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 unlock value through inorganic growth and value creation
• Contribute to the firm's growth and development by partnering 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

Requirements

• A candidate must have 6+ years of M&A or M&A Service Delivery experience in the following areas:
• Working on engagements for mid-market PE clients and portfolio companies
• Setting engagement objectives and scope
• Framing issues and breaking them down into hypotheses to be solved
• Developing project work plans and coordinating activities between work streams
• Designing deliverable content that reflects a high standard of analysis
• Managing cross-functional teams to deliver engagements across all phases of the M&A lifecycle including due-diligence, pre-close and post-merger integration
• Determining client needs by supplementing the standard assessment techniques and tools with innovative approaches
• Managing day-to-day interactions with executive clients and sponsors
• Contributing to business development and the development of proposals
• 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

Qualifications

• 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
• Strong oral and written communication skills, including presentation skills (MS PowerPoint)

Benefits

Deloitte offers a competitive salary range, with a reasonable estimate of $155,600 to $306,800. Additional benefits may include a discretionary annual incentive program and opportunities for professional development.

Pay

The pay 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.

Schedule

Travel up to 50% of the time based on the work you do and the clients and industries/sectors you serve.