Performance & Cost Improvement Manager

About the role

The Deloitte Strategy & Transactions team provides comprehensive end-to-end support and advisory services, focusing on areas such as valuation modeling, cost optimization, restructuring, business design and transformation, infrastructure and real estate, mergers and acquisitions (M&A), and sustainability. The team works closely with clients at every stage of their journey, helping them navigate challenges, avoid financial pitfalls, and implement practical solutions before, during, and after major transformational projects or transactions.

Join Deloitte’s Performance & Cost Improvement team

Join our team to help organizations unlock capital, improve margins, and drive enterprise-wide transformation. In this role, you will work with senior client stakeholders to identify value creation opportunities, lead high-impact initiatives, and deliver practical solutions that produce measurable results. If you bring consulting experience, financial acumen, and a track record of leading complex transformation work, this role offers a strong platform to expand your impact.

Work You’ll Do

• Leading small engagements or key workstreams within larger, complex engagements focused on cost reduction, margin improvement, and enterprise transformation
• Assessing client business issues, analyzing operational and financial data, and identifying value creation opportunities
• Evaluating analyses, developing actionable recommendations, and supporting implementation of business and technology solutions
• Managing day-to-day client relationships, coordinating cross-functional teams, and overseeing the quality of deliverables
• Mentoring team members and contributing to business development activities that support practice growth

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree
• 6+ years of management consulting experience in operations improvement, transformation, operating model design, organizational design, mergers and acquisitions integration, or business process reengineering focused on global cost reduction or global growth strategies
• 6+ years of financial analysis experience using data from multiple sources to identify value creation opportunities
• 6+ years of mergers and acquisitions experience, including integration or separation planning and implementation, Day One readiness, and synergy targeting and realization
• 6+ years of experience developing models using Microsoft Excel, Microsoft PowerPoint, Microsoft Access, Microsoft Visual Basic, Tableau, or similar tools
• Ability to travel 50%, on average, based on the work you do and the clients and industries/sectors you serve

Preferred

• Advanced degree
• Experience with Microsoft Visio
• Experience developing executive-level presentations in Microsoft PowerPoint
• Experience using analytics or data visualization tools
• Experience leading workstreams or teams in transformation, cost reduction, or post-merger integration initiatives

Pay

The wage range for this role takes into account the wide range of factors that are considered in making compensation decisions including but not limited to 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. At Deloitte, it is not typical for an individual to be hired at or near the top of the range for their role and compensation decisions are dependent on the facts and circumstances of each case. A reasonable estimate of the current range is $155,600 to $306,800.