Associate Director - M&A Integration - Private Equity

About this role

By joining our rapidly growing Private Equity practice, you will serve as a trusted partner to private equity sponsors, portfolio company executives, and CFOs executing acquisition and buy-and-build strategies.

You will bring first-hand Finance leadership experience, unique perspectives, and functional expertise to deliver tailored solutions that accelerate value creation and support successful post-close integration outcomes.

As an Associate Director, you will be responsible for a mix of client delivery, team leadership, and developing junior team members. You will also participate in account management and business development activities.

What You'll Do

Finance & Office of the CFO

• Own the Finance workstream on post-close integrations.

• Lead integration across all functional areas, including Financial Reporting, Controllership, FP&A, and Treasury.

• Support or lead Finance tech-stack integration and system rationalization initiatives.

• Advise CFOs and Finance leadership on operating model design, organizational structure, reporting processes, and integration priorities.

• Establish integrated management reporting and KPI frameworks to support executive decision-making, board reporting, and sponsor oversight.

• Lead synergy identification, value capture tracking, EBITDA improvement initiatives, and variance reporting.

Integration Work

• Lead complex integration engagements, translating the sponsor's investment thesis into executable Finance integration roadmaps.

• Drive Integration Management Office (IMO) governance, reporting, and program management and holistic IMO oversight.

• Drive Day 1 readiness planning and post-close execution across Finance and cross-functional stakeholders.

• Own C-suite and sponsor communication on integration progress.

• Contribute to developing and implementing firm-approved AI-enabled solutions for clients and collaborate with firm leadership to identify compliant opportunities to enhance client and internal outcomes.

Client Leadership & Business Development

• Build new client relationships, deepen existing ones, and support leadership in go-to-market efforts and proposal creation.

• Oversee client accounts, including work plans, staffing, timelines, budgets, and delivery quality.

• Play a key role in talent development, including mentoring and coaching junior team members.

• Attract, interview, hire, and retain top talent

What You'll Bring

• 8+ years of experience in management consulting, M&A integration, Finance transformation, CFO advisory, or in-house Finance leadership at a PE-backed company.

• Demonstrated experience leading Finance workstreams for post-close integrations in consulting firms, advisory practices, or PE-backed environments.

• Strong understanding of Finance functions, including Financial Reporting, Controllership, FP&A, Treasury, and the finance tech stack.

• Experience partnering with CFOs, Controllers, and executive leadership teams to execute strategic integration initiatives.

• Proven ability to develop and manage integration roadmaps, governance structures, executive communications, and value capture programs.

• Experience supporting private equity sponsors and portfolio companies through acquisition integration and buy-and-build strategies.

• Track record of running large-scale integration projects to completion.

• Strong executive presence with the ability to influence decisions and build trusted advisor relationships.

• Experience mentoring and developing junior team members.

• Comfort with AI and a continuous learning mindset: demonstrated ability to responsibly adopt firm-approved AI tools and openness to emerging technologies in alignment with firm policies.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Business, Economics, Finance, Accounting, Economics, or related field.

• CPA, CFA or CA credential strongly preferred.

• Willingness to travel to client sites as needed — hybrid delivery model.

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