Sr. M&A HR Manager

Pay Range: $150,000-175,000 plus yearly bonus

Salary offers are based on a wide range of factors including relevant skills, training, experience, education, and, where applicable, certifications obtained. Market and organizational factors are also considered. Successful candidates may be eligible to receive annual performance bonus compensation.

Benefits Information: We are proud to offer benefits and programs to support employees and their families in living healthy, happy lives. Our pay and benefit plans have been designed to promote employee health in all respects physical, financial, and developmental. Depending on whether it is a part-time or full-time position, some of the benefits offered may include:

• Day 1 Medical, supplemental health, dental & vision for FT employees who work 30+ hours
• Best-in-class well-being programs
• Annual, no-cost health assessment program
• Blueprint for Wellness
• healthyMINDS mental health program
• Vacation and Health/Flex Time
• 6 Holidays plus 1 MyDay off
• FinFit financial coaching and services
• 401(k) pre-tax and/or Roth IRA with company match up to 5% after 12 months of service
• Employee stock purchase plan
• Life and disability insurance, plus buy-up option
• Flexible Spending Accounts Annual incentive plans
• Matching gifts program
• Education assistance through MyQuest for Education Career advancement opportunities and so much more!

The Sr. Manager, HR Mergers and Acquisitions (M&A) provides planning and execution support to the HR M&A team and business development colleagues by participating in all aspects of the deal lifecycle to include due diligence, comp and benefits, labor and legal, data and HR operations, onboarding, staffing and talent acquisition, communications and training, change management and cultural integration, leadership and talent management planning. The Sr. Manager provides analysis, issue/risk identification, planning and integration project management for acquisitions and professional laboratory services deals, and partners and drives accountability across HR Business Partners and Centers of Excellence to conduct due diligence, sharing findings, and support shaping of plans to enable successful integration of employees into the business. 

The Sr. Manager drives accountability through others by providing project management and tracking and helps troubleshoot and enable solutions, while reporting out on risks that require additional support to mitigate. The Sr. Manager operates in a fast-paced environment while representing Quest’s purpose and culture, providing the best employee experience possible for newly onboarded team members.

The position is hybrid (3 days in office) and will be based at Quest Diagnostics’ headquarters in Secaucus, NJ. 

Responsibilities

• Due diligence
  • Assist Director, M&A-HR reviewing and summarizing data; update diligence tracker; prepare questions where data is missing or unclear
  • Conduct due diligence 
  • Participate on deal calls and support the HR report out by having due diligence templates, charter and issues logs complete. 
  • Help to aggregate and summarize issues and risks that ultimately shape the HR integration plan
  • Interface externally with customer/seller HR and Operations teams
• HR/People integration 
  • Develop HR Charter, maintain and update project plan to capture start and completion dates ensuring all major tasks are reflected on project plan
  • Onboarding
    • Work with Region HR and Seller HR to understand jobs and assist with job slotting/job mapping; 
    • Liaison with M&A Data Analyst to enable data accurate for a quality upload of employees into HRIS
• Customer/Seller and Regional Interface
  • Keep stakeholders informed and represent Quest externally, supported by Director, as it relates to post-close employee concerns and communications with the aim of a smooth transition
• Post transition support and learnings
  • Organize/facilitate lessons learned intake document aggregating responses from the team.
  • Make process improvement recommendations as relevant as we move through each deal
• General M&A support
  • Maintain M&A SharePoint site
  • Maintain/refine tools, templates, training materials as needed
  • Document lessons learned and participate in making recommendations for improvement across all aspects of M&A function

Qualifications

Required Work Experience: 

• 8+ years total HR experience, with 3+ years of HR Business Partner experience and a minimum of 2 years of corporate M&A experience
• Proficiency with Microsoft Office products (Excel, Word, PowerPoint); SharePoint and Smartsheet experience preferred. 
• Able to prioritize and juggle multiple projects, problem solve, apply critical thinking skills in a high volume, fast-paced, dead-line driven environment. 
• Able to research information, analyze data to arrive at valid conclusions and recommendations, develop plan of action exercising judgment and discretion. 
• Able to prepare comprehensive reports and represent ideas clearly and concisely, both orally and in writing.
• Possess thorough knowledge of human resources philosophies, principles, and practices
• Excellent interpersonal, verbal, and written communication skills
• Ability to deal with ambiguity
• Excellent attention to detail, problem solving, organizational and prioritization skills
• Ability to deal with people in a manner which shows sensitivity, tact, and professionalism
• Ability to effectively interact with a diverse population at all levels within the organization
• Ability to maintain composure in stressful situations
• Ability to maintain confidentiality

Preferred Work Experience: 

• Experience onboarding large cohorts of employees is preferred.

Education

• Bachelor’s Degree (Required)
• Master’s Degree (Preferred)

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