Senior M&A & Carve-Outs Consultant

West Monroe

Chicago (IL)

On-site

USD 124,000 - 159,000

Full time

14 days+

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Benefits offered by this job

Unlimited flexible time off

Ten paid holidays

Annual bonuses

401k plan and equity options

Job summary

West Monroe is seeking a Senior Consultant for its Merger & Carve-out Services (MCS) team in the United States. You will work across the transaction lifecycle—from diligence and separation planning through Day 1 readiness and post-close execution—to help clients reduce risk, accelerate value realization, and build standalone businesses.

Collaborate with cross-functional stakeholders to deliver data-driven recommendations and grow the M&A practice.

Qualifications

4+ years of client-facing management or technology consulting in M&A settings.
Experience supporting mergers, acquisitions, integrations, carve-outs, or divestitures.
Experience developing financial models and standalone cost analyses.
Understanding of enterprise applications, infrastructure, cybersecurity, data, and technology operating models in an M&A environment.
Experience managing project workstreams and delivering high-quality client outcomes.

Responsibilities

Support buy-side and sell-side merger, integration, and carve-out engagements for private equity and corporate clients.
Develop standalone operating cost models, one-time separation cost estimates, synergy analyses, and technology financial models to support investment decisions and transaction execution.
Analyze business applications, infrastructure, cybersecurity, data, and technology operating models to assess risks, identify value creation opportunities, and develop integration or separation recommendations.
Support the planning, design, negotiation, and execution of Transition Services Agreements (TSAs), standalone operating models, and Day 1 readiness activities.
Lead technology workstreams across post-close merger and carve-out programs while managing project plans, risks, dependencies, budgets, and executive reporting.
Identify and document business, process, technology, contractual, and organizational entanglements to support successful separations and integrations.
Facilitate client workshops, present recommendations to executive stakeholders, and translate complex analyses into clear, actionable insights.
Leverage West Monroe's proprietary methodologies, accelerators, and Intellio assets to improve planning, governance, collaboration, and transaction execution.
Contribute to proposals, statements of work, client pursuits, and thought leadership initiatives that strengthen the growth of the M&A practice.
Mentor consultants and analysts by providing coaching, knowledge sharing, and quality review of project deliverables.
Leverage AI tools to accelerate analysis, synthesize complex information, and support data-driven recommendations for clients, exercising sound judgment in evaluating outputs.
Apply AI technologies (e.g., generative AI, automation tools, data models) to enhance insights, improve delivery efficiency, and elevate the quality of client outcomes.