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Teneo

Global CEO-focused management, capital, risk advisory

People Advisor

Full-TimeUpdated
No salary listed
Mid, Senior
Bachelor's
Frankfurt, Germany
HybridBased in Frankfurt; 3 days per week in the office and travel to Berlin approximately once a quarter.
People & HRHR Generalist & Employee Relations

About the job

Requirements
  • Be native or business/fluent in German and English.
  • Have at least 2 years’ experience already operating in a People Advisor or equivalent role.
  • Have strong, practical knowledge of German employment law and HR processes, including employment requirements, performance management, and employee relations.
  • Have the gravitas and confidence to hold their own with senior stakeholders, with strong judgement, common sense, and attention to detail.
  • Be calm under pressure, pragmatic, and not easily flustered, with a strong benchmark for excellent People support.
  • Have fluent English and German language skills.
  • Have excellent verbal and written communication skills.
  • Exemplify integrity and discretion.
  • Have a continuous improvement mindset and be a proactive, adaptable, and agile collaborator.
  • Have strong interpersonal skills.
  • Have analytical abilities and attention to detail.
  • Have project management and organizational skills.
  • Demonstrate proactive and strategic thinking.
  • Have a risk management approach, recognizing potential employee relations issues and escalating them as appropriate.
  • Have a growing commercial mindset.
  • Have at least 3 years’ experience as an HR Coordinator or a minimum of 5 years’ generalist HR experience.
  • Have knowledge of local employment legislation.
  • Have experience with HRIS systems.
Responsibilities
  • Advise employees and managers on HR policies and processes, integrating legislative knowledge and general best practice.
  • Collaborate with People Partners on cyclical initiatives such as goal setting, performance reviews, and compensation planning; manage timelines, assist with communications, oversee completion rates, recommend actions to ensure smooth delivery, and keep People Partners informed and supported with practical delivery.
  • Support People Partners with strategic initiatives, such as engagement and Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion; manage specific projects and partner with Centres of Excellence to execute them.
  • Manage employee relations cases from start to finish, partnering with the internal employee relations team to ensure compliance with legislation and internal policies.
  • Provide meaningful analytics to drive business improvement and seek opportunities to improve the people analytics offering.
  • Lead and contribute to projects for rolling out new initiatives or continuously improving People Operations and other People Team Centres of Excellence.
  • Conduct exit interviews, review and analyze turnover data, and develop insights to share with People Partners.
  • Support and coach other People Operations team members on complex transactions and policy questions.
  • Identify opportunities to improve or implement policies, processes, and ways of working that enhance the People Strategy and employee experience.
  • Monitor trends as a strategic observer for People Partners, provide feedback, and identify potential risks to support proactive and effective HR management.
  • Manage upward with People Partners, keeping them informed and supporting their strategic objectives while adapting collaboration to their ways of working.
  • Collaborate with the Talent Acquisition team on requisitions across the region, including translating job descriptions as needed.
  • Support local learning and development needs by organizing training sessions, sourcing suitable vendors, and collaborating with the Global Learning team as needed.
Desired Qualifications
  • Ideally come from professional services, or have experience in a similarly demanding environment such as consulting, banking, or strategic communications; experience supporting different business lines is particularly valuable.
  • A bachelor's degree in human resources, business management, psychology, or a related field is preferred.

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Teneo provides strategic advisory services to CEOs and senior executives across global industries. Its work spans management consulting, strategy communications, capital advisory, and risk advisory, helping leaders navigate complex business challenges, manage corporate reputation, and protect and grow shareholder value. The company delivers bespoke high-level guidance through fee-based engagements whose scope determines pricing, including services that shape corporate strategy, financial structure, risk management, and communications to stakeholders. What sets Teneo apart is its integrated approach tailored to top executives, combining financial, strategic, and reputational counsel at a global scale, backed by published insights on global business trends. The firm's goal is to help client leaders make informed decisions, improve company performance, and sustain long-term value for shareholders and stakeholders.

