Transaction Advisory Senior Manager

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Accenture Strategy combines deep industry knowledge, cutting-edge analytics, and bold insights to help clients navigate disruption and shape the future. We enable executives to maintain operational excellence while pivoting swiftly to new growth opportunities. Known for our speed and execution, we deliver competitive agility through transformative business and technology strategies.

Within Accenture Strategy, our Transaction Advisory (TA) group focuses on helping clients achieve the full potential of deals—both corporate and private equity—from idea inception to execution and value capture.

Your Role

We’re seeking a seasoned strategist who thrives across the M&A lifecycle—bringing innovation, sound judgment, and a passion for applying GenAI to unlock value at every stage of the deal. You will lead teams to help C-suite executives shape and execute growth, portfolio, and transformation strategies enabled by M&A. You’ll own client relationships, drive deal theses, quantify value creation, and orchestrate integration and separation programs that deliver measurable results.

Key Responsibilities

Client Advisory & Project Delivery

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.

Thought Leadership & Business Development

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.

Talent Development

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.

GenAI-Powered M&A Innovation

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.

Travel

As needed, up to 80%

Here's what you need:

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.

Bonus points if you have:

MBA or advanced degree in strategy, finance, or related field preferred.
Strong quantitative analysis skills, including financial analysis, competitive intelligence, and market analysis.
Deep M&A lifecycle experience: strategy, due diligence, integration/separation planning, carve-outs, joint ventures.
Proven track record leading M&A strategy engagements from inception through execution with measurable client impact.
Deep knowledge of at least one major industry (e.g., Technology, Consumer Goods, Life Sciences, Energy, Financial Services).
Proven success managing senior client relationships and delivering high-value outcomes.
Strong communication, presentation, and executive presence skills.
Experience with synergy modeling, transaction cost analysis, and value capture planning.
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 application of AI/GenAI tools in strategic or M&A-related contexts.
Established network within Corporate Development, Banking, or Private Equity (VP-level and above).
Technology / IT M&A functional experience (e.g., IT due diligence, integration/separation planning, IT TSA design; application portfolio rationalization; ERP carve-outs, cybersecurity risk assessment; IT cost & synergy modeling)

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Role Location Annual Salary Range

California $122,700 to $317,200

Colorado $122,700 to $317,200

District of Columbia $122,700 to $317,200

Illinois $122,700 to $317,200

Minnesota $122,700 to $317,200

Maryland $122,700 to $317,200

New York/New Jersey $122,700 to $317,200

Washington $122,700 to $317,200

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