(senior) Manager (HR) - EY Parthenon - Strategy & Execution

(Senior) Manager (HR) - EY Parthenon - Strategy & Execution

Location: Zurich

Salary: Competitive

Date: Sep 17, 2025

Job Description

At EY, we're all in to shape your future with confidence. We'll help you succeed in a globally connected powerhouse of diverse teams and take your career wherever you want it to go. Join EY and help to build a better working world.

The opportunity

In our EY Parthenon (EY-P) practice, we help our clients look beyond and position themselves to fulfill their growth objectives through corporate strategy, capital allocation and M&A transactions. We help our clients navigate through complexity to reimagine their eco-systems, reshape their portfolios, stabilize their businesses, manage downturn scenarios and reinvent themselves for a better future. Together with our clients, we make well-founded, strategic decisions for businesses. If you're looking to develop your skills and grow your career in a fast-paced environment whilst working with cross-functional and multicultural teams, come join us!

Within EY-P, our Strategy&Execution group provides a full range of strategic consulting services including corporate and growth strategy, M&A integrations, separations, transformations, Private Equity value creation, Operational/HR/IT Due Diligence, and Operational Restructuring. Our Strategy&Execution team works cross-functionally and across the entire transaction lifecycle. Kick-start a purposeful career and join our unique Strategy&Execution team to help solve exciting problems on a daily basis!

Your key responsibilities

• You will work on projects that span the entire lifecycle of a transaction, from HR due-diligence, HR carve-out and integration planning, day-1 readiness and HR exit readiness;
• You will effectively link business strategy and HR, define recommendations, impact and actionable plans;
• As a (Senior) Manager you will be responsible for project management including commercials and risk, client relationship and thought leadership in your area of expertise;
• You will develop excellent client relationships with senior clients and be responsible for a high degree of client satisfaction with the engagement process and work products;
• You will lead business development activities including answering to proposal requests, upselling on existing engagements, opening up new relationships and manage / attend pursuit meetings with clients to sell work;
• You will lead practice development initiatives, supporting the continued focus on our team as a great place to work;
• You would act as a role model and develop junior team members, coupled with the recruitment and training responsibilities.

Skills and attributes for success

• At least 6 years of post-graduate experience and a proven track record working on HR transactions projects, ideally on performance of HR Due Diligence / HR separations / HR integrations / corporate restructuring assignments;
• Experience with HR Operations, Payroll, Compensation & Benefits or Labor Law;
• Proficiency in English. Additional languages a plus, especially German, French and/or Italian;
• Strong motivation to join a fast-paced environment;
• A curious mind with the ability to structure problems in a systematic and organized fashion;
• Strong team player with a client-oriented attitude, willing to proactively drive solutions within highly motivated and diverse team across functions and geographies;
• Excellent interpersonal skills and the aptitude to coach junior team members;
• Proven track record in successful project management.

Strategy&Execution includes the following suite of domains:

(Strategy) Corporate/Business Unit/Digital Business Building, Commercial/Customer Strategy, Operations Strategy/Supply Chain, Corporate Due Diligence, Operational Due Diligence, Economic Advisory;

(Execution) Working Capital, Transaction Tech, Deal Management & Execution, Deal HR, Value Creation/Cost Takeout, IT/Tech/Cybersecurity Due Diligence.

What we offer you

At EY, we'll develop you with future-focused skills and equip you with world-class experiences. We'll empower you in a flexible environment, and fuel you and your extraordinary talents in a diverse and inclusive culture of globally connected teams.

Are you ready to shape your future with confidence? Apply today.

To help create an equitable and inclusive experience during the recruitment process, please inform us as soon as possible about any disability-related adjustments or accommodations you may need.

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