Senior Consultant, Transaction Strategy

Aon is looking for a Senior Consultant, Transaction Strategy!

Location: New York, NY;
Metro New York;
Toronto, ON

Practice:Transaction Strategy, Talent Practice

Reports to:Director (with significant autonomy and responsibility for guiding Consultants and Analysts)

As a Senior Consultant in Aon’s Transaction Strategy (TS) practice, you will play a key leadership role on project teams, shaping human capital solutions that support complex business transformations (M&A, divestitures, joint ventures, IPOs, restructurings, etc.). You will serve as a primary day-to-day advisor to client stakeholders, lead work streams or full projects, and mentor junior colleagues, while collaborating closely with Directors and Partners to grow key client relationships and the TS business.

You bring deep expertise in at least one human capital domain (e.g., rewards, benefits, HR programs, talent/retention) and strong familiarity with the end-to-end deal or transformation lifecycle. You are comfortable operating in ambiguous, fast-paced environments and are adept at structuring complex problems, developing pragmatic solutions, and driving execution.

At Aon, we shape decisions for the better to protect and enrich the lives of people around the world.

As an organization, we are united through trust as one inclusive team and we are passionate about helping our colleagues and clients succeed.

A TS Senior Consultant is a seasoned professional who:

• Applies advanced knowledge of human capital, rewards, and HR programs in the context of business transactions and transformations.
• Translates business strategy and deal objectives into integrated human capital workplans and solutions.
• Leads the delivery of medium to large client engagements or major work streams on complex, multi-disciplinary programs.
• Serves as a trusted advisor to client HR and business leaders while mentoring and developing Consultants and Analysts.
• Contributes meaningfully to TS team growth, proposal development and thought leadership for the TS practice.

Keeping Clients First!

• Lead the delivery of key work streams, or serve as overall engagement manager, on complex client consulting engagements related to:
  • M&A (buy-side and sell-side), joint ventures, carve-outs, spin-offs, and IPOs
  • Enterprise-wide restructurings and broader business transformations
  • Human capital topics including compensation and benefits, HR operating model, HR policies and programs, talent, culture, and retention strategies.
• Act as primary day-to-day contact for client project leads, managing expectations, aligning on scope, and ensuring high-quality deliverables.
• Oversee HR due diligence activities:
  • Design and implement due diligence and transaction integration/divestiture/HR standup workplans.
• Direct and review the work of consultants/analysts performing data room review, interviews, and analytics.
• Synthesize findings and implications into clear, executive-ready due diligence reports and recommendations.
• Lead development of integrated project plans, including achievements, dependencies, and resourcing; ensure delivery on time, on budget, and within scope.
• Provide both qualitative and quantitative advice to clients, including:
  • Assessing HR programs, rewards, and benefits in the context of deal and transformation goals.
  • Developing financial and people-related models (e.g., cost, alignments, retention risk, headcount, incentives).
• Facilitate client meetings and workshops (virtual and in-person), presenting findings, options, and recommendations to both HR and business leaders.
• Partner with Directors and Partners to identify client needs, shape project opportunities, and contribute to…