About the Role
West Monroe is seeking a Manager to join their growing Merger & Carveout Services (MCS) team, helping private equity and corporate clients navigate complex transactions from deal evaluation to business separation and integration. As a Manager, you will lead teams at the intersection of business and technology, solving challenges, shaping decisions, and driving transaction plans to successful results.
Responsibilities
- Lead buy-side and sell-side merger, integration, and carveout engagements for private equity and corporate clients.
- Manage all engagement elements including scope, budgets, staffing, workstreams, deliverables, profitability, risks, quality, and executive reporting.
- Lead cross-functional diligence, planning, and execution across IT, Finance & Accounting, HR, Procurement, Operations, Sales & Marketing, and organizational design.
- Develop and oversee standalone run-rate and one-time cost models, synergy and dis-synergy analyses, TSA strategies, operating models, and Day 1 readiness plans.
- Translate complex financial, operational, and technology findings into actionable recommendations aligned with the client’s investment thesis.
- Leverage West Monroe’s Intellio™ assets, analytics, and M&A methodologies to strengthen governance, collaboration, reporting, and value realization.
- Utilize AI tools to accelerate analysis, synthesize complex information, and support data-driven recommendations.
- Apply AI technologies to enhance insights, improve delivery efficiency, and elevate client outcomes.
- Build trusted client relationships and identify opportunities to expand West Monroe’s impact.
- Contribute M&A expertise to pursuits and lead components of proposals, solution development, scoping, and pricing.
- Collaborate across West Monroe’s industry, functional, and technology teams to shape solutions.
- Develop and improve MCS methodologies, tools, templates, and accelerators.
- Coach and mentor team members, provide actionable feedback, and contribute to recruiting and talent development.
- Share transaction expertise and lessons learned to strengthen M&A capabilities.
Requirements
- 5–7 years of management consulting, transaction advisory, technology consulting, or related experience, including experience with mergers, integrations, carveouts, or divestitures.
- Experience managing client engagements or complex workstreams, including scope, financials, teams, risks, quality, and senior stakeholder relationships.
- Experience across the M&A lifecycle, including diligence, separation or integration planning, TSA analysis, standalone cost modeling, synergy analysis, Day 1 readiness, or post-close execution.
- Strong business and financial acumen with the ability to connect operational and technology considerations to deal value and the investment thesis.
- Experience leading cross-functional teams and translating complex analysis into clear, executive-ready recommendations.
- Strong analytical, problem-solving, project management, facilitation, and communication skills.
- 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.
Skills
- Merger integration
- Carveout
- Divestitures
- Transaction advisory
- Technology consulting
- Client engagement management
- Financial analysis
- Operational analysis
- Technology analysis
- Cross-functional team leadership
- AI tools integration
- Generative AI
- Problem-solving
- Project management
- Facilitation
- Communication
Location
- Seattle
- Washington, D.C.
- Los Angeles
- New York City
- San Francisco
- Remote (based on proximity to an office)
Work Type
- Full-time
- Hybrid
Experience Level
- Manager
Salary/Compensations
- Seattle or Washington, D.C.: $171,300—$201,500 USD
- Los Angeles: $179,400—$211,100 USD
- New York City or San Francisco: $187,600—$220,700 USD
- A location not listed above: $163,100—$191,900 USD
Benefits
- Medical insurance
- Dental insurance
- Vision insurance
- Basic life insurance
- 401k plan
- Employee stock ownership program
- Annual bonuses
- Unlimited flexible time off
- Ten paid holidays
- Ten weeks of paid parental leave
About the Company
- West Monroe is a global business and technology consulting firm passionate about creating measurable value for clients and delivering real-world solutions.
- They focus on the combination of business and technology, applying technology to solve challenges and achieve lasting outcomes.
- The company emphasizes working collaboratively with clients, co-creating solutions and turning vision into action with lasting impact.
Equal Opportunity
- West Monroe is an Equal Employment Opportunity Employer.
- Employment decisions are based on merit, experience, and potential, without regard to race, color, national origin, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, marital status, age, religion, disability, veteran status, or any other characteristic prohibited by federal, state or local law.
- Information on diversity, equity and inclusion is available at www.westmonroe.com/inclusion.
- Reasonable accommodation during the recruiting process can be requested by emailing recruiting@westmonroe.com.
