Deal Services Consulting Partner/Principal - M&A Integration, Separations and Value Creation Advisory (Location Flexible) at RSM in New York, NY

Job description

We are the leading provider of professional services to the middle market globally, our purpose is to instill confidence in a world of change, empowering our clients and people to realize their full potential. Our exceptional people are the key to our unrivaled, culture and talent experience and our ability to be compelling to our clients. You’ll find an environment that inspires and empowers you to thrive both personally and professionally. There’s no one like you and that’s why there’s nowhere like RSM. RSM US, LLP is currently seeking a Principal to add to our Deal Services team within the M&A Integration and Separation Advisory practice. The ideal candidate will have held a senior-level mergers and acquisitions leadership positions at a Big 4 Consulting firm or a highly recognized, similar scale, national consulting firm. The candidate must have proven track record of performance within a M&A team on an ongoing basis for the past 10-12 years, and must have proven skills with integrations, separations and/or restructuring. The ideal candidate would have a significant depth of experience, an established network of contacts in private equity, and mid-market companies with operations in multiple countries. You will work with our clients and existing team to lead integration and/or separation efforts from planning through execution, coordinating a team of professionals and services across all RSM practices. You will take the lead in developing and growing a client network via your business acumen, personal network, and complex delivery skills. This position will be directly involved with relationship management, supervision of multiple engagements, onsite client projects and development of the Deal Services/Integration and Separation Advisory services including demonstrating RSM capabilities related to all aspects of the transaction lifecycle as well as a growth path to further Leadership opportunities within our Practice and Firm. Responsibilities: Join and support the growth and maturation of a practice with a team of high performing professionals from diverse backgrounds as we develop them into a high performing team. Work with and continually support the evolution of methodologies, tools, approaches, points of view, and thought leadership to support full-service M&A offering. Maintain a proven track record of ability to develop business through internal and external channels, sell services from across diverse firm offerings, and develop trust across ad diverse set of clients. Develop and grow a network of business connections inside and outside the firm to support and encourage practice and firm strategic objectives. Develop and lead director and manager level engagement leaders in integration and separation engagements with the ability to create value using management consulting thought patterns and design tools to craft valuable client outcomes. Demonstrate the characteristics of a trusted advisor to internal and external clients and provide direction for the support of larger business objectives. Lead client workshops and for private equity and strategic corporate buyers to validate deal thesis, investment objectives, and hold time objectives, so that activities support client goals. Sell and structure engagements for pre-close planning, post close planning, day 1 operation support, with the correct approach, staffing, and engage subject matter professionals to meet specialist requirements on both buyside and sell-side transactions. Provide management advice across a range of functional areas of the business based on the scope of the engagement, industry, and complexity of the transaction, based on extensive previous experience. Demonstrate leadership and the drive to take delivery to the next level with data, insights, and thought leadership to captivate the team and develop next generation thinkers. Provide direction to client and engagement teams on TSA evaluation in the pre-close planning phase to identify the deal p