Human Resources M&A Specialist

Role Overview

• Lead end-to-end HR M&A planning and execution —from due diligence through integration— leveraging research, data insights, and collaboration with external vendors.
• Design and continuously improve HR M&A standard work, incorporating external best practices and aligning with Veralto Enterprise System (VES) principles and Corporate Development guidance.
• Conduct and lead critical data-driven analyses during diligence to inform deal strategy, including: Identifying cost drivers and synergy opportunities that impact the deal’s financial model, assessing employee equity structures and deal proceeds (e.g., equity waterfall) to evaluate retention risks and inform mitigation strategies, supporting headcount planning, including growth projections and synergy targets, performing additional quantitative analyses to support HR-related deal decisions.
• Partner closely with Total Rewards to assess, quantify, and mitigate compensation and benefits risks across acquisitions and divestitures, while contributing to effective transition strategies aligned with Veralto standards.
• Ensure all material HR-related risks, costs, and synergies are captured and documented, both within HR M&A standard work and formal due diligence reports, to support accurate inclusion in ROIC and financial models.
• Collaborate with Labor & Employment (L&E) to identify key employment risks, align on mitigation strategies, and ensure timely development and delivery of employee agreements and retention programs.
• Support deal execution through legal partnership, working with Corporate Development and L&E to review purchase agreements, disclosure schedules, and other transaction documents for HR-related risks and required edits.
• Partner with Business HR and Acquisition HR to develop and review communication strategies and materials (e.g., employee FAQs, town halls) for signing and closing, ensuring strong cultural readiness and integration planning for acquired or divested organizations.
• Support HR integration planning and execution, partnering with Business HR Integration Leads and Acquisition HR to apply standard tools and processes, while ensuring effective handoffs to Corporate HR functions (e.g., Benefits, Compensation/Equity, HR Operations).

Requirements

• 3-5 years’ experience in HR mergers and acquisitions, including HR due diligence and integration planning for both acquisitions and divestitures
• Bachelor's degree in Mathematics, Statistics, Finance, HR or a related field
• Experience in leading cross-functional HR analyses such as compensation modeling, headcount planning, and financial risk quantification in M&A or comparable contexts
• Experience partnering with cross-functional stakeholders — including Corporate Development, Legal, Finance, and Communications — to align on deal-related HR workstreams
• Demonstrated ability to manage multiple concurrent workstreams in a confidential, time-sensitive environment with strong attention to detail
• Strong analytical skills with demonstrated ability to synthesize complex workforce and financial data and present findings clearly to senior stakeholders.

Benefits

• A flexible, remote-friendly work environment
• Paid holidays and a permissive paid time off policy emphasizing flexibility and trust
• Ongoing investment in your career through dedicated training, on-the-job development, and coaching
• Total rewards that support your success at work and beyond, including comprehensive health benefits, a 401(k) savings plan with employer match, and associate wellbeing programming with rewards