The HR V&A team partners with deal teams across Accenture’s ventures & acquisitions ecosystems to design solutions across all core components of HR people programs and processes, to enable the integration of our acquisitions. 

The team support the end-to-end deal lifecycle, from assessment of an acquisition in diligence, through to designing and implementing solutions to enable the integration of the business.   The team has a high executive presence, working closely with acquisitions HR Deal Leads, business sponsors and acquired leadership, alongside reviewing and agreeing solutions with internal stakeholders.

Role Purpose:

The HR V&A Market Practitioner will be assigned to various M&A projects and will be accountable for the success, effectiveness, and on-time delivery of HR due diligence and integration work stream activities.

Key Responsibilities:

Due Diligence Phase: (includes solution development)

• Define and manage due diligence data validation approach and processes

• Apply judgement to assess and highlight talent trends and risks, present findings, and influence decisions and integration strategies. Partner with Global and Market Unit HR teams to develop solutions (e.g. Total Rewards CoE and Service Career Arch)

• Estimate costs for both pre-contract and post-contract due diligence.

• Coordinate across all key stakeholder groups, in particular heavy interaction is expected with Finance and Legal as well as Corporate Development professionals

• Develop preliminary solution plan for key human resource decisions, including but not limited to compensation, benefits, perquisites, retirement/pension plans, payroll and career/reward architecture, incentives (short-term, long-term, sales force-specific, deferred), culture, HR compliance and policies.

• Build strong internal relationships and collaborate with stakeholders to develop preliminary integration recommendations (e.g. Global and local Total Rewards leads, Global Talent Architecture, local HR Business Partners and stakeholders).

• Drive the development of performance and retention plans and recommendations for acquired workforce.

Integration Phase:

• Partnering with the broader deal team and internal stakeholders to develop a compelling employee journey in terms of all aspects of talent and people processes and activities; building upon previous solutions and an understanding local HR context.

• Plan and drive HR integration activities for each V&A deal

• Operationalize any operating model changes and ensure Leaders & Employees are aligned throughout the journey

• Develop and deliver integration solutions across a range of key HR processes and critical areas (including career architecture, total reward and performance, HR technology, and people policies). 

• Leverage insight and analysis to shape key integration decisions, supporting the understanding of relevant commercial and talent impacts

• Project manage the end-to-end onboarding process for acquired employees; collaborating with other parts of HR Operations & local/global HR to ensure a successful new joiner experience.

• Capture learnings and knowledge from the integration journey, sharing this across stakeholders and retaining experience for future acquisitions.

Job Requirements:

• Role requires up to 25% travel

Basic Qualifications:

• Bachelor’s degree

• Minimum of 8 years of experience in Human Resources, Talent Strategy, HR Consulting, Workforce Transformation, or Mergers & Acquisitions

• Minimum 2 years of experience in consulting or client-facing role

Preferred Qualifications:

• Experience with Accenture Acquisitions

• Experience working with Mergers/Ventures & Acquisitions at other organizations

• Highly effective stakeholder and relationship management skills - Holds deep and trusted relationships across a range of senior leaders

• Knowledge across HR & People Programs - Deep experience across broad range of HR programs, incl. managing change programs

• Strong analytics/analytical skills (including strong Excel experience) - Able to identify and realize actions based on insight and trends

• Total Rewards Experience (Compensation, Equity, Benefits, etc) - Deep experience in designing and developing new reward programs

• Presentation skills (including strong PowerPoint skills) - Able to manage presentations to senior leaders

• Strong project management, leadership/facilitation of all levels of people inside and outside of your organization - Manages complex programs and deliverables across multiple projects

• Risk identification, analysis and management, with previous experience of solution development or escalation - Ability to identify risk, articulate to stakeholders and walk through mitigations

• Understanding of HR systems (e.g. HR ERP systems, Performance Management tools) - Understanding of HR tools and how they integrate and support people processes.  Knowledge of HR tech innovation and change programs.

• Financial Exposure and commercial awareness - Comprehensive understanding of investment cases and impact of people outcomes to financial results.

Compensation at Accenture varies depending on a wide array of factors, which may include but are not limited to the specific office location, role, skill set, and level of experience. As required by local law, Accenture provides a reasonable range of compensation for roles that may be hired as set forth below.
We anticipate this job posting will be posted until 08/15/2026.

Accenture offers a market competitive suite of benefits including medical, dental, vision, life, and long-term disability coverage, a 401(k) plan, bonus opportunities, paid holidays, and paid time off. See more information on our benefits here:

Role LocationAnnual Salary Range

California$132,500 to $338,300

Cleveland$122,700 to $270,600

Colorado$132,500 to $292,200

District of Columbia$141,100 to $311,200

Illinois$122,700 to $292,200

Maine$112,900 to $249,000

Maryland$132,500 to $292,200

Massachusetts$132,500 to $311,200

Minnesota$132,500 to $292,200

New York$122,700 to $338,300

New Jersey$141,100 to $338,300

Virginia$122,700 to $311,200

Washington$141,100 to $311,200