Senior Consultant, Mergers & Acquisitions (exit-readiness)

West Monroe • Minneapolis, MN

18h

About The Position

Are you ready to make an impact? Our expert and award-winning Mergers & Acquisitions (M&A) practice seeks a Senior Consultant to join our rapidly growing Sell-Side Advisory (SSA) team. WM SSA consultants specialize in exit readiness, advising companies on the strategic and operational factors that can impact a potential recapitalization, financing, or exit to a strategic or financial buyer. WM’s model leverages the insights of experienced entrepreneurs, seasoned operators, and veteran deals professionals to proactively identify and act on both risk and opportunity, empowering management with precise coaching, and collaborating with investment banks to refine narratives around technology and operations. In this dynamic role, you will work with our national M&A practice, primarily serving portfolio companies of venture capital and private equity firms. As a Senior Consultant, you will play a critical role in the delivery of operational and technology assessments in a due diligence context and support exit readiness exercises for portfolio company leadership and their investors. You will be an integral part of our team, contributing to project execution and supporting the entrepreneurial process of growing a rapidly expanding offering.

Requirements

• Bachelor's degree or equivalent experience required
• Excellent critical thinking, oral and written communication skills
• 2-4 years working in roles that emphasize strategy, technology, and/or operations in a team-based, cross-functional environment
• 1-2 years of experience in investment banking, corporate development/strategy, entrepreneurship, if you do not have a consulting or M&A background
• Strong project management background (e.g., schedule/scope/issue management)
• Candidates must be eligible to work permanently in the United States without sponsorship
• Ability to travel up to 50%
• A commitment to inclusion and diversity, and openness to new ideas and perspectives

Nice To Haves

• Consulting firm experience a plus, but not required
• Entrepreneurial or corporate venture development experience a plus, but not required
• Financial modeling skills a plus, but not required
• Bias to action and comfort bringing structure to ambiguity
• Willingness to learn and develop new skillsets

Responsibilities

• Coordinate Transaction Services teams serving clients across industries with specific capabilities in mergers & acquisitions
• Collaborate with stakeholders involved in a sell-side process, including other advisors, investment banks, private equity or corporate owners, and C-level client executives
• Deliver sell-side due diligence projects focused on operational and technology strategy, organizational structures/operating models, and current state business processes and supporting technology
• Enhance methodologies for client delivery and practice innovation, and identify opportunities for internal efficiency gains through AI
• Support business development through prospect research and creation of sales collateral

Benefits

• Employees (and their families) are covered by medical, dental, vision, and basic life insurance.
• Employees are able to enroll in our company’s 401k plan, purchase shares from our employee stock ownership program and be eligible to receive annual bonuses.
• Employees will also receive unlimited flexible time off and ten paid holidays throughout the calendar year.
• Eligibility for ten weeks of paid parental leave will also be available upon hire date.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level
• Number of Employees: 1,001-5,000 employees