Senior Consultant, Transactions Mergers, Integrations and Carve-Outs

FTI Consulting is the world’s leading expert-driven consulting firm. Over the last 40 years, FTI Consulting experts have served as the trusted advisor to Fortune 500 companies and the world’s leading law and private equity firms when they are facing their greatest opportunities and challenges. Our strong performance and continued success are a direct reflection of the ambition, energy, and commitment of our talented professionals across the globe to make a positive impact for our clients and communities.

At FTI Consulting, you’ll be inspired and empowered to make an impact on headline matters that change history. Working side by side with the world’s leading experts in your field, you’ll be surrounded by an open collaborative culture that embraces diversity, recognition, professional development and most importantly, you.  

There’s never been a more exciting time to join FTI Consulting and this is where you will do the most exciting and fulfilling work of your career.  

Are you ready to make an impact? 

About The Role

FTI Consulting is seeking a Senior Consultant to join our growing Mergers, Integrations, & Carve-Outs team. The Senior Consultant will work with clients in domestic and multinational companies across various and diverse industries.

The Senior Consultant will work with our clients and teams to improve efficiency and effectiveness at all stages of integrations and carve-outs; from helping assess and identify inorganic growth opportunities, to carving out and divesting parts of the business and every aspect in-between. As a Senior Consultant, you will make an impact by leveraging your education and experience to address key business issues and help tailor solutions to each unique situation.

Additionally, the Senior Consultant will help facilitate and execute functional integration and carve-out work streams and assist the client teams through the process lifecycle (current state, interim/desired state) and operating model development and optimization.

What You’ll Do

In FTI Consulting’s M&A Advisory practice, we provide transactions support and advisory to organizations undergoing major transitions, such as mergers and buy- and sell-side carve-outs. We maximize the value of transactions by mitigating risk, minimizing business disruption, and accelerating the evolution to the new company operating model. Our team supports clients throughout the entire M&A transaction life cycle, from pre-deal efforts through post-integration, to drive value through the successful execution of strategic objectives while optimizing revenue and cost synergies.

Key Responsibilities:

• Prepare timely and accurate reports, written analyses, presentations, and other client deliverables
• Provide service excellence by identifying and assisting key client business issues by supplementing the standard assessment techniques and tools with innovative approaches
• Evaluate and validate client analysis and develop recommendations in the context of the overall engagement
• Lead or support workstreams or a focus area across the transaction lifecycle from the Project Management Office (PMO), including standalone costing, synergy modeling and tracking, target operating model design, Day 1 Readiness, Executive Reporting, Integration/Separation Planning, Change Management and Communications
• Support Day 1 and Day 100 planning, execution and project management both centrally and in in key functional areas: Finance & Accounting, Human Resources, Corporate IT, Supply Chain (contracts) and Facilities
• Coordinate across stakeholders (Buyer, Seller, Legal Counsel, Investment Bankers, Lenders, other FTI teams) to drive progress and facilitate forums for decision making
• Drive target operating model design across an enterprise and support in the implementation of the design
• Drive an organized, efficient, and value-add PMO function, tracking operational progress across all workstreams, escalating risks, issues, and decisions, and reporting to executive leadership

How You’ll Grow  

This is an excellent opportunity to enhance and expand your background across mergers, integrations, and carve-outs and engagement management and project delivery while also gaining valuable management and developmental experience. You will have the opportunity to partner with our internal teams and diverse clients across various industries and continue to grow in new and complex functional areas and technologies.   

Basic Qualifications:

• Bachelor’s Degree in Accounting, Finance, Informational Systems, Economics, or related field of study
• 2+ years of post-graduate combined professional experience
• Ability to travel to clients and FTI office(s)
• Applicants must be currently authorized to work in the United States on a full-time basis; the employer will not sponsor applicants for work visas 

Preferred Qualifications:

• Foundational knowledge of and experience in the transaction lifecycle, supporting mergers and carve-outs through pre-Sign diligence, Sign-to-Close and Post-Close activities
• Working knowledge of the qualitative and quantitative aspects of business problems, with the ability to link business strategy to performance and due diligence research and content
• Understanding of financial statements, corporate functions and underlying revenue, cost and operational performance drivers
• Understanding of market & commercial dynamics and customer profitability drivers
• Ability to assess current processes and make recommendations based on analysis to senior stakeholders
• Ability to work with big data sets to conduct research and analysis on products, markets, competitors and customers to identify risks and opportunities, draw conclusions, and effectively communicate data
• Proficiency MS Office Suite including MS Excel and PowerPoint
• Experience in project management and leveraging tools, such as PowerBI or SmartSheet

Our Benefits    

Our goal is to support the well-being of you and your families—physically, emotionally, and financially. We offer comprehensive benefits such as the following:    

• Competitive total compensation, including bonus earning potential   
• Full package of benefits plans, including medical, dental, and vision coverage along with life and disability insurance  
• Generous paid time off   
• Company matched 401(k) retirement savings plan 
• Potential for flexible work arrangements  
• Generous paid parental leave and flex return support   
• Family care benefits, including back-up child/elder care   
• Employee wellness platform  
• Employee recognition programs  
• Paid time off for volunteering in your community
• Corporate matching for charitable donations most important to you  
• Make an impact in our communities through company sponsored pro bono work  
• Professional development and certification programs  
• Free in-office snacks and drinks  
• Free smartphone and cellular plan (if applicable)
• FTI Perks & Discounts at retailers and businesses 
• Upscale offices close to public transportation