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

West Monroe is seeking a Senior Manager to join our Merger & Carveout Services (MCS) team within our M&A Practice. We advise private equity and corporate clients through pivotal moments—from evaluating acquisitions and divestitures to designing and executing complex integrations and separations.

As a Senior Manager, you will lead high-impact transactions, advise executive stakeholders, and bring together business, technology, and data perspectives to solve challenges that directly influence deal outcomes. You will also play a key role in growing our M&A business, building client relationships, shaping new opportunities, and developing our next generation of leaders.

What You Will Do

Client Delivery

Lead complex buy-side and sell-side merger, integration, and carveout engagements across diligence, pre-close planning, Day 1 readiness, and post-close execution.

Serve as a trusted advisor to senior executives, connecting transaction objectives with practical strategies that manage risk and create value.

Lead multidisciplinary teams across IT, Finance & Accounting, HR, Procurement, Operations, Sales & Marketing, and other functions.

Guide complex analyses including standalone and one-time costs, synergies and dis-synergies, TSA strategy and negotiation, operating models, and value capture.

Own engagement scope, economics, staffing, quality, risk, and executive governance across multiple workstreams or engagements.

Leverage West Monroe’s Intellio™ assets, analytics, and M&A methodologies to accelerate planning, execution, reporting, and value realization.

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.

Business Development

Originate and shape opportunities with private equity and corporate clients, expanding relationships through relevant M&A and cross-functional solutions.

Lead pursuits from opportunity identification through solution design, scoping, pricing, proposal development, and client presentations.

Build trusted executive relationships and serve as a go-to M&A advisor for clients and pursuit teams.

Develop an external network and strengthen West Monroe’s presence in the M&A market through industry relationships and events.

Practice Development

Advance MCS offerings, methodologies, accelerators, and intellectual capital based on evolving client and market needs.

Develop talent through coaching, Career Advisor responsibilities, quality review, and leadership of high-performing teams.

Contribute to recruiting, knowledge sharing, and collaboration across West Monroe’s industry, functional, and technology practices.

What You Will Bring

8+ years of management consulting, transaction advisory, technology consulting, or related experience, with significant M&A experience.

Proven experience leading complex mergers, integrations, carveouts, divestitures, or transaction programs from diligence through execution.

Demonstrated success developing client relationships, identifying opportunities, and contributing to the sale and expansion of consulting engagements.

Experience advising C-level stakeholders and translating complex financial, operational, and technology issues into actionable recommendations.

Strong financial and commercial acumen, including experience with standalone costs, one-time costs, synergies, TSA analysis, or transaction-related financial modeling.

Experience leading multidisciplinary teams and managing engagement economics, risk, quality, and executive governance.

Experience integrating AI tools (e.g., ChatGPT) into day-to-day workflows to enhance productivity and insight generation, coupled with strong critical thinking to assess accuracy, mitigate bias, and ensure high-quality outputs.

Ability to travel 25 to 50%.

A commitment to inclusion and diversity, and openness to new ideas and perspectives.

Ability to work permanently in the United States without sponsorship.

Based on pay transparency guidelines, the salary range for this role can vary based on your proximity to one of our West Monroe offices (see table below). Information on our competitive total rewards package, including our bonus structure and benefits is here. Individual salaries are determined by evaluating a variety of factors including geography, experience, skills, education, and internal equity.

Employees (and their families) are covered by medical, dental, vision, and basic life insurance. Employees are able to enroll in our company’s 401k plan, purchase shares from our employee stock ownership program and be eligible to receive annual bonuses. Employees will also receive unlimited flexible time off and ten paid holidays throughout the calendar year. Eligibility for ten weeks of paid parental leave will also be available upon hire date.

Seattle or Washington, D.C.

$209,800—$246,800 USD

Los Angeles

$219,800—$258,500 USD

New York City or San Francisco

$229,800—$270,300 USD

A location not listed above

$199,800—$235,000 USD