Global HR M&A COE Leader

Introduction

Welcome to Gallagher - a global leader in insurance, risk management, and consulting services. With a growing team of more than 52,000 professionals worldwide, we empower businesses, communities, and individuals to thrive. At Gallagher, you can build a career whether it’s with our brokerage division, our benefits and HR consulting division, or our corporate team. Experience The Gallagher Way, a culture fueled by shared values and a collective passion for excellence. Join one of our dynamic teams, where you'll play a pivotal role in shaping Gallagher's future and unlocking unparalleled opportunities for both clients and yourself.

We believe that every candidate brings something special to the table, including you! So, even if you feel that you’re close but not an exact match, we encourage you to apply.

Overview

 The HR M&A Center of Excellence (COE) Leader will report to the Corporate VP of HR Technologies, Operations, and Compliance. This pivotal role is responsible for spearheading the HR M&A COE, ensuring seamless HR due diligence and integration processes. The COE Leader will collaborate closely with Business and Functional M&A Teams to ensure that all necessary processes and resources are in place.

How You'll Make An Impact

• Collaborate with Functional and Business M&A Teams to establish and maintain documented processes that ensure the consistent integration of acquired employees into Gallagher’s benefit plans, payroll, and standard HR procedures, in compliance with company policies.
• Monitor the M&A pipeline to ensure adequate resources are available to support HR integration efforts.
• Oversee activities across various integration workstreams, including divisional and functional HR integration tasks, to ensure smooth execution and alignment of all processes.
• Manage a team of M&A HR COE project managers, allocating resources efficiently to partner with Business HR leads during due diligence and post-close integration phases for various M&A deals.
• Communicate the status of active and pending M&A activities to HR Leadership.
• Facilitate processes for HR and Functional Team Leadership regarding non-standard M&A integration and policy exception requests, escalating exceptions to ensure thorough analysis and approval by leadership and subject matter authorities.
• Implement processes to measure, monitor, and report on project/transition activities, milestones, dependencies, status, KPIs, and issues/risks.
• Oversee comprehensive integration and onboarding processes across HR Centers of Excellence to ensure an optimal employee integration and onboarding experience. Lead the implementation of process improvements in collaboration with the COE PM team and other stakeholders.
• Lead HR Integration efforts for large multinational deals, providing status updates and representing the HR workstream to the Integration Management Office and HR Leadership.
  
  

About You

Required:

• Bachelors degree 7 years related experience required.
• Strong analytical, organizational, administrative and project management skills, along with strong attention to detail.
• Ability to build and maintain business partnerships and communicate in a collaborative way across functions and teams.
• Knowledge of applicable HR related laws and guidelines.
  
  

Highly Preferred:

• Bachelor’s degree with a minimum of 10 years of relevant experience.
• Shown project management experience with the ability to lead large projects involving multiple workstreams.
• Demonstrated ability to work effectively and build relationships with internal and external stakeholders at all organizational levels, driving impact without direct authority.
• Expertise in Human Resources business processes and practices.
• Strong written and verbal communication skills, with experience conveying technical and business concepts to a global employee audience using diverse communication methods.
• Prior consulting experience is advantageous.
• Experience in Mergers and Acquisition (M&A) HR integration.
• Leadership experience in a Project Management Office is a plus.
  
  

Work Traits:

• Exceptional analytical, problem-solving, and consensus-building skills.
  
  

Compensation And Benefits

On top of a competitive salary, great teams and exciting career opportunities, we also offer a wide range of benefits.

Below are the minimum core benefits you’ll get, depending on your job level these benefits may improve:

• Medical/dental/vision plans, which start from day one!
• Life and accident insurance
• 401(K) and Roth options
• Tax-advantaged accounts (HSA, FSA)
• Educational expense reimbursement
• Paid parental leave
  
  

Other benefits include:

• Digital mental health services (Talkspace)
• Flexible work hours (availability varies by office and job function)
• Training programs
• Gallagher Thrive program - elevating your health through challenges, workshops and digital fitness programs for your overall wellbeing
• Charitable matching gift program
• And more...
  
  

We value inclusion and diversity

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Inclusion and diversity (I&D) is a core part of our business, and it’s embedded into the fabric of our organization. For more than 95 years, Gallagher has led with a commitment to sustainability and to support the communities where we live and work.

Gallagher embraces our employees’ diverse identities, experiences and talents, allowing us to better serve our clients and communities. We see inclusion as a conscious commitment and diversity as a vital strength. By embracing diversity in all its forms, we live out The Gallagher Way to its fullest.

Gallagher believes that all persons are entitled to equal employment opportunity and prohibits any form of discrimination by its managers, employees, vendors or customers based on race, color, religion, creed, gender (including pregnancy status), sexual orientation, gender identity (which includes transgender and other gender non-conforming individuals), gender expression, hair expression, marital status, parental status, age, national origin, ancestry, disability, medical condition, genetic information, veteran or military status, citizenship status, or any other characteristic protected (herein referred to as “protected characteristics”) by applicable federal, state, or local laws.

Equal employment opportunity will be extended in all aspects of the employer-employee relationship, including, but not limited to, recruitment, hiring, training, promotion, transfer, demotion, compensation, benefits, layoff, and termination. In addition, Gallagher will make reasonable accommodations to known physical or mental limitations of an otherwise qualified person with a disability, unless the accommodation would impose an undue hardship on the operation of our business.