HR Advisor - M&A

The M&A HR Advisor will support the HR Projects and Implementation Lead in delivering end to end people support across mergers and acquisitions within Campions Group. The role will focus on HR due diligence, TUPE, consultation, integration planning, and post acquisition harmonisation, ensuring legal compliance while supporting a positive employee experience throughout change.

This role is critical in supporting the growth strategy of the business by ensuring people risks are identified, managed, and mitigated during M&A activity.

Key Responsibilities

M&A & Due Diligence Support

• Support HR due diligence activities for acquisitions, including:
• Review of employee data, contracts, benefits, and policies
• Assist in the preparation of HR sections of M&A papers, reports, and risk registers
• Work closely with Legal, Finance, Payroll, and external advisors to ensure accurate information exchange

TUPE & Employee Consultation

• Support TUPE transfers in line with UK employment legislation, including:
• Collection and validation of Employee Liability Information (ELI)
• Support the coordination of collective and individual consultation meetings

Integration & Change Management

• Support the planning and delivery of post acquisition integration activities, including:
• Onboarding transferred employees
• Assist with change processes including restructures, redundancies, and harmonisation projects

Stakeholder & Employee Support

• Act as a point of contact for transferred employees, managers, and regional leaders during the integration period
• Provide guidance to managers on employee relations matters arising from M&A activity
• Support consistent messaging and a positive employee experience during periods of change

HR Operations & Governance

• Ensure accurate and timely transfer of employee data into HR and payroll systems following acquisitions or TUPE transfers
• Create and maintain employee files for all transferred employees, ensuring all required documentation is complete, accurate, and compliant
• Ensure all M&A and TUPE related documentation (including contracts, ELI, consultation records, and correspondence) is saved centrally and securely for future reference and audit purposes
• Maintain clear and up to date M&A HR trackers, integration plans, and action logs
• Support compliance with UK employment legislation, internal HR policies, and group governance standards
• Work closely with HR Operations and Payroll Team to ensure consistent processes and data integrity across the business

Skills & Experience

Essential

• Proven HR Advisory experience, ideally within a multi site or retail/estate agency environment
• Strong working knowledge of UK employment law
• Excellent written communication skills, including employee and stakeholder communications
• Strong organisational skills with the ability to manage multiple workstreams

Desirable

• Experience within the property, estate agency, or professional services sector
• Experience working within fast-growth organisations
• Experience supporting change, integration, or restructuring programmes

£45k

Benefits: Employee assistance programme, competitive holiday allowance + public holidays, charity matching and payroll giving, contribution towards eye care tests, annual flu vaccination vouchers, birthday leave, health cash plan plus a range of other additional benefits that are linked to specific job grades.