Global Network - Strategy - M&A and Private Equity Consulting – Senior Manager / Manager
Join Accenture Strategy's Global Network - M&A and Private Equity Consulting team, a high-impact practice that helps leading Private Equity investors and corporate clients shape, evaluate, and execute complex transactions. As a Manager, you will operate at the intersection of strategy, execution, and value creation across the full deal lifecycle - from target screening and diligence to Day 1 readiness, integration, separation, and portfolio transformation.
You will lead complex M&A and PE engagements, own senior client relationships, and guide teams through high-velocity deal environments. This is an entrepreneurial, market-facing role for leaders who combine structured problem solving, commercial judgment, and hands-on delivery to help grow Accenture's M&A and Private Equity practice across geographies.
- Lead end-to-end execution and governance of complex M&A and PE engagements spanning pre-deal diligence, deal execution, Day 1 readiness, integration, separation, and value creation.
- Shape workplans, hypotheses, deliverables, and executive-ready recommendations for ambiguous transaction and transformation priorities.
- Drive senior client conversations, workshops, steering committee updates, and C-suite / Investment Committee-ready presentations.
- Manage engagement risks, timelines, quality, and team performance while balancing commercial outcomes with delivery excellence.
- Build trusted relationships with PE firms, corporate clients, account teams, industry / functional teams, and global M&A / PE leadership to originate and convert opportunities.
- Lead RFPs, proposals, client orals, account development, IP creation, and thought leadership to strengthen Accenture's market presence in M&A and Private Equity.
- Mentor consultants, build high-performing teams, and create an environment that promotes ownership, apprenticeship, and growth.
Functional M&A: Lead Commercial / Operational Due Diligence, Target Screening, synergy and value creation assessment, operating model design, and Functional Integration / Separation planning and execution across Finance, Supply Chain, Procurement, HR, Commercial, and Operating Model workstreams.
Tech / IT M&A: Lead Technology, Cybersecurity, and Platform Due Diligence, as well as IT Integration / Separation strategy and execution across applications, infrastructure, data, cybersecurity, cloud / ERP platforms, TSA planning, and technology operating model.
Must-Have
- 6+ years/10+ years of post-MBA experience in M&A consulting, strategy consulting, transaction advisory, Private Equity, or a comparable deal environment.
- Demonstrated leadership in either Functional M&A or Tech / IT M&A across diligence, integration, separation, or portfolio value creation.
- Proven experience managing senior client stakeholders, engagement teams, governance forums, and executive-level deliverables.
- Strong commercial acumen, structured problem-solving, deal judgment, and ability to translate complex analysis into board-level recommendations.
- Experience contributing to business development, proposals, client orals, account shaping, or pipeline conversion in an M&A / transaction advisory context.
- Deep industry knowledge in one or more priority sectors: CMT, Financial Services, Resources, Healthcare / Life Sciences, Consumer Goods & Services, or Retail.
- Ability to lead in fast-paced, ambiguous, deadline-driven deal environments while coaching consultants and managing quality.
- Experience in Day 1 readiness, IMO / SMO setup, TSA management, synergy tracking, and separation governance.
- Experience working across multi-geography, cross-functional teams and with global delivery / offshore networks.
Good to Have
- Experience in GCC strategy, setup, scaling, optimization, or transformation initiatives.
- Exposure to AI-led transformation, analytics, automation, or digital enablement in a deal, transaction, or portfolio value creation context.
- Portfolio value creation, synergy realization, EBITDA improvement, or ESG strategy experience in a PE-backed context.
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About Accenture
Accenture is a leading global professional services company that helps the world’s leading businesses, governments and other organizations build their digital core, optimize their operations, accelerate revenue growth and enhance citizen services-creating tangible value at speed and scale. We are a talent- and innovation-led company with approximately 791,000 people serving clients in more than 120 countries. Technology is at the core of change today, and we are one of the world’s leaders in helping drive that change, with strong ecosystem relationships. We combine our strength in technology and leadership in cloud, data and AI with unmatched industry experience, functional expertise and global delivery capability. Our broad range of services, solutions and assets across Strategy & Consulting, Technology, Operations, Industry X and Song, together with our culture of shared success and commitment to creating 360° value, enable us to help our clients reinvent and build trusted, lasting relationships. We measure our success by the 360° value we create for our clients, each other, our shareholders, partners and communities.Visit us atwww.accenture.com
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