Private Equity Mergers & Acquisitions Strategy & Diligence Senior Manager

As a Senior Manager, you will sell, lead, and deliver complex strategic engagements that help our clients unlock value through inorganic growth and value creation. Senior Managers are expected to contribute to the firm's growth and development in a variety of ways. You will be responsible for engagement management:

• 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
• Develop "point- of-view" documents, participate in public speaking events and get published in industry periodicals

• 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

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Required:

• 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
• 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

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)

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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. The disclosed range estimate has not been adjusted for the applicable geographic differential associated with the location at which the position may be filled. At Deloitte, it is not typical for an individual to be hired at or near the top of the range for their role and compensation decisions are dependent on the facts and circumstances of each case. A reasonable estimate of the current range is $189200 to $372900.

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.

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