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. The team works closely with clients at every stage of their journey, helping them navigate challenges, avoid financial pitfalls, and implement practical solutions before, during, and after major transformational projects or transactions creating lasting impact.

Responsibilities

• Sell, lead, and deliver complex strategic engagements that help our 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.
• Manage day-to-day interactions with executive clients and sponsors; participate in and lead aspects of the proposal development process; contribute to the development of proposal 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, by contributing to the community of practice, blogs, and other forms of market eminence.

Qualifications

• 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 allowing for a strong understanding of where the numbers and data flow.
• 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.
• Defining 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.

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 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.

Pay

$189,200 to $372,900 annually.

Schedule

Full-time.