HR Integration Consultant – Post-Acquisition Workforce Integration

Client Profile
Australian financial services organisation
1,750 employees
Recently completed acquisition of regional competitor, adding 420 employees

Role Delivered
HR Integration Consultant (12-month contract)

Context

Following the acquisition, the organisation needed to integrate the newly acquired workforce, align employment frameworks, and stabilise workforce operations across multiple locations.

The acquisition introduced complexity across employment contracts, HR policies, reporting structures, and workforce engagement.

Challenge

The internal HR team lacked capacity and specialist experience to manage workforce integration of this scale while continuing to support ongoing workforce operations.

Without specialist integration leadership, the organisation faced significant workforce risk, including employee attrition, engagement challenges, and operational disruption.

Approach

Civitas Talent engaged experienced HR consultants with demonstrated experience managing workforce integration projects across enterprise environments.

Within 8 days, Civitas Talent presented three highly qualified HR integration consultants.

Solution Delivered

The selected HR Integration Consultant brought over 16 years of HR leadership experience, including managing workforce integration across acquisitions involving over 1,000 employees.

The consultant worked directly with executive leadership to align workforce structure, employment frameworks, and organisational policies.

Measured Impact

Within the 12-month engagement:

• Successfully integrated 420 employees into existing workforce structure
• Maintained workforce retention exceeding 92% across acquired workforce
• Reduced employee relations escalation risk during integration
• Enabled seamless operational transition

Strategic Outcome

The organisation successfully integrated the acquired workforce without operational disruption, preserving workforce stability and organisational continuity.