M&A Strategy & Governance Manager

About the Team

Our Deloitte Strategy & Transactions team helps guide clients through their most critical moments and transformational initiatives. We offer comprehensive end-to-end support and advisory services, covering areas such as valuation modeling, cost optimization, restructuring, business design and transformation, infrastructure and real estate, mergers and acquisitions (M&A), and sustainability.

The M&A Integration & Divestiture (I&D) professionals within Deloitte's M&A offering focus on the period between the announcement of a merger, acquisition, or divestiture and the closing (and post-close) activities of that transaction. Our M&A team provides expert guidance to corporate and private equity clients navigating complex growth and divestiture scenarios, encompassing M&A strategy, transaction diligence, integration and separation planning and execution, and transaction financing.

The I&D practice supports major, market-shaping mergers and divestitures with deep functional and industry knowledge, as well as innovative data and analytics-enabled approaches. Our professionals bring experience from over 15,000 transactions and more than $1 trillion in deal value. We help clients navigate complex market and economic conditions, enabling them to become prepared buyers or sellers, incorporating divestment goals, and planning for seamless execution to enhance deal value.

Responsibilities

As a Deloitte Manager in M&A I&D, you will lead and deliver small engagements or components of larger, complex engagements that identify, design, and implement creative business solutions for companies. Responsibilities include:

• Providing service excellence by identifying key client business issues and determining client needs through standard assessment techniques and innovative approaches.
• Evaluating and validating analysis, developing recommendations for the client in the context of the overall engagement.
• Implementing and overseeing the quality of deliverables and effectively managing the team(s) and day-to-day relationships to ensure exceptional performance.
• Leading aspects of the proposal development process.
• Guiding deal execution by aligning integration or divestiture strategies, Day 1 plans, and future-state goals to maximize value in complex market conditions.
• Serving as a mentor to staff, director in delivery transformation, industry expert, and engagement leader while participating in business development activities.
• Designing deliverable content to precisely reflect the engagement contract and client needs.
• Managing cross-functional teams to deliver M&A engagements across all phases of the M&A lifecycle, including due-diligence, pre-close, and post-merger integration.
• Providing corporate and private equity buyers with a broad continuum of advisory services to support mergers, acquisitions, carve-outs, investment and financing structures, disposition alternatives, and post-transaction activities.
• Partnering with senior executives to define how they employ M&A to drive profitable growth and compete effectively in their industry.
• Providing industry insight and analytical support using data mining, pattern matching, data visualization, and predictive modeling tools to produce analysis and algorithms that enable pre-deal and post-deal integration, divestiture, and major restructuring/cost transformation activities.

Qualifications

Required:

• 6+ years of M&A or M&A service delivery experience in areas such as setting engagement objectives and scope, developing work plans, coordinating activities between work streams, and identifying changes in scope.
• Bachelor's degree and 6+ years of consulting and/or industry experience; alternatively, an MBA with 4+ years of relevant work experience.
• Ability to travel up to 50%, on average, based on the work you do and the clients and industries/sectors you serve.
• Limited immigration sponsorship may be available.

Preferred:

• Recent experience working in a professional services consulting firm.
• Strong oral and written communication skills, including presentation skills (MS Visio, MS PowerPoint).
• Strong problem-solving and troubleshooting skills with the ability to exercise mature judgment.
• Ability to apply practical experience with communications, culture, and change management.
• Experience in financial analysis, business process reengineering, and operational performance improvement analysis.
• Experience with staff development and eagerness to mentor junior practitioners.
• An MBA or advanced degree.

Skills

• Ability to work independently and collaborate as part of a team.
• Effective written and verbal communication skills.
• Meticulous attention to detail and quality of work product.
• Ability to build and sustain professional relationships.
• Ability to lead projects or workstreams.
• Ability to manage and prioritize multiple tasks in a fast-paced and dynamic environment.
• Strong interpersonal skills and professional demeanor.
• Ability to meet deadlines.
• Ability to provide clear guidance to others.

Pay

The wage range for this role takes into account a wide range of factors including skill sets, experience and training, licensure and certifications, and other business and organizational needs. The disclosed range estimate has not been adjusted for the applicable geographic differential associated with the location at which the position may be filled. A reasonable estimate of the current range is $155,700 to $306,800.

You may also be eligible to participate in a discretionary annual incentive program, subject to the rules governing the program, whereby an award, if any, depends on various factors, including individual and organizational performance.