Mergers and Acquisitions, Associate Client Partner, Org Strategy

Application Deadline

31 October 2024

About Us

Korn Ferry is a global organizational consulting firm. We help clients synchronize strategy and talent to drive superior performance. We work with organizations to design their structures, roles, and responsibilities. We help them hire the right people to bring their strategy to life. And we advise them on how to reward, develop, and motivate their people.

Our 10,000 colleagues serve clients in more than 50 countries. We offer five core solutions:

• Organizational Strategy
• Assessment and Succession
• Talent Acquisition
• Leadership Development
• Total Rewards
  
  

Job Description

OPPORTUNITY TO ENHANCE YOUR CAREER - It’s about exceeding your potential.

Role

Our M&A Practice engages with global companies going through a merger or acquisition to ensure their human capital strategy aligns with their overall business strategy. Specifically, we provide the strategies and tools to ensure clients have the right people in the right roles, rewarded appropriately and following the right processes including:

• Go-to-market strategy
• Operating models and organization design
• Talent assessment, selection and development
• Performance management, compensation and rewards
• Execution of strategy through training, technology and coaching
  
  

Given our breadth of capabilities in organizational strategy, talent assessment, acquisition, development and total rewards, Korn Ferry is uniquely qualified to help companies maximize the success of a merger or acquisition.

Associate Partners work closely with colleagues in the leading and managing of complex, custom and multi work-stream solutions that meet and exceed client expectations. This is the level for seasoned professionals capable of conversing confidently and fluidly with executive level clients on all of their business issues and harnessing the full power of the KF enterprise and our offerings to co-create effective and profitable solutions.

Key Responsibilities

• Develop profitable business with key clients through effective client relationship building, account team leadership and impactful collaboration with colleagues across the KF enterprise, including internationally.
• Set standards for and manage account team performance to manage client expectations and enhance satisfaction.
• Lead and expand existing portfolio of client relationships with senior human resources (HR) and business leaders to increase opportunities to further impact the client’s business success. Ensure project members are sufficiently enabled to meet client expectations. Lead the assessment and measurement of the impact of our work on our clients business.
• Lead opportunities that span multiple service lines and/or geographies. Seen as the key architect of strategies for business development, managing other resources to accomplish this.
• Maintain an appropriate mix of repeat and new business, proactively leveraging relationships to gain entry into new and grow existing accounts. Position KF in the marketplace through contributions to offerings/thought capital development and generating market awareness.
• Lead research, analysis and interpretation on client / sector business issues, performance, client competitor performance etc. with a view to identifying possible opportunities. Partner with colleagues and clients to develop thought leadership and/or research. Leverage insights to define, recommend and /or co-create strategic solutions for clients.
• Develop hypotheses about client business issues based on sound analysis plus client, sector and industry know how. Manage relationships with top thought leaders in their field globally, developing networks of influence that greatly increase opportunities for KF and move the firm to the forefront of leadership in the field. Speak at national or international forums in their area(s) of expertise, enhancing the KF brand. Lead and/or contribute to thought leadership and /or research. Plans for resource needs and implements strategies to ensure KF resources are used effectively to meet client needs.
• Manages colleagues of all levels/expertise areas and from different offices/countries to deliver client work. Actively seek opportunities to support the development of colleagues through many and various means.
• Develop a strong internal brand and international network and participate as a cooperative and proactive team member.
• Possess exceptional depth and breadth across all Korn Ferry Advisory offerings, view business issues from multiple expertise angles and leverage deep expertise to offer commercial propositions and solutions that integrate across the business and involve inter-practice approaches not obvious to others.
• Continue to deepen and broaden own consulting skills, business understanding and expertise to enable an expanded viewpoint on issues impacting our clients.
  
  

Professional Experience/Qualifications

• 15+ years of work experience in Strategy & Operations/Transformation practice of a management consultancy with a focus on mergers and acquisitions advisory
• Track record of helping clients to develop and implement transformation roadmaps with a strong emphasis on the leadership, organization, people, and cultural changes required to improve performance
• Strong expertise/experience with M&A pre and post merger issues including financial, operational, human capital, investor relations, etc.
• Strong client management and selling capabilities; track record of significantly growing relationships with current clients and acquiring new clients
• Executive presence with the ability to lead, influence and engage senior level clients
• Financial literacy, business acumen, and a profit conscious mindset with the ability to analyze market data, interpret P&L information, and translate that information into meaningful action plans
• Comfort with ambiguity and the ability to work independently. Ability to proactively achieve goals and strategies under shifting conditions and with different tasks, job responsibilities, and people
• Fluency in PowerPoint and Excel (pivot tables, Vlookups, Macros); familiarity with data analytics/visualization tools such as Power BI, Alteryx and Tableau preferred
  
  

EDUCATION

Bachelor’s Degree Required, Masters Or MBA Preferred.

Salary Range

$190,000.00 - $215,000.00

Salary range represents the compensation Korn Ferry expects to pay to a candidate with the requirements for the job posted. Korn Ferry offers competitive compensation and benefits commensurate with experience.

Korn Ferry Benefits

The Korn Ferry Cares Wellbeing Platform offers Employees health benefits (Medical, Dental, Vision, Short Term Disability, Basic Life and Accidental Death & Dismemberment), Critical Illness, Accident Injury, Hospital Indemnity, and Legal Insurance. Employees are eligible to enroll in Korn Ferry's Tax Deferred Savings plan 401(k). Employee Stock Purchase Program is available to all permanent employees who work 20 hours or more after 6 months of service.

Employees are eligible to receive a total of 15 days vacation annually plus paid time off for 16 company holidays. Full time eligible employees will accrue sick time commencing on the first date of employment at the rate of 3.33 hours per pay period for an annualized maximum of 80 hours.

Internal Mobility at Korn Ferry

If you currently work for Korn Ferry or one of our affiliates, you must be eligible to apply for a different position within Korn Ferry to use the Careers Site. If you accept such a position, your benefits programs and Human Resources policies may change. Please consult with your HR contact for the new position concerning application eligibility, including any immigration/visa needs, benefit programs, and HR policies applicable to that position.

Korn Ferry is an Equal Employment Opportunity/Affirmative

Action Employer - Minority/Female/Disability/ Veteran

All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, age, or veteran status or any other characteristic protected by federal, state, or local law.