Jobtailor

• Lead and expand Armanino’s M&A Strategy, Integration & Transformation capabilities

• Advise private equity sponsors, portfolio companies, and corporate acquirers on mergers, acquisitions, integrations, and carve-outs

• Devote at least 50% of time to market-facing and business development activities, including relationship development, opportunity identification, pursuit strategy, proposal development, and closing new work

• Design and lead Integration Management Offices, including governance, workstream structure, decision rights, integrated plans, dependencies, risks, issues, executive reporting, Day 1 readiness, first-100-day execution, and accelerated value creation plans

• Direct synergy and value-capture programs and guide carve-out and separation programs, including transition service agreement governance, standalone readiness, exit plans, and operational stabilization

• Assemble and lead multidisciplinary teams across Strategy & Transformation, CFO Advisory, Transaction Advisory, Finance and Accounting, Human Capital, Technology, Data, Tax, and other value-creation capabilities

• Serve as the senior relationship owner and trusted advisor to deal sponsors, CEOs, CFOs, operating partners, and integration leaders

• Oversee engagement quality, economics, staffing, risk management, and measurable outcomes

• Recruit, coach, and retain a high-performing team; develop future engagement leaders; and strengthen the practice’s methods, tools, playbooks, quality standards, and reusable intellectual property

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree or equivalent work experience

• Minimum 15 years of relevant professional experience, with significant leadership responsibility in management consulting, private equity operations, corporate development, enterprise transformation, or a comparable environment

• Deep experience leading merger integrations, carve-outs, or complex transaction programs, including direct responsibility for an Integration Management Office or enterprise-level integration governance

• Demonstrated track record of originating, selling, and expanding complex consulting engagements and building executive-level client relationships

• Ability to travel based on client and business development needs

• Flexibility to work from home while collaborating in person half the time

• MBA or other relevant advanced degree (preferred)

• Strong operational orientation and working knowledge of multiple business functions

• Ability to connect operational actions to the deal thesis, financial outcomes, and enterprise value

• Experience mobilizing and leading multidisciplinary teams spanning operational transformation, finance, transaction advisory, technology, human capital, and other specialist capabilities

• Strong commercial judgment, including scoping, pricing, contracting, engagement economics, delivery risk, and account expansion

• Exceptional executive communication, facilitation, negotiation, and relationship-management skills

Core Competencies

Demonstrates expertise in M&A Strategy, Integration Management, and Transformation, with a strong focus on leading multidisciplinary teams and driving value creation through effective governance and operational execution. Proven ability to build executive-level relationships and manage complex consulting engagements in private equity and corporate development.

Highest-signal resume keywords

• M&A Strategy

• Integration Management Office Leadership

• Complex Transaction Programs

• Executive Communication

• Business Development

Hard Skills

• Merger Integration

• Carve-Outs

• Governance Structure

• Value-Capture Programs

• Operational Stabilization

• Proposal Development

• Engagement Economics

• Risk Management

• Decision Rights

• First-100-Day Execution

Soft Skills

• Relationship Management

• Negotiation

• Facilitation

• Coaching

• Team Leadership

Certifications & Qualifications

• MBA

Industry Keywords

• Private Equity

• Corporate Development

• Enterprise Transformation

• Transaction Advisory

• Operational Transformation