Company Size

1,001-5,000

Company Stage

Debt Financing

Total Funding

$101M

Headquarters

New York City, New York

Founded

2011

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  • PwC New Zealand added 22 restructuring professionals and deepened Teneo's distressed-debt bench.
  • September 2026 brought Jean Charest, Andreas Nick, Carsten Kestermann, and Theo Birmpoutsoukis to Teneo.
  • DigiPlus hired Teneo on August 17, 2026 for Brazil, South Africa, and New Zealand expansion.

What critics are saying

  • Bathla Group's August 2026 collapse ties Teneo to a very visible insolvency wind-down.
  • Teneo depends on constant partner recruitment; defections to Brunswick, ByteDance, and Deloitte hurt margins.
  • One mishandled mega-insolvency can poison lender trust and kill future mandates.

What makes Teneo unique

  • Teneo combines strategy, communications, restructuring, and forensics under one CEO-advisory platform.
  • September 2026 hires in Canada, Europe, Australia, and Riyadh signal global relationship depth.
  • January 2026 PwC New Zealand acquisition expanded APAC insolvency coverage across Auckland, Wellington, and Christchurch.

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Benefits

  • Health Insurance
  • Dental Insurance
  • Vision Insurance
  • Life Insurance
  • Disability Insurance
  • Unlimited Paid Time Off
  • Flexible Work Hours
  • Remote Work Options
  • Paid Vacation
  • Paid Sick Leave
  • Paid Holidays
  • Hybrid Work Options

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6 month growth

12%

1 year growth

11%

2 year growth

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Oct 27th, 2026
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Power couples: The lobbyists closest to the budget. Up to 24 MPs have disclosed details of "family members engaged in lobbying the public sector on behalf of a third party or client"; Mace investigates the most powerful couples The number of MPs who have close relationships with lobbyists has risen from 20 in 2025 and includes husbands, wives, children and parents. The figure has risen consistently over recent years, up from only 12 in 2023. The agency with the highest number of personal relationships with MPs is Flint Global, which is closely followed by Cavendish Consulting. The other agencies that have staff with personal connections to MPs include Brunswick, SEC Newgate UK, Teneo, Stonehaven, Hanover, Cardew Group, CT Group and the Connect Group, all of which have individuals related to MPs. Organisations including Make UK and the Gates Foundation have staff with family ties to MPs. In this investigation, Mace reveals the lobbyists who are married to Labour ministers. 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Firm news - week of october 19, 2026. Phil Reynolds has joined Teneo as Senior Managing Director and Canadian Lead Partner of Financial Advisory. Phil was previously with Deloitte. Harvey Chaiton has received the Fellow of the IIC designation in recognition of his contributions to the commercial restructuring and insolvency practice in Canada and to the IIC. Read more.

Teneo
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Teneo appoints Amy Edgy as Head of Restructuring Communications.

Teneo appoints Amy Edgy as Head of Restructuring Communications. * October 1, 2026 * New York Teneo, the global CEO advisory firm, today announced the appointment of Amy Edgy as Senior Managing Director and Head of Restructuring Communications within its Strategy & Communications business. Amy brings more than 25 years of experience guiding clients through distressed debt, insolvency and other high-stakes legal, operational and financial matters. She has advised boards, management teams, lenders, bondholders and asset buyers on some of the largest municipal, national and cross-border restructurings of the past quarter century. Amy joins Teneo from Kekst CNC and was previously a restructuring partner at the law firms Linklaters and Jones Day. As Head of Restructuring Communications, Amy will work across Teneo's integrated global advisory platform, advising clients on operational and financial restructurings, liability management exercises and other special situations, and helping them manage the financial, legal and reputational challenges that arise during periods of significant change. "We are delighted to welcome Amy to Teneo," said Andrea Calise, President of U.S. Strategy & Communications at Teneo. "Her deep in-court and out-of-court restructuring experience, paired with her command of the complex legal, financial and stakeholder dynamics at play, will further strengthen the senior-level counsel we provide to clients at critical inflection points. Amy's appointment also reflects our continued investment in building an integrated restructuring and special situations practice built for clients' most consequential challenges." "I am excited to join Teneo at a time when clients and investors face an increasingly complex financial, legal and stakeholder environment," said Amy Edgy. "Teneo's integrated global platform brings together the expertise needed to help clients navigate these moments with clarity and confidence, and I look forward to working with colleagues across the firm to further strengthen this offering."

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