Oliver Wyman -Private Capital/Financial Services – Engagement Manager

About the role

Oliver Wyman’s Private Equity team in North America is seeking consultants to support rapid growth. The team works with private equity investors across the deal lifecycle—from opportunity identification through due diligence and post-transaction value realization—using a multi-specialist approach that combines deep industry and functional expertise with proprietary methods and a global network to deliver differentiated results. The team has completed hundreds of engagements for leading private equity firms across North America, Europe, the Middle East, China, and Southeast Asia, creating sustainable shareholder value. This role offers rapid professional growth, entrepreneurial work, and shared success within a successful team at the center of the firm’s strategy.

Practice Groups

• Financial Services
• Communication, Media & Technology
• Education Services
• Industrials
• Healthcare

Location

• New York
• Boston
• Chicago
• Washington, DC

Roles

• Engagement Managers
• Associates
• Senior Consultants

Responsibilities

Engagement Managers lead projects day to day, executing due diligence and post-transaction engagements for private equity funds and portfolio companies. Responsibilities include:

• Leading and executing due diligence and post-transaction engagements
• Ensuring findings are insightful and data-driven
• Providing thought leadership at a strategic level
• Managing technical and operational execution details
• Demonstrating strong communication skills and relationship-building

Requirements

• Professional experience with commercial and operational due diligence in a management consulting firm
• Experience working across or within industries within Private Equity
• In-depth experience with customer research techniques (interviews, surveys, focus groups, etc.)
• Strong background in strategic problem solving with demonstrated analytical skills
• Outstanding written and verbal communication skills in formal and informal settings
• Fluency in English
• Undergraduate or advanced degree from a strong academic program
• Initiative and willingness to learn new skills and apply existing ones
• Creativity and ability to generate novel solutions to complex client problems
• Aptitude for analytical work, including extracting insights from large datasets and identifying key issues in complex challenges
• Ability to collaborate effectively with a high-performing team

Benefits

• Health and welfare benefits
• Tuition assistance
• 401(k) savings and other retirement programs
• Employee assistance programs

Pay

The base salary range for this role is $225,000 – $240,000. Base pay is determined based on factors such as experience, skills, training, location, certifications, education, and applicable minimum wage requirements, with decisions made on a case-by-case basis. Performance-based incentives may also be available.

Schedule

This is a hybrid role with the expectation of working remotely and onsite. All colleagues are expected to be in their local office or working onsite with clients at least three days per week. Office-based teams will identify at least one “anchor day” per week for full-team in-person collaboration.