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

The posting, as West Monroe wrote it

Are you ready to make an impact?

West Monroe is seeking a Senior Consultant to join our growing Merger & Carveout Services (MCS) team. We help private equity and corporate clients navigate complex mergers, acquisitions, carve-outs, divestitures, and integrations by combining deep transaction experience with technology, operational, and financial expertise.

As a Senior Consultant, you will work across the transaction lifecycle—from diligence and separation planning through Day 1 readiness and post-close execution—to help clients reduce execution risk, accelerate value realization, and build stronger standalone businesses. You'll partner with cross-functional client stakeholders to solve complex challenges, develop data-driven recommendations, and deliver measurable business outcomes. You'll also contribute to the continued growth of our M&A practice through business development, knowledge sharing, and mentoring.

What You Will Do

• Support buy-side and sell-side merger, integration, and carve-out engagements for private equity and corporate clients across multiple industries.
• Develop standalone operating cost models, one-time separation cost estimates, synergy analyses, and technology financial models to support investment decisions and transaction execution.
• Analyze business applications, infrastructure, cybersecurity, data, and technology operating models to assess risks, identify value creation opportunities, and develop integration or separation recommendations.
• Support the planning, design, negotiation, and execution of Transition Services Agreements (TSAs), standalone operating models, and Day 1 readiness activities.
• Lead technology workstreams across post-close merger and carve-out programs while managing project plans, risks, dependencies, budgets, and executive reporting.
• Identify and document business, process, technology, contractual, and organizational entanglements to support successful separations and integrations.
• Facilitate client workshops, present recommendations to executive stakeholders, and translate complex analyses into clear, actionable insights.
• Leverage West Monroe's proprietary methodologies, accelerators, and Intellio™ assets to improve planning, governance, collaboration, and transaction execution.
• Contribute to proposals, statements of work, client pursuits, and thought leadership initiatives that strengthen the growth of the M&A practice.
• Mentor consultants and analysts by providing coaching, knowledge sharing, and quality review of project deliverables.
• 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.

What You Will Bring

• 4+ years of client-facing management consulting, technology c

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e know that technology alone is not the answer, but how we apply it is. We rely on data to constantly adapt and solve new challenges. Actions that work today with outcomes that generate value for years to come.

At West Monroe, we zero in on the heart of the opportunity, getting to results faster and preparing people for what’s next.

You’ll feel the difference in how we work. We show up personally. We’re right there in the room with you, co-creating through the challenges. With West Monroe, collaboration isn’t a lofty promise, but a daily action. We work together with you to turn vision into clear action with lasting impact.

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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