Senior Consultant, HR Due Diligence & Value Creation

Job Type: Permanent
Work Model: Hybrid
Reference code: 128080
Primary Location: Toronto, ON
All Available Locations: Toronto, ON; Calgary, AB; Montreal, QC; Vancouver, BC

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Are you ready to make a significant impact in a dynamic and fast-paced environment? We’re looking for a Senior Associate to join our team and support HR diligence and value creation efforts. In this role, you will drive HR due diligence, cost savings, and revenue enhancement initiatives that deliver measurable results for our clients.

While prior M&A or due diligence experience is a plus, it’s not a requirement. We’re seeking someone who can leverage their experience in HR consulting—whether in benefits, pensions, health, actuarial, executive compensation, or HR operations—to create value in transformative business transactions.

What will your typical day look like?

As a core member of our Deal Transformation & Post Merger Integration Team (DT&PMI) Human Resources Due Diligence (HRDD) team, you will collaborate closely with our diligence Managers and Senior Managers to support high-impact M&A pre-deal transactions. You’ll play a critical role in conducting detailed, financially focused pre-signing due diligence on key HR areas, including workforce dynamics and the evaluation of material deal drivers related to compensation and benefits.

Your responsibilities will include examining complex elements such as retirement plans (including pensions), stock-based awards, executive employment contracts, change-in-control agreements, and health & welfare coverages. You’ll also contribute to HR value creation initiatives, identifying and implementing strategies that drive revenue growth and cost savings for our private equity clients.

This is a dynamic role where your expertise will directly influence the success of major transactions, and you’ll be empowered to uncover innovative solutions that create real business value.

Responsibilities:

• Conduct HR due diligence to identify and quantify risks and opportunities across compensation, benefits, compliance, labor relations, HR operations, and talent & culture.
• Manage the data flow in the diligence lifecycle, including overseeing information requests and reviewing dataroom documents.
• Develop financial and analytical models to provide data-driven insights that impact the deal model (debt, EBITDA, etc.).
• Support the preparation for diligence discussions with the Seller or Target’s management team.
• Conduct HR carve-out assessments, including designing standalone organizational structures, evaluating HR costs, and reviewing Transition Service Agreements (TSAs).
• Draft concise data summaries, exhibits, and write-ups for the HR diligence report.
• Coordinate HR diligence findings with other teams (finance, tax, IT) within Deloitte, clients, and external advisors.
• Contribute to labor value creation and EBITDA improvement projects for private equity clients.
• Effectively manage multiple priorities, applying strong project management, problem-solving, and facilitation skills.

Travel: Hybrid work environment that includes client, office, and home. Ad hoc travel may be required based on project needs.

About the team

This is an exciting opportunity for an enthusiastic, ambitious, results-oriented individual to make a significant contribution to our dynamic and growing Deal Transformation & Post Merger Integration Team (DT&PMI). Situated within Deloitte’s Strategy, Risk and Transactions (SRT), Mergers & Acquisitions offering, our team plays a pivotal role helping clients drive value in the context of mergers and acquisitions.

If you’re passionate about delivering results and excited to apply your HR expertise in a transaction and data-driven environment, this is the perfect role for you!

Enough about us, let’s talk about you

Requirements:

• In-depth knowledge of HR operations, compensation, and benefits.
• Experience in communicating the financial impact (e.g., expenses, liabilities) related to specific HR functional areas, such as HR operations, benefits, pensions, or compensation.
• Strong technical proficiency in financial reporting; literacy in financial statements is a plus.
• Excellent problem-solving abilities, with the capacity to make sound decisions under tight deadlines.
• Comfortable navigating imperfect or incomplete diligence data, with a strong drive to deliver results.
• Exceptional communication skills, both oral and written, including the ability to present effectively (MS PowerPoint), analyze data (MS Excel, Tableau, SQL), and write clear, impactful reports.
• Proficiency in French with strong written and verbal communication skills is required for our Montreal location and considered an asset for other locations.
• Proven track record of consistently meeting or exceeding project deliverables and objectives.
• Ability to manage parts of an engagement independently, including drafting concise data summaries.
• Strong adaptability and willingness to learn new skills in a fast-paced environment.
• A proactive attitude and a desire to contribute to the growth of a newly formed team.

Minimum Experience:

• 2 to 3+ years of hands-on experience in HR consulting, specializing in areas such as retirement, pensions, healthcare, actuarial, benefits, executive compensation, or HR operations.

Preferred Experience (not required, but a plus):

• 2 to 3+ years of experience in HR/human capital aspects of mergers and acquisitions (M&A), restructuring, or enterprise cost reduction, with a focus on due diligence and assessing transaction risks.

Education and Certifications:

• Bachelor’s degree in a relevant field such as mathematics, actuarial science, statistics, economics, computer science, business, accounting, or finance.
• A credentialed pensions or health actuary, or on the path to completing an ASA/ACIA designation, is highly preferred.

Total Rewards

The salary range for this position is $58,000 - $138,000, and individuals may be eligible to participate in our bonus program. Deloitte is fair and competitive when it comes to the salaries of our people.

Our Total Rewards Package extends well beyond traditional compensation and benefit programs and is designed to recognize employee contributions, encourage personal wellness, and support firm growth.

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