Experienced Consultant, Mergers & Acquisitions (Healthcare & Life Sciences)

Our Mergers and Acquisitions Practice (M&A) is seeking an Experienced Consultant to join our growing Healthcare and Life Sciences value creation team.  In this dynamic role, you will work within our national M&A practice servicing both corporate and private equity clients investing in or operating software, services and technology-enabled services businesses across payer, provider and life sciences domain areas.

This team leads projects that deliver West Monroe's core value creation and due diligence offerings, including platform acquisitions, mergers/integrations, corporate divestiture/carve-outs, sell-side readiness, and post-close value creation and execution.  Our M&A team includes a variety of seasoned, expert, and award-winning professionals.

Experienced consultants at West Monroe have three main responsibilities:

Client Delivery:

• Work directly with clients and the Targets they are/have invested in to define how technology supports business functions and creates value, identify opportunities for improvement, highlight investment risks and associated tactics to mitigate identified risk
• Help prepare for interviews and workshops to understand Targets' business models, issues they are facing, and initiatives they have implemented to address challenges and support growth
• Develop client-ready communications to facilitate decision making, communicate status, identify and mitigate risk, and resolve issues
• Provide direct input to key areas of project-related deliverables such as diligence reports and assessments, project plans, implementation plans, communication plans, and financial models
• Work closely with engagement management to identify and mitigate project risk
• Work closely with members of WMP as well as our clients to quickly establish highly functioning joint project teams
• Lead evaluations against best practices in the Healthcare & Life Sciences end-markets specific to Client/Target companies
• Be accountable for project deliverables validated for completeness and appropriateness
• Interface with all levels of management both internally and with clients/Targets

Practice Development:

• Participate in the practice development process by contributing to the development of tools, templates, frameworks, methodologies, trainings, and other collateral used by West Monroe on client assignments and internal initiatives
• Contribute to the growth of the practice through supporting development of the Healthcare & Life Sciences - Mergers & Acquisition team's core offerings and client delivery capabilities
• Actively participate in the performance management process
• Assist with company campus and experienced recruiting as requested

Business Development:

• Participate in the business development process by understanding business needs and driving development of project approaches, proposals, and statements of work
• Support development of work plans, pricing estimates, and risk assessments for prospects
• Actively build a professional network and affiliate network in the local community
• Actively participate in Healthcare & Life Sciences M&A industry events
• Understand client investment needs/constraints and help tailor proposals appropriately to meet their needs

Qualifications:

• Bachelor's degree preferred, or equivalent experience required
• 2+ years of experience in team-based roles within at least two of the following: Healthcare, Healthcare IT, M&A/Corp Dev
• Experience working with Payer (medical, dental, etc.), Provider (healthcare services), Life Sciences (pharma services, medical device, biotech/pharma, etc.) and/or healthcare IT/healthcare software organizations
• Interest in healthcare business/economics (including healthcare reimbursement models), healthcare policy and regulatory changes and/or healthcare technology/interoperability is required

Strong financial acumen and ability to analyze and interpret P&L statements, with an emphasis on understanding healthcare and/or technology P&L drivers

• Experience managing multiple tasks efficiently with ability to adapt to priority shifts
• Exceptional analytical and quantitative problem-solving skills

Ability to work collaboratively in a fast paced, team-oriented environment

Ability to communicate complex ideas effectively and succinctly, both in writing and orally

• Ability to travel up to 50%; Travel is short term (1-2 days on-site per diligence project, 50-75% during post-close engagements)
• Commitment to Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion, and openness to new ideas and perspectives
• Ability to work permanently in the United States without limitation