M&A Senior Manager

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.

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CEO Advisory 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 CEO Advisory, our Mergers and Acquisitions 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 l ead 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.

+ Deep knowledge of at least one major industry (e.g., Technology, Consumer Goods, Life Sciences, Energy, Financial Services).

+ 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)

+ 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 success managing senior client relationships and delivering…