Mergers & Acquisition Strategy Manager

Accenture•Chicago, IL

7d•Hybrid

About The Position

Accenture Strategy combines deep industry knowledge, cutting-edge analytics, and bold insights to help clients navigate disruption and shape the future. We enable executives to maintain operational excellence while pivoting swiftly to new growth opportunities. Known for our speed and execution, we deliver competitive agility through transformative business and technology strategies. Within Accenture Strategy, our Transaction Advisory (TA) group focuses on helping clients achieve the full potential of deals—both corporate and private equity—from idea inception to execution and value capture. We’re seeking an M&A strategist to help clients unlock value through mergers, acquisitions, divestitures, joint ventures, and alliances. You will partner with senior executives to define deal strategy, assess market opportunities, and design integration or separation plans that deliver measurable business results. You will lead M&A workstreams and ensure high-quality delivery across the deal lifecycle—from target screening to due diligence, integration planning, and post-deal value realization. This role also involves leveraging GenAI tools to accelerate M&A value realization, from market scans to integration planning, and supporting the design and adoption of AI-augmented frameworks, playbooks, and performance measurement tools.

Requirements

Bachelor’s degree
Minimum of four years of relevant experience in strategy consulting, corporate development, investment banking, or private equity, with a focus on M&A.
Strong quantitative analysis skills, including financial analysis, competitive intelligence, and market analysis.
Proven M&A lifecycle experience: strategy, diligence, integration/separation, carve-outs, synergy planning.
Experience leading workstreams and contributing to client relationship development.
Strong communication, presentation, and executive presence skills.
Ability to operate effectively in fast-paced, ambiguous environments with multiple priorities.
Experience collaborating across deal ecosystems: bankers, legal advisors, target leadership, operational executives.

Nice To Haves

MBA or advanced degree in strategy, finance, or related field
Experience with synergy modeling, transaction cost analysis, and value capture planning.
Exposure to AI/ GenAI tools and their application in strategic or M&A-related contexts.
Technology / IT M&A functional experience (e.g., IT due diligence, integration/separation planning, IT TSA design; application portfolio rationalization; ERP carve-outs, cybersecurity risk assessment; IT cost & synergy modeling)
Sector expertise in relevant industries (e.g., technology, energy, consumer, industrials).

Responsibilities

Lead workstreams across M&A engagements: deal framing, target screening, due diligence, integration planning, joint venture development, carve-out, and divestiture planning.
Apply rigorous analysis to identify, quantify, and validate value creation opportunities, translating findings into actionable recommendations.
Lead and inspire teams of strategy consultants, ensuring delivery excellence and fostering a high-performance culture.
Mentor and coach junior team members to grow their M&A expertise and consulting capabilities.
Foster collaboration across cross-functional and geographically dispersed teams.
Contribute to Accenture’s M&A thought leadership agenda through insights, articles, and market perspectives.
Support go-to-market initiatives and pipeline pursuits, including opportunity identification, proposal development, and client presentations.
Leverage GenAI tools to accelerate M&A value realization, from market scans to integration planning.
Support the design and adoption of AI-augmented frameworks, playbooks, and performance measurement tools to strengthen and future-proof M&A execution.