagement with senior leaders.

• Proven project management experience across complex, multi-project environments.

• Experience in risk identification, mitigation, and escalation strategies.

• Familiarity with HR systems (e.g. ERP, Performance Management tools) and HR tech innovations.

• Strong commercial acumen, with an understanding of investment cases and how people outcomes impact financial performance.

Why Join Us?

This is your opportunity to play a critical role in high-visibility, business-transforming work. You'll work with passionate, skilled professionals on exciting, fast-moving projects — and see the direct impact of your expertise on both people and performance.

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About Accenture

Accenture is a leading global professional services company that helps the world’s leading businesses, governments and other organizations build their digital core, optimize their operations, accelerate revenue growth and enhance citizen services—creating tangible value at speed and scale. We are a talent- and innovation-led company with approximately 791,000 people serving clients in more than 120 countries. Technology is at the core of change today, and we are one of the world’s leaders in helping drive that change, with strong ecosystem relationships. We combine our strength in technology and leadership in cloud, data and AI with unmatched industry experience, functional expertise and global delivery capability. Our broad range of services, solutions and assets across Strategy & Consulting, Technology, Operations, Industry X and Song, together with our culture of shared success and commitment to creating 360° value, enable us to help our clients reinvent and build trusted, lasting relationships. We measure our success by the 360° value we create for our clients, each other, our shareholders, partners and communities.

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