Senior Consultant, Mergers & Acquisitions (Merger & Carve-out)
Senior Consultant, Mergers & Acquisitions (Merger & Carve-out)
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West Monroe is seeking a Senior Consultant with expertise in M&A and a strong passion for technology to our rapidly growing Merger & Carveout Services (MCS) team. This role supports Private Equity and Corporate clients across all industries specific to mergers and divestiture / carve-out transactions with an IT lens. Areas of focus for IT would include domain knowledge in business applications infrastructure cybersecurity and IT organization.
As a Senior Consultant in our M&A practice you will support clients through complex M&A transactions from initial strategy and due diligence to integration/separation and post-deal activities including buy-side and sell-side engagements mergers integrations and divestitures. You will leverage advanced M&A skills with strategic planning cost modeling and program management expertise to deliver impactful outcomes.
In addition to client delivery you will contribute to business development internal practice initiatives and mentoring junior team members.
Senior Consultants within West Monroe have many responsibilities:
Project Delivery
- Develop and analyze financial models to evaluate impact of transactions including bottom-up and top-down IT cost analysis (e.g. cost synergies TSA replacement) across the P/L evaluating cost pools / vendors and develop one-time cost estimates
- Manage transaction one-time cost and business run-rate cost models and provide executive level readouts on all cost drivers
- Analyze key business applications (e.g. ERP CRM HRIS) with respect to business / industry requirements (e.g. capabilities modules pricing) and complete application dispositioning with input from application leaders
- Lead technology workstreams (business applications infrastructure cybersecurity etc.) in a post-close merger or carveout engagement
- Support scoping building and pricing Transition Service Agreements (TSAs)
- Determine and document entanglements among people process technology assets and contracts between NewCo and Parent (carveout) and develop synergy models (merger)
- Configure and maintain program management workspaces (Smartsheet) manage workplans manage risks/issues/decisions logs and create custom dashboards / reports / workflows
- Support transformation IT projects from a project management perspective (e.g. Day 1 readiness planning and post-close technology execution management)
- Identify and manage cross-functional dependencies across finance legal human resources and other key areas to ensure cohesive transaction execution
- Lead client-facing meetings manage project timelines and deliverables and oversee budget adherence
- Present complex findings to C-level stakeholders with clarity and executive presence
- Deliver high-quality work products autonomously and collaborate with other workstreams / teams to ensure the consistency and high quality of outputs
Other Responsibilities
- Develop methodologies and frameworks for supporting projects across due diligence and post-close engagements
- Drive merger/carveout specific initiatives including the development of tools and accelerators (e.g. Workplans IT reference architectures industry value chains financial modeling).
- Mentor and coach junior team members actively supporting onboarding training and career development
- Act as a Career Advisor or Coach to new hires fostering growth and alignment with firm values
- Support opportunities by creating tailored proposals and statements of work
- Participate in M&A industry events and build professional networks within the community
Qualifications:
- 4 years of experience in team-based client-facing management or technology consulting or IT M&A preferably in a corporate strategic or private equity context.
- Experience in specific industries (e.g. Software Healthcare Consumer & Industrial Products Insurance) preferred but not mandatory.
- Proven expertise in M&A-centric roles particularly with private equity investors including SaaS or software company mergers/integrations and carve-outs/divestitures.
- Strong analytical problem-solving and quality assurance skills and data analysis tools (e.g. PowerBI Alteryx Tableau).
- Excellent organizational verbal and written communication skills with the ability to engage effectively with C-level executives.
- In-depth knowledge of project planning methodologies software development life cycles and financial modeling.
- Bachelors degree preferred or equivalent required; professional certifications (e.g. LeanIX Practitioner Smartsheet PMP) are a plus.
- Ability to travel up to 50% depending on client and project requirement; travel is typically short-term (2-3 days on-site per diligence project 50-75% during post-close carve-out execution).
- Authorization to work permanently in the United States without sponsorship.
- A commitment to inclusion diversity and openness to new ideas and perspectives.
Based on pay transparency guidelines the salaryrange for this role canvary based on your proximity to one of our West Monroe offices (seetable below). Information on our competitive total rewards packageincluding our bonus structure and benefits ishere. Individual salaries are determined by evaluating a variety of factors including geographyexperience skills education and internal equity.
Employees (and their families) are covered by medical dental vision and basic life insurance. Employeesare able toenroll in our companys 401k planpurchase shares from our employee stock ownership program and be eligible toreceive annual bonuses. Employees will also receive unlimited flexible time offand ten paid holidays throughout the calendar year. Eligibility for ten weeks of paid parental leave will also be available upon hire date.
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The combination of business and technology is not new but how we bring them together is unique. Were fluent in both. We know that technology alone is not the answer but how we apply it is. We rely on data to constantly adapt and solve new challenges. Actions that work today with outcomes that generate value for years to come.
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Youll feel the difference in how we work. We show up personally. Were right there in the room with you co-creating through the challenges. With West Monroe collaboration isnt a lofty promise but a daily action. We work together with you to turn vision into clear action with lasting impact.
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We believe in treating each employee and applicant for employment fairly and with dignity. We base our employment decisions on merit experience and potential without regard to race color national origin sex sexual orientation gender identity marital status age religion disability veteran status or any other characteristic prohibited by federal state or local law. To learn more about diversity equity and inclusion at West Monroe visit If you require a reasonable accommodation to participate in our recruiting process please inquire by sending an email to .
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Senior IC
Employment Type
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