M&A Financial Due Diligence Data Analytics Consultant

Our Deloitte Strategy & Transactions team helps guide clients through their most critical moments and transformational initiatives. We offer comprehensive end-to-end support and advisory services, covering areas such as mergers and acquisitions (M&A), valuation modeling, cost optimization, restructuring, business design and transformation, infrastructure and real estate, and sustainability. The team works closely with clients at every stage of their journey, helping them navigate challenges, avoid financial pitfalls, and implement practical solutions before, during, and after major transformational projects or transactions creating lasting impact.

Work you'll do

As a Consultant, Strategy, Growth, and Transformation on the M&A team, you will be responsible for...

• Gathering, normalizing, validating, and analyzing transactional data, including sales and inventory data, to develop and test deal hypotheses
• Working with cross-functional teams across financial, accounting, operational, and tax due diligence to manage data analysis and support transaction execution
• Using business intelligence tools and data analytics to generate meaningful insights tied to client investment hypotheses and transaction decisions
• Identifying opportunities to design and develop visualizations and dashboards that enable effective and repeatable analysis of large transactional datasets
• Working with teams and advising clients directly, including C-suite and private equity executives, while coordinating with FP&A and Strategic Finance personnel to identify, collect, and validate data from client databases

Team members collaborate with other transaction service analytics professionals, members of the deal teams and clients to produce analyses within fast-paced transaction deadlines. This is not a "back-office" position; this is front-line client interaction with significant opportunity for growth and advancement.

A successful candidate would possess these skills:

• Ability to work independently and collaborate as part of a team
• Effective written and verbal communication skills
• Meticulous attention to detail and quality of work product
• Ability to build and sustain professional relationships
• Ability to lead projects or workstreams
• Ability to manage and prioritize multiple tasks in a fast-paced and dynamic environment
• Strong interpersonal skills and professional demeanor
• Ability to meet deadlines
• Ability to provide clear guidance to others

The team

An in-depth understanding of the M&A landscape, market experience, and access to our global network of advisors means we have the capabilities to help clients confidently pursue strategic transactions in both domestic and global markets - this includes managing the entire M&A lifecycle. Working with our clients to develop growth strategies based on their organizational goals, our services are designed to help clients be prepared to capitalize on opportunities during the merger, acquisition or divestiture process.

Qualifications

Required:

• Bachelor's Degree in Accounting, Finance, Management Information Systems, Mathematics, Statistics, Economics or similar
• 1 plus years of experience analyzing large datasets, including demonstrated understanding of data manipulation tools
• Demonstrated knowledge of advanced business analytics and data mining solutions
• Demonstrated understanding of multiple business cycles (examples include but not limited to Order-to-cash revenue cycle, procurement, Supply Chain, Inventory, etc.)
• Experience designing and storytelling via data visualization (examples include but not limited to Tableau, Power BI, Excel Charts, etc.)
• Experience analyzing or managing accounting, financial or transactional data
• Demonstrable evidence of effective team leadership, client relationship development, preferably in a client service setting
• Ability to travel up to 20%, on average, based on the work you do and the clients and industries/sectors you serve
• Must be legally authorized to work in the United States without the need for employer sponsorship, now or at any time in the future

Preferred:

• Strong working knowledge of data structures and database design
• Knowledge of GAAP, particularly revenue recognition and ASC 606
• Experience performing ETL/data manipulation using Alteryx or similar tools
• Experience designing data visualizations with Tableau, Power BI, or similar tools
• Knowledge of how to use programming languages for data analyses: SQL, Python, R or other languages.
• Statistical methods in support of data analysis
• CPA, CA certification
• Master of Business Administration or similar degree

The wage range for this role takes into account the wide range of factors that are considered in making compensation decisions including but not limited to skill sets; experience and training; licensure and certifications; and other business and organizational needs. The disclosed range estimate has not been adjusted for the applicable geographic differential associated with the location at which the position may be filled. At Deloitte, it is not typical for an individual to be hired at or near the top of the range for their role and compensation decisions are dependent on the facts and circumstances of each case. A reasonable estimate of the current range is $93,200 to $170,900.

You may also be eligible to participate in a discretionary annual incentive program, subject to the rules governing the program, whereby an award, if any, depends on various factors, including, without limitation, individual and organizational performance.