Mergers & Acquisition Strategy Manager

Your Role

We’re seeking an M&A strategist to help clients unlock value through mergers, acquisitions, divestitures, joint ventures, and alliances. You will partner with senior executives to define deal strategy, assess market opportunities, and design integration or separation plans that deliver measurable business results. You will lead M&A work streams and ensure high-quality delivery across the deal lifecycle—from target screening to due diligence, integration planning, and post-deal value realization.

• Lead work streams across M&A engagements: deal framing, target screening, due diligence, integration planning, joint venture development, carve-out, and divestiture planning.
• Apply rigorous analysis to identify, quantify, and validate value creation opportunities, translating findings into actionable recommendations.

• 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.
• Foster collaboration across cross-functional and geographically dispersed teams.

• Contribute to Accenture’s M&A thought leadership agenda through insights, articles, and market perspectives.
• Support go-to-market initiatives and pipeline pursuits, including opportunity identification, proposal development, and client presentations.

• Leverage GenAI tools to accelerate M&A value realization, from market scans to integration planning.
• Support the design and adoption of AI-augmented frameworks, playbooks, and performance measurement tools to strengthen and future-proof M&A execution.

• As needed, could be up to 80%.

• Bachelor’s degree.
• Minimum of four years of relevant experience in strategy consulting, corporate development, investment banking, or private equity with a focus on M&A.

• MBA or advanced degree in strategy, finance, or related field.
• Experience with synergy modeling, transaction cost analysis, and value capture planning.
• Exposure to AI/GenAI tools and their application in strategic or M&A-related contexts.
• Technology/IT M&A functional experience.
• Strong quantitative analysis skills.
• Proven M&A lifecycle experience.
• Experience leading work streams and contributing to client relationship development.
• Strong communication, presentation, and executive presence skills.
• Experience collaborating across deal ecosystems.
• Sector expertise in relevant industries.

Compensation at Accenture varies depending on a wide array of factors, including office location, role, skill set, and level of experience. Accenture offers a market competitive suite of benefits including medical, dental, vision, life, and long-term disability coverage, a 401(k) plan, bonus opportunities, paid holidays, and paid time off.

California: $87,400 to $253,000
Cleveland: $87,400 to $253,000
Colorado: $87,400 to $253,000
District of Columbia: $87,400 to $253,000
Illinois: $87,400 to $253,000
Maine: $87,400 to $253,000
Maryland: $87,400 to $253,000
Massachusetts: $87,400 to $253,000
Minnesota: $87,400 to $253,000
New York: $87,400 to $253,000
New Jersey: $87,400 to $253,000
Virginia: $87,400 to $253,000
Washington: $87,400 to $253,000

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