Senior Consultant, Mergers & Acquisitions (Merger & Carve-out)

Senior Consultant, Mergers & Acquisitions (Merger & Carve-out)

West Monroe is seeking a Senior Consultant with expertise in M&A and a strong passion for technology to join our rapidly growing Merger & Carveout Services (MCS) team. The role supports Private Equity and corporate clients across all industries in mergers, divestitures, and carve-out transactions with an IT lens. Areas of focus include business applications, infrastructure, cybersecurity, and IT organization.

Responsibilities

Project Delivery

• Develop and analyze financial models to evaluate transaction impact, including bottom-up and top-down IT cost analysis (e.g., cost synergies, TSA replacement) across the P / L, evaluating cost pools / vendors and developing one-time cost estimates.
• Manage transaction one-time cost and business run‑rate cost models, providing executive‑level readouts on all cost drivers.
• Analyze key business applications (e.g., ERP, CRM, HRIS) against business / industry requirements and complete application dispositioning with input from application leaders.
• Lead technology workstreams (business applications, infrastructure, cybersecurity, etc.) in post‑close merger or carve‑out engagements.
• Support scoping, building, and pricing Transition Service Agreements (TSAs).
• Determine and document entanglements among people, process, technology, assets, and contracts between NewCo and Parent (carve‑out) and develop synergy models (merger).
• Configure and maintain program management workspaces (Smartsheet), manage workplans, risks / issues / decisions logs, and create custom dashboards / reports / workflows.
• Support transformation IT projects from a project‑management perspective (e.g., Day 1 readiness planning, post‑close technology execution management).
• Identify and manage cross‑functional dependencies across finance, legal, HR, and other key areas to ensure cohesive transaction execution.
• Lead client‑facing meetings, manage project timelines and deliverables, and oversee budget adherence.
• Present complex findings to C‑level stakeholders with clarity and executive presence.
• Deliver high‑quality work products autonomously and collaborate with other workstreams / teams to ensure consistency and quality of outputs.

Other Responsibilities

Qualifications

Compensation & Benefits

Based on pay‑transparency guidelines, the salary range for this role varies based on proximity to a West Monroe office. Individual salaries are determined by geography, experience, skills, education, and internal equity.

Employees (and their families) are covered by medical, dental, vision, and basic life insurance. Employees can enroll in the company’s 401(k) plan, purchase shares from an employee‑stock‑ownership program, and are eligible for annual bonuses. Employees receive unlimited flexible time off and ten paid holidays throughout the calendar year. Eligibility for ten weeks of paid parental leave is also available upon hire date.

Salary ranges by location :

Seattle or Washington, D.C. : $124,100—$146,000 USD

Los Angeles : $130,000—$152,900 USD

New York City or San Francisco : $135,900—$159,900 USD

Other location : $118,200—$139,000 USD

Equal Employment Opportunity

West Monroe is an equal‑employment‑opportunity employer. We believe in treating each employee and applicant for employment fairly and with dignity. We base our employment decisions 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. To learn more about diversity, equity and inclusion at West Monroe, visit www.westmonroe.com / inclusion. If you require a reasonable accommodation to participate in our recruiting process, please inquire by sending an email to recruiting@westmonroe.com.

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Metadata

Seniority level : Mid‑Senior level

Employment type : Full‑time

Job function : Business Development and Sales, Industries : Business Consulting and Services

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