Private Equity M&A Strategy & Diligence Manager Our 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. As an M&A Manager in Deloitte's Private Equity (PE) Strategy & Diligence (S&D) practice, you will lead teams through high-stakes diligences and coach talent while working shoulder-to-shoulder with PE deal teams. You'll help clients win deals by leading fast diligences and building plans that actually get executed. Work You'll Do As a Manager, you will manage and deliver small complex strategic engagements or parts of larger engagements that help our clients unlock value through inorganic growth and value creation. Managers are expected to contribute to the firm's growth and development in a variety of ways: 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 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 The successful candidate would possess these skills 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 The Team Our M&A team offers expert guidance to corporate and private equity clients in navigating complex growth and divestiture scenarios. Our services encompass M&A strategy and transaction diligence, integration and separation planning and execution, as well as transaction financing. Deloitte's M&A Strategy & Diligence practice supports corporate and private equity clients end-to-end across mergers, acquisitions, and divestitures—helping shape deal strategy, validate the investment thesis, and improve odds of value realization. The team combines strategic advisory (M&A strategy, deal thesis, growth pathways, buy/build/partner, portfolio rationalization, and buy-/sell-side readiness) with diligence capabilities across commercial and operational lenses to pressure-test forecasts, quantify synergies, and surface value drivers and deal risks that can affect price or structure. The team also provides transaction support through the deal lifecycle (e.g., pre-bid work, target identification support, structuring/financing considerations, vendor assistance/value qualification) and sell-side advisory (positioning and readiness to enhance credibility and reduce disruption).
Qualifications:
Required: 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 of phases of the M&A lifecycle including due-diligence, pre-close and post-merger integration Managing service excellence by identifying key client business issues 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 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)
