Senior Manager, Mergers & Acquisitions (Merger & Carveout Services)

West Monroe•Dallas, TX

10d•Hybrid

About The Position

West Monroe is seeking a Senior Manager to join its Merger & Carveout Services (MCS) team within the M&A Practice. This role advises private equity and corporate clients through pivotal moments, including evaluating acquisitions and divestitures, and designing and executing complex integrations and separations. The Senior Manager will lead high-impact transactions, advise executive stakeholders, and integrate business, technology, and data perspectives to solve challenges that influence deal outcomes. A key aspect of the role involves growing the M&A business, building client relationships, shaping new opportunities, and developing future leaders.

Requirements

8+ years of management consulting, transaction advisory, technology consulting, or related experience, with significant M&A experience.
Proven experience leading complex mergers, integrations, carveouts, divestitures, or transaction programs from diligence through execution.
Demonstrated success developing client relationships, identifying opportunities, and contributing to the sale and expansion of consulting engagements.
Experience advising C-level stakeholders and translating complex financial, operational, and technology issues into actionable recommendations.
Strong financial and commercial acumen, including experience with standalone costs, one-time costs, synergies, TSA analysis, or transaction-related financial modeling.
Experience leading multidisciplinary teams and managing engagement economics, risk, quality, and executive governance.
Experience integrating AI tools (e.g., ChatGPT) into day-to-day workflows to enhance productivity and insight generation, coupled with strong critical thinking to assess accuracy, mitigate bias, and ensure high-quality outputs.
Ability to travel 25 to 50%.
A commitment to inclusion and diversity, and openness to new ideas and perspectives.
Ability to work permanently in the United States without sponsorship.

Responsibilities

Lead complex buy-side and sell-side merger, integration, and carveout engagements across diligence, pre-close planning, Day 1 readiness, and post-close execution.
Serve as a trusted advisor to senior executives, connecting transaction objectives with practical strategies that manage risk and create value.
Lead multidisciplinary teams across IT, Finance & Accounting, HR, Procurement, Operations, Sales & Marketing, and other functions.
Guide complex analyses including standalone and one-time costs, synergies and dis-synergies, TSA strategy and negotiation, operating models, and value capture.
Own engagement scope, economics, staffing, quality, risk, and executive governance across multiple workstreams or engagements.
Leverage West Monroe’s Intellio™ assets, analytics, and M&A methodologies to accelerate planning, execution, reporting, and value realization.
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.
Originate and shape opportunities with private equity and corporate clients, expanding relationships through relevant M&A and cross-functional solutions.
Lead pursuits from opportunity identification through solution design, scoping, pricing, proposal development, and client presentations.
Build trusted executive relationships and serve as a go-to M&A advisor for clients and pursuit teams.
Develop an external network and strengthen West Monroe’s presence in the M&A market through industry relationships and events.
Advance MCS offerings, methodologies, accelerators, and intellectual capital based on evolving client and market needs.
Develop talent through coaching, Career Advisor responsibilities, quality review, and leadership of high-performing teams.
Contribute to recruiting, knowledge sharing, and collaboration across West Monroe’s industry, functional, and technology practices.