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Senior Associate, PEPI M&A - Professional Services Sector

Houston, TX, USFull-time2026-10-08 → 2026-11-09

Core

Senior Associate supporting private equity and corporate clients in the Professional Services sector through M&A transactions, operational due diligence, and performance improvement programs.

Role type

Senior Associate, M&A and Performance Improvement

Builds

Operational due diligence, synergy assessments, standalone cost models, target operating models, and Day 1/100 milestone plans for buy-side and sell-side clients.

Domain

Professional Services (consulting, accounting, legal, staffing, marketing, BPO, engineering, tech services)

Required skills

Advanced financial modeling, expert Excel, complex dataset analysis, operational due diligence, integration management, synergy capture, carve-out analysis, TSA development, project management, organizational design, operating model optimization

Preferred skills

None stated

Technologies

Excel, financial modeling tools

Responsibilities

Identify key client business issues, oversee workstreams, own key client deliverables, lead client interactions and present findings to senior stakeholders, coordinate across workstreams to ensure alignment on priorities and execution plans

Seniority

Senior, hands-on IC