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About the Role

We are seeking a seasoned strategist for our Mergers and Acquisitions group within CEO Advisory. This role involves leading teams to help C-suite executives shape and execute growth, portfolio, and transformation strategies enabled by M&A. You will own client relationships, drive deal theses, quantify value creation, and orchestrate integration and separation programs that deliver measurable results, with a focus on applying GenAI to unlock value.

Responsibilities

Serve as a trusted advisor to C-suite leaders in Fortune 500 and FTSE companies, advising on strategic transactions, transformation, and value creation.
Oversee full-scope M&A engagements: deal framing, target screening, due diligence, integration planning, joint venture development, carve-out and divestiture planning.
Ensure each engagement delivers on value creation targets, risk mitigation, and strategic alignment.
Represent Accenture in the market through published insights, conference speaking, and industry panels.
Collaborate with Accenture’s global M&A and industry teams to shape go-to-market offerings.
Drive pipeline opportunities from origination to signed contract and delivery, leveraging capabilities and offerings across Accenture.
Lead and inspire teams of strategy consultants, ensuring delivery excellence and fostering a high-performance culture.
Mentor and coach junior team members to grow their M&A expertise and consulting capabilities.
Embed GenAI into M&A workflows—accelerating target identification, synthesizing diligence findings, guiding integration planning, and enabling post-merger capability building.
Design and implement AI-augmented frameworks, playbooks, and performance measurement tools to strengthen and future-proof M&A execution.

Requirements

Bachelor’s degree
Minimum of 6 years of relevant experience in strategy consulting, corporate development, investment banking, or private equity, with significant M&A focus
Minimum of 2 years of experience originating, qualifying, and closing new opportunities—including developing proposals and engaging in business development activities.
Deep M&A lifecycle experience: strategy, due diligence, integration/separation planning, carve-outs, joint ventures.
Proven success managing senior client relationships and delivering high-value outcomes.
Strong communication, presentation, and executive presence skills.
Ability to operate effectively in fast-paced, ambiguous environments with multiple priorities.
Experience collaborating across deal ecosystems: bankers, legal advisors, target leadership, operational executives.
Track record in identifying and executing on divestiture, acquisition, or alliance opportunities.
Proven track record leading M&A strategy engagements from inception through execution with measurable client impact

Skills

GenAI
M&A
Strategy Consulting
Corporate Development
Investment Banking
Private Equity
Deal Framing
Target Screening
Due Diligence
Integration Planning
Joint Venture Development
Carve-out Planning
Divestiture Planning
Value Creation
Risk Mitigation
Strategic Alignment
Thought Leadership
Business Development
Talent Development
AI/GenAI tools
Quantitative Analysis
Financial Analysis
Competitive Intelligence
Market Analysis
Synergy Modeling
Transaction Cost Analysis
Value Capture Planning
Executive Presence

Location

California
Cleveland
Colorado
District of Columbia
Illinois
Maine
Maryland
Massachusetts
Minnesota
New York
New Jersey
Virginia
Washington

Work Type

As needed, up to 80% travel

Experience Level

Minimum of 6 years of relevant experience
Minimum of 2 years of experience originating, qualifying, and closing new opportunities

Education Level

Bachelor’s degree
MBA or advanced degree in strategy, finance, or related field preferred

Salary/Compensations

$122,700 to $317,200

Benefits

Medical, dental, vision, life, and long-term disability coverage
401(k) plan
Bonus opportunities
Paid holidays
Paid time off

About the Company

Accenture is a leading global professional services company that helps the world’s leading businesses, governments and other organizations build their digital core, optimize their operations, accelerate revenue growth and enhance citizen services—creating tangible value at speed and scale.
We are a talent- and innovation-led company with approximately 791,000 people serving clients in more than 120 countries.
Technology is at the core of change today, and we are one of the world’s leaders in helping drive that change, with strong ecosystem relationships.
We combine our strength in technology and leadership in cloud, data and AI with unmatched industry experience, functional expertise and global delivery capability.
Our broad range of services, solutions and assets across Strategy & Consulting, Technology, Operations, Industry X and Song, together with our culture of shared success and commitment to creating 360° value, enable us to help our clients reinvent and build trusted, lasting relationships.
We measure our success by the 360° value we create for our clients, each other, our shareholders, partners and communities.
Visit us at www.accenture.com

Equal Opportunity

We have an unwavering commitment to diversity with the aim that every one of our people has a full sense of belonging within our organization.
As a business imperative, every person at Accenture has the responsibility to create and sustain an inclusive environment.
Inclusion and diversity are fundamental to our culture and core values.
Our rich diversity makes us more innovative and more creative, which helps us better serve our clients and our communities.
Accenture is committed to providing equal employment opportunities for persons with disabilities or religious observances, including reasonable accommodation when needed.
We believe that no one should be discriminated against because of their differences.
All employment decisions shall be made without regard to age, race, creed, color, religion, national origin, ancestry, disability status, military veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, genetic information, marital status, citizenship status or any other basis as protected by applicable law.
Accenture is an EEO and Affirmative Action Employer of Veterans/Individuals with Disabilities.
Accenture is committed to providing veteran employment opportunities to our service men and women.