PEPI, Senior Associate - M&A and Performance Improvement – Sports, Media, and Entertainment

About the role

The role offers significant client interaction, accelerated professional development, leadership opportunities, and the ability to contribute meaningfully to high-profile transactions shaping the future of the SM&E industry.

Responsibilities

• Provide service excellence by identifying key client business issues, overseeing workstreams and owning key client deliverables, driving cross-functional collaboration, and supporting client needs by supplementing the standard assessment techniques and tools with innovative approaches.
• Evaluate and validate analysis and develop recommendations for the client in the context of the overall engagement.
• Own and maintain key client deliverables throughout the engagement, including synergy and performance improvement models, separation and one-time cost models, integration and carveout trackers, and other workstream outputs, ensuring accuracy and executive-ready quality at every stage of the transaction lifecycle.
• Provide informal leadership by coordinating across workstreams, ensuring alignment on priorities and execution plans, maintaining consistency in approach and messaging, and supporting team development through coaching, feedback, and on-the-job guidance.

Requirements

• 4-6+ years of professional experience in management consulting, investment banking, private equity, corporate development, with a demonstrated track record of M&A ideally with experience within the SM&E space.
• Experience in integration / separation planning and execution a plus, but not required.
• MBA preferred.
• Eager to learn about core operations of SM&E.
• Initiative and drive.
• Critical thinking skills.
• Flexibility to travel at least 75% of time.