Senior Consultant, Advisory (Financial Sponsors)

AECOM•New York, NY

16h•$130,000 - $200,000•Hybrid

About The Position

AECOM is hiring a Senior Consultant for its Management Consulting – Financial Sponsors team in New York, NY. The role supports private equity and infrastructure fund clients with commercial and technical due diligence, market assessments, and post-acquisition value creation. It is a client-facing, deal-oriented practice with direct exposure to live M&A transactions and regular interaction with private equity deal teams. The role is based in AECOM’s New York office and is in-person four days a week. The Senior Consultant defines, leads, and manages multiple tasks within a workstream as part of a larger engagement. At this level, the role co-leads engagements, client relationships, and team development, with responsibility for leading engagements end-to-end, owning senior client relationships, and contributing to business development. The position offers the opportunity to help build a newly established offering and shape its approach, methodologies, and client relationships as it grows. The role works with AECOM’s technical subject-matter experts to apply financial and commercial perspectives to technical due diligence and asset management projects, and supports portfolio companies with post-acquisition value creation and 100-day planning. Domestic travel may be required for client engagements. Sponsorship assistance is not offered now or in the future, and relocation assistance is unavailable. AECOM intends to fill this current vacancy by October 29, 2026.

Requirements

Bachelor’s degree and at least 6 years of management consulting or related experience, such as technical consulting, business analyst roles, public policy, economics research, private equity, investment banking, or corporate strategy; or demonstrated equivalency of experience and/or education.
Experience demonstrating numerical reasoning and quantitative skills.
Experience demonstrating analytical and logical reasoning and structured problem-solving skills, including using abstraction techniques to address ambiguous client problems and processing large volumes of client information.
Ability to travel domestically as needed for client engagements.

Nice To Haves

MBA, MPA, or another advanced degree in a related field.
Strong commercial acumen and willingness to develop an informed point of view, grounded in interest in enterprise challenges involving people, process, and technology, and in understanding client industries and their context.
Experience in management consulting, transaction advisory, investment banking, corporate development, or private equity, with direct exposure to due diligence or M&A processes.
Working proficiency in financial modeling and quantitative analysis in Excel.
Strong written and verbal communication skills, including the ability to synthesize complex information into clear, client-ready deliverables.
Ability to thrive in a fast-paced, deadline-driven deal environment while managing multiple priorities.
Prior experience directly supporting private equity or financial sponsor clients on commercial or technical due diligence.
Background or strong interest in infrastructure-related sectors, including engineering and construction, environmental services, energy, utilities, or industrials.
Experience with data visualization and presentation tools such as PowerPoint or Tableau.
Experience managing junior staff or coordinating workstreams on deal teams.
Established relationships with private equity or infrastructure fund clients and a track record contributing to business development.

Responsibilities

Support buy-side and sell-side commercial due diligence for private equity and infrastructure fund clients, including market sizing, competitive analysis, ESG and sustainability topics, and expert and customer interviews.
Build financial models and data-driven analyses to evaluate target companies’ growth potential, market position, and risk.
Research infrastructure-adjacent sectors, including engineering and construction, environmental services, energy transition, utilities, and industrials, to inform investment theses.
Develop client-ready deliverables, presentations, reports, and data visualizations for client deal teams and investment committees.
Partner with AECOM technical subject-matter experts to bring a financial and commercial perspective to technical due diligence and asset management projects.
Support post-acquisition value creation and 100-day planning for portfolio companies, identifying operational improvement opportunities.
Build relationships with private equity deal teams, portfolio company executives, and internal AECOM stakeholders.
Lead engagements end-to-end, including scoping, staffing, workplan management, and overall quality and timeliness of delivery.
Own senior client relationships and serve as a trusted advisor to private equity deal teams and portfolio company leadership.
Drive business development, lead proposal development, identify new opportunities, and help expand the Financial Sponsors offering.
Manage, develop, and evaluate Analysts and Consultants staffed on engagements.