Private Equity Mergers & Acquisitions Strategy & Diligence Senior Manager

About the role

The Deloitte Strategy & Transactions team helps guide clients through their most critical moments and transformational initiatives. We offer comprehensive end-to-end support and advisory services, covering 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 our clients unlock value through inorganic growth and value creation.
• Contribute to the firm's growth and development in a variety of ways. Responsible for engagement management, including partnering with private equity clients, evaluating portfolio and engaging in buy-side and sell-side inorganic opportunities, evaluating portfolio company operations, deploying innovative value creation solutions, managing day-to-day interactions with executive clients, participating in and leading aspects of the proposal development process, and contributing to the development of proposal pricing strategies.
• Own and present project deliverables that reflect a high standard of analysis, execute on multiple projects concurrently, work with Manager-level personnel to ensure excellence in project work, manage and prioritize multiple tasks in a fast-paced and dynamic environment, manage engagement economics and engagement risk, mentor and develop staff through informal coaching and day-to-day project interactions, and improve internal processes and promote knowledge sharing in the team.
• Lead projects or workstreams, build and sustain professional relationships, meet deadlines, and mentor and provide clear guidance to others.

Requirements

• A candidate must have 8+ years of M&A or M&A Service Delivery experience in the following areas: leading strategy and diligence (e.g., commercial, operational, carve-out etc.) engagements for mid-market PE clients and portfolio companies, working with financial statements and complex models, providing a broad continuum of advisory services to support mergers, acquisitions, carve-outs, and partnerships including developing strategy, target scans, and commercial and operational diligence, partnering with senior executives to define how they employ M&A - in alignment with their corporate strategy, setting and leading engagement objectives by defining the scope, plan, and budget, defining deliverable structure and content and facilitating buy-in of proposed strategies from top management levels at the client, mobilizing and managing multiple engagement teams / workstreams, experience either in client service or in a consultative role (e.g., Corp Dev, Business Development, or Strategy), 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, ability to travel up to 50%, on average, based on the work you do and the clients and industries/sectors you serve.

Qualifications

• Advanced degree (MBA; PhD; JD; MD; Masters) preferred, experience at a top strategy consulting firm or private equity / M&A Strategy boutique consulting firm ideal, experience with staff development and eagerness to mentor junior practitioners, strong oral and written communication skills, including presentation skills (MS PowerPoint).

Benefits

Deloitte offers a comprehensive benefits package, including health insurance, retirement plans, and paid time off. Limited immigration sponsorship may be available.

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. A reasonable estimate of the current range is $189,200 to $372,900.

Schedule

As a global leader in providing consulting services to the asset management industry, Deloitte works with clients to address a range of critical issues brought on by regulatory changes, competition, globalization, advances in technology, and the changing demands of their customers. Our clients include asset, wealth, and investment advisers and administrators from every sector of the industry, including investment managers, broker-dealers, banks, insurance companies, mutual funds, hedge funds, private equity, alternative products, and other money managers. Our M&A solutions and services help PE firms and their portfolio companies uncover, create, and drive value. The PE M&A S&D Team serves as strategic advisors to PE firms as they find ways to enhance investor return through specific activities such as portfolio rationalization analysis, market scans, target identification and screening/scanning, diligence on the buy and sell side, and refining portfolio company operations.