Private Equity Mergers & Acquisitions Strategy & Diligence Manager

About the role

As an M&A Manager in Deloitte’s Private Equity (PE) Strategy & Diligence (S&D) practice, you will lead teams through high-stakes diligences and coach talent while working shoulder-to-shoulder with PE deal teams. You’ll help clients win deals by leading fast diligences and building plans that actually get executed.

Work you’ll do

• Manage and deliver small complex strategic engagements or parts of larger engagements that help clients unlock value through inorganic growth and value creation
• Partner with private equity clients as they evaluate their portfolio and engage in buy-side and sell-side inorganic opportunities
• Evaluate portfolio company operations to identify key business issues and deploy innovative value creation solutions
• Evaluate and validate analysis and develop recommendations for the client in the context of the overall engagement
• Manage development and quality review of client deliverables
• Identify opportunities to leverage analytical capabilities in client delivery
• Effectively manage the day-to-day relationships with team and client to ensure exceptional performance
• Participate in business development activities
• Mentor junior staff and perform role of counselor; actively participate in staff recruitment and retention activities; provide leadership and support for delivery teams and staff in local offices
• Support development of eminence and “point-of-view” publications

Responsibilities

• Set engagement objectives and scope
• Frame issues and break them down into hypotheses to be solved
• Develop project work plans and coordinate activities between work streams
• Design deliverable content that reflects a high standard of analysis
• Manage cross-functional teams to deliver engagements across all phases of the M&A lifecycle including due diligence, pre-close and post-merger integration
• Manage service excellence by identifying key client business issues
• Determine client needs by supplementing the standard assessment techniques and tools with innovative approaches
• Manage day-to-day interactions with executive clients and sponsors
• Contribute to business development and the development of proposals

Qualifications

Required

• 6+ years of M&A or M&A Service Delivery experience, including:
  • Working on engagements for mid-market PE clients and portfolio companies
• 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
• Ability to travel up to 50%, on average, based on the work you do and the clients and industries/sectors you serve

Preferred

• Advanced degree (MBA; PhD; JD; MD; Masters)
• Experience at a top strategy consulting firm or private equity / M&A Strategy boutique consulting firm
• Ideal candidates would have spent at least 50% of their time advising PE clients
• Experience with staff development and eagerness to mentor junior practitioners
• Strong oral and written communication skills, including presentation skills (MS PowerPoint)

Skills

• Ability to work independently and collaborate as part of a team
• Effective written and verbal communication skills
• Meticulous attention to detail and quality of work product
• Ability to build and sustain professional relationships
• Ability to lead projects or workstreams
• Ability to manage and prioritize multiple tasks in a fast-paced and dynamic environment
• Strong interpersonal skills and professional demeanor
• Ability to meet deadlines
• Ability to mentor and provide clear guidance to others

Pay

A reasonable estimate of the current range is $155,600 to $306,800. You may also be eligible to participate in a discretionary annual incentive program, subject to the rules governing the program, whereby an award, if any, depends on various factors, including, without limitation, individual and organizational performance.