Private Equity Mergers & Acquisitions Strategy & Diligence Manager

About the role

The Private Equity M&A Strategy & Diligence Manager role within Deloitte's Strategy & Transactions team focuses on guiding clients through critical moments and transformational initiatives. This includes comprehensive end-to-end support and advisory services in areas like valuation modeling, cost optimization, restructuring, business design and transformation, infrastructure and real estate, mergers and acquisitions (M&A), and sustainability.

Responsibilities

• Manage and deliver small complex strategic engagements or parts of larger engagements that help clients unlock value through inorganic growth and value creation.
• Contribute to the firm's growth and development in a variety of ways, including partnering with private equity clients on buy-side and sell-side inorganic opportunities, evaluating portfolio company operations, and developing recommendations for the client.
• Manage and review client deliverables, identify opportunities to leverage analytical capabilities, and effectively manage day-to-day relationships with team and client to ensure exceptional performance.
• Participate in business development activities, mentor junior staff, and support delivery teams and staff in local offices.
• Support the development of eminence and "point-of-view" publications.

Requirements

• Absolutely required: 6+ years of M&A or M&A Service Delivery experience in mid-market PE clients and portfolio companies.
• Experience setting engagement objectives and scope, framing issues, and breaking them down into hypotheses to be solved.
• Experience designing deliverable content that reflects a high standard of analysis, managing cross-functional teams, and delivering engagements across all phases of the M&A lifecycle including due diligence, pre-close, and post-merger integration.
• Experience managing day-to-day interactions with executive clients and sponsors, contributing to business development, and developing proposals.
• Preferred: Advanced degree (MBA, PhD, JD, MD, Masters), experience at a top strategy consulting firm or private equity/M&A Strategy boutique consulting firm, experience with staff development, and strong oral and written communication skills.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree and 6+ years in a strategy consulting practice and/or industry experience; alternatively, an MBA with 4+ years relevant work experience is acceptable.
• Limited immigration sponsorship may be available.
• Reasonable estimate of the current range is $155,600 to $306,800.