Private Equity Mergers & Acquisitions Strategy & Diligence Senior Manager

About the role

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

Responsibilities

• Sell, lead, and deliver complex strategic 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 engagement management, proposal development, and pricing strategies.
• Own and present project deliverables that reflect a high standard of analysis.
• Execute on multiple projects concurrently and work with Manager-level personnel to ensure excellence in project work.
• Manage direct on-time, quality delivery of work products.
• Manage engagement economics and engagement risk.
• Mentor and develop staff through informal coaching and day-to-day project interactions.
• Improve internal processes and promote knowledge sharing in the team.

Requirements

• A candidate must have 8+ years of M&A or M&A Service Delivery experience in areas such as leading strategy and diligence (commercial, operational, carve-out) engagements for mid-market PE clients and portfolio companies.
• Provide a broad continuum of advisory services to support mergers, acquisitions, carve-outs, and partnerships, including developing strategy, target scans, and commercial and operational diligence.
• Partner with senior executives to define how they employ M&A in alignment with their corporate strategy.
• Define engagement objectives by defining the scope, plan, and budget.
• Define deliverable structure and content and facilitate buy-in of proposed strategies from top management levels at the client.
• Mobilize and manage multiple engagement teams/workstreams.
• Experience either in client service or in a consultative role (e.g., Corp Dev, Business Development, or Strategy).

Qualifications

• A Bachelor's degree and 8+ years in a strategy consulting practice and/or industry experience; alternatively, an MBA with 6+ years relevant work experience is acceptable.
• Limited immigration sponsorship may be available.
• Advanced degree (MBA; PhD; JD; MD; Masters) preferred.
• Experience at a top strategy consulting firm or private equity/M&A Strategy boutique consulting firm.
• Experience with staff development and eagerness to mentor junior practitioners.
• Strong oral and written communication skills, including presentation skills (MS PowerPoint).