Manager, HR Transformation, Consulting in Glasgow

Join to apply for the Manager, HR Transformation, Consulting role at EY. At EY we don’t do ‘cookie cutter’ Consultants; we encourage diversity in our teams. We want creative and ambitious individuals who share our values of sustainability and making a difference to join EY People Consulting as part of the HR Transformation team.

EY People Consulting partners with organisations to put humans at the centre of their transformation agenda, enabling them to build a better working world. Our clients are having to become more adaptable as they face new workforce challenges from globalisation, hybrid working, changing demographics, emerging technology, innovation and regulatory demands. We believe the People agenda is at the heart of successful change and that HR will have a key role in shaping organisations to be fit for the future.

The HR Transformation team is growing. We focus on partnering with clients to shape and navigate their People agendas, building functions that are business‑focused, cost‑effective, and agile by reimagining how HR can meet the needs of their stakeholders. Key to delivering that is a strategic People function that can look beyond HR operations and drive value back to the business.

• Experience of leading HR Transformation workstreams to support organisations in developing future HR operating models.
• Management of HR organisation design – creating an HR operating model that deploys the right skills at the right time and is enabled by smart technologies to support the desired business outcomes.
• Management of junior resources to deliver end‑to‑end process documentation, design and facilitating process localisation and documentation build workshops.
• Experience of HR and HR Service Delivery Transformation – focused on changing the way in which HR and GBS functions operate, increasing and innovating their capabilities.
• Development of insights around HR shared services, GBS or outsourcing strategy/value propositions and business cases for HR transformation programmes.
• Understanding of how to define HR capability build and/or career development through reskilling, training or job definition.
• Preparing materials for designing and delivering immersive client workshops to help shape HR operating model and HR Service Delivery design, including end‑to‑end process mapping to standardise, optimise and transform HR functions.
• Working as part of a project team(s), work streams and workforce optimisation interventions across industry sectors.
• Developing detailed implementation roadmaps, risk mitigation and governance plans and managing project reporting.
• Ability to help clients solve complex business problems using analytical skills to provide supporting evidence and appropriate rationale.

• Be curious, innovative and driven by a desire to help our clients achieve their goals.
• Be professional, quickly establishing personal credibility and demonstrating expertise.
• Be a people manager, supporting junior team members through client delivery to support their development.
• Have strong personal impact and resilience.
• Take a practical approach to solving issues and gaining client agreement.
• Be able to analyse complex problems and deliver insightful, practical and sustainable solutions.
• Be skilled in facilitating and encouraging collaboration among team members.
• Be confident and effective in recognising and managing potential issues during client assignments.

We make sure our people succeed. The networks you build and the experiences you have with us will help define and accelerate the rest of your career. Last year in the UK, nearly 2,000 of our people were promoted or progressed within their grade. Our comprehensive Total Rewards package includes assistance for flexible working and career development, and with FlexEY you can select benefits that suit your needs, covering holidays, health and well‑being, insurance, savings and a wide range of discounts, offers and promotions.

We are dedicated to being an inclusive employer and we are happy to consider flexible working arrangements. We strive to achieve the right balance for our people, enabling us to deliver excellent client service whilst allowing you to build your career without sacrificing your personal priorities.

EY is building a better working world by creating new value for clients, people, society and the planet, while building trust in capital markets. Enabled by data, AI and advanced technology, EY teams help clients shape the future with confidence and develop answers for the most pressing issues of today and tomorrow. EY teams work across a full spectrum of services in assurance, consulting, tax, strategy and transactions.