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CEO Advisory combines deep industry knowledge, cutting-edge analytics, and bold insights to help clients navigate disruption and shape the future. We enable executives to maintain operational excellence while pivoting swiftly to new growth opportunities. Known for our speed and execution, we deliver competitive agility through transformative business and technology strategies.

Within CEO Advisory, our Mergers and Acquisitions group focuses on helping clients achieve the full potential of dealsboth corporate and private equityfrom idea inception to execution and value capture.

Your Role

Were seeking a seasoned strategist who thrives across the M&A lifecyclebringing innovation, sound judgment, and a passion for applying GenAI to unlock value at every stage of the deal. You will lead teams to help C-suite executives shape and execute growth, portfolio, and transformation strategies enabled by M&A. Youll own client relationships, drive deal theses, quantify value creation, and orchestrate integration and separation programs that deliver measurable results.

Key Responsibilities

Client Advisory & Project Delivery

• Serve as a trusted advisor to C-suite leaders in Fortune 500 and FTSE companies, advising on strategic transactions, transformation, and value creation.

• Oversee full-scope M&A engagements: deal framing, target screening, due diligence, integration planning, joint venture development, carve-out and divestiture planning.

• Ensure each engagement delivers on value creation targets, risk mitigation, and strategic alignment.

Thought Leadership & Business Development

• Represent Accenture in the market through published insights, conference speaking, and industry panels.

• Collaborate with Accentures global M&A and industry teams to shape go-to-market offerings.

• Drive pipeline opportunities from origination to signed contract and delivery, leveraging capabilities and offerings across Accenture.

Talent Development

• Lead and inspire teams of strategy consultants, ensuring delivery excellence and fostering a high-performance culture.

• Mentor and coach junior team members to grow their M&A expertise and consulting capabilities.

GenAI-Powered M&A Innovation

• Embed GenAI into M&A workflowsaccelerating target identification, synthesizing diligence findings, guiding integration planning, and enabling post-merger capability building.

• Design and implement AI-augmented frameworks, playbooks, and performance measurement tools to strengthen and future-proof M&A execution.

Travel

• As needed, up to 80%