Senior Consultant, Deal Transformation – Operational Due Diligence and M&A Value Creation

In this role you help clients unlock value from M&A by driving operational due diligence and value creation across deals. You work with corporate management, PE and M&A professionals to translate insights into actionable recommendations within a cross-functional Deloitte team. You shape analyses on revenue, COGS and SG&A improvements, synergies, and stand-alone costs to support due diligence and post‑deal value realization. This position offers a hands-on, collaborative environment with mentorship and opportunities to influence deal outcomes.

• flexible and hybrid working conditions
• wellbeing programmes
• parential programmes
• mentoring and high-quality training
• opportunities to connect and learn across Deloitte
• inclusive, supportive environment

• Drive day-to-day delivery of analyses and workstreams in M&A value creation and pre-deal due diligence
• Conduct operational due diligence, baselining and analyses and translate findings into client deliverables
• Assess merger synergies and impact of carve-outs on entities involved
• Prepare for and participate in client interviews and workshops with senior stakeholders
• Synthesize qualitative and quantitative information into clear value creation hypotheses and narratives
• Apply an 80/20 mindset to focus on issues most material to the transaction and investment thesis
• Develop practical, evidence-based value creation recommendations
• Take ownership of activities, timelines and deliverables, and communicate progress to senior team members
• Coordinate with and mentor junior colleagues and review their analyses
• Build effective working relationships with client teams and Deloitte colleagues
• Support business development through research, proposals, pitches and client materials
• Contribute to practice development initiatives focusing on M&A value creation and pre-deal diligence

• Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in business, economics, finance, engineering or another relevant discipline
• At least three years of relevant experience in M&A, with a focus on commercial or operational due diligence in Big Four, strategy consultancy or restructuring advisers
• Experience in operational due diligence with exposure to synergies, separation diagnostics and standalone costing, business diagnostics or financial baselining
• Ideally experience in commercial due diligence, business planning and revenue growth
• Understanding of due diligence processes and documentation in advisory environments
• Industry knowledge in Energy, Resources & Industrials; Consumer; Life Sciences & Healthcare; or Technology, Media & Telecommunications
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills with ability to dissect complex issues
• Strong quantitative skills and comfort with financial/operational data
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills for clear client presentations
• Proactive, collaborative, pragmatic, detail-oriented and quality-focused work style
• Full professional proficiency in English; German fluency (Swiss German desirable)

• analytical thinking
• communication
• collaboration
• operational due diligence
• financial baselining
• synergy identification and quantification