Senior Consultant | Private Equity Consulting

FMI • Raleigh, NC

4d • Onsite

About The Position

FMI’s Private Equity Services Practices focuses on supporting financial sponsors with transaction-related consulting services and value creation efforts specific to firms operating in the built environment. Our clients span the range of financial sponsors from $100+ billion AUM firms to independent sponsors and family offices. With FMI’s more than 70+ years of exclusive focus on the built environment, our mission is to help financial sponsors unlock growth, enhance performance, and create lasting value in this vital industry.

We are seeking a high-energy, entrepreneurial senior consultant to join our growing team. The qualified individual will spend 90% of their time working with our financial sponsor clients providing advisory services including commercial due diligence, operational due diligence, value-creation and other transaction support. In this role, you will gain first-hand experience working with the stakeholders in the deal process and be a trusted advisor. The role will engage with confidential information and be at the leading edge of M&A activity occurring in the built environment.

This is a full-time opportunity that requires limited travel (<10%) and will be based out of our corporate headquarters in Raleigh, North Carolina.

All applicants for employment must be legally authorized to work in the US on a full-time basis. Visa sponsorship is not available at this time.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in business, economics, finance or information systems; MBA or an equivalent master's degree from an accredited top-tier college or university is preferred
• Minimum of 5-7 years of professional services experience with strong consultative skills. Prior strategy consulting and M&A consulting experience preferred; private equity, investment banking or other M&A disciplines considered as well.
• Exceptional project management and experience leading a team in a fast-paced consulting environment required
• Entrepreneurial spirit, strong emotional intelligence and track record of accomplishment
• Proven leadership skills and the ability to exercise sound independent judgment in an ambiguous environment
• Team oriented nature and ability to provide support and guidance to early tenure professionals
• Time management skills, ability to manage competing priorities, and an ability to execute at a high-level under tight time constraints
• Excellent written and verbal communication, listening, analytical, problem solving, interpersonal and relationship-building skills

Nice To Haves

• MBA or an equivalent master's degree from an accredited top-tier college or university is preferred
• Prior strategy consulting and M&A consulting experience preferred; private equity, investment banking or other M&A disciplines considered as well.

Responsibilities

• Work directly with principals and partners to assess, analyze and develop a methodology to address our clients’ most important strategic initiatives
• Project manage consulting engagements with accelerated timeframes that are research intensive and require strong teamwork
• Source insights from conducting interviews of leading industry stakeholders, mining existing information sources and leveraging FMI’s 70+ years of experience servicing the leading organizations in the industry
• Develop compelling presentations and reports that tell a story to deliver strategic insight
• Engage with executive-level leadership at our client organizations to deliver the findings and recommendations of our engagements
• Actively engage in thought leadership development to support FMI’s point of view in the industry

Benefits

• FMI provides a comprehensive benefit package consisting of paid employee medical insurance, life insurance and LT disability, as well as other benefit elections.
• FMI’s package includes a strong 401(k) plan, PTO, and parental leave benefit.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level