PEPI Senior Associate - Merger Integration & Carve-Outs

About the role

A&M’s Private Equity Performance Improvement Services (PEPI) practice focuses on helping private equity firms improve operating results at their portfolio companies. The MI&C team provides a structured and disciplined approach to mergers, acquisitions, carve-outs, joint ventures, and alliances. The team works across the full spectrum of the deal lifecycle from pre-deal operational and synergy reviews to 'Day 1' planning and post deal implementation.

Responsibilities

• Identify key client business issues and assist in developing recommendations
• Evaluate and validate analysis
• Assist with workstreams or focus areas within the Integration Management Office (IMO)
• Drive performance improvement in strategic planning, operational optimization, back office consolidation, supply chain, IT/reporting integration, customer and channel management
• Track progress against Day 1 and Day 100 objectives and adjust integration strategies or personnel as needed

Qualifications

• 4-6+ years of professional consulting experience, specializing in merger integration, business transformation, and change management
• Experience in integration planning and divestitures a plus, but not required
• Deep functional expertise in finance & accounting operations, HR/Organizational design, leadership and stakeholder involvement, communications planning and management, knowledge management and transfer
• Success at planning and driving revenue and profitability growth initiatives operationally
• Program management and leadership experience
• Specific experience designing and leading the execution of change/communications strategies
• MBA preferred
• Excellent oral and written communications skills
• Initiative and drive
• Critical thinking skills
• Flexibility to travel at least 75% of time