It Strategy

Required skills -  IT Strategy, Tech Strategy with or with out M&A Experience

1.   Develop client deliverables and documentation:

•    Identify and select the most relevant set of tools/techniques to meet client requirements such as business case development, financial modeling, and analysis, etc.

•    Analyze and interpret project data, draw conclusions, and develop recommendations based on the result of the specific outputs.

•    Use analytics to build strategic insights for the client.

•    Define project standards, methodologies, and execute process improvement initiatives.

2.   Engage in client interaction:

•    Conduct client interviews to verify and validate assumptions, hypothesis, and analysis.

•    Participate in workshops and training sessions.

•    Synthesize and present insights and recommendations.

•    Develop and maintain working relationships with client counterparts.

3.   Participate in engagement management including:

•    Own and manage specific work threads.

•    Develop plans for components of engagements.

•    Coordinate activities between different work threads.

•    Identify and help manage changes in scope.

•    Manage and mentor junior resources.

Capabilities of an M&A practitioner will include the following:

Developing an M&A strategy

Providing buy-side and sell-side advisory support, screening targets and undertaking due diligence

Optimizing the operating model and organization design

Targeting synergies, developing a roadmap to help realize those synergies and measuring synergies

Preparing for Day-One/ Day-Two readiness and executing the plan

Developing communications for culture and change management

Integrating supply chains, distribution networks, R&D, finance, procurement, real estate and innovation

Aligning customers, sales, marketing and back-offices

Developing carve-out financial statements

Formulating organizational separation and re-alignment strategies

Optimizing transition services agreement (TSA)

Identifying and eliminating stranded costs

Qualifications

Must Have Skills/Project Experience/Certifications:

MBA is mandatory. Engineering undergrads are preferred but not mandatory 

3-6 years of relevant experience for Senior Consultants 

Good to Have Skills/Project Experience/Certifications

Consulting Background

M&A advisory experience

Commercial/ Operational due diligence experience

Prior investment banking experience on the sell/ buy side

Specific functional knowledge in areas of Finance, IT, Contracts management, procurement etc

Demonstrated experience in financial statement and operations analytics

Education: MBA is mandatory. Engineering undergrad is preferred but not mandatory