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Associate Director – Integration, Separations & Carve-Outs (Private Equity)
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Associate Director – Integration, Separations & Carve-Outs (Private Equity)
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Lead private equity integration, separation, carve-out, and divestiture engagements. Own finance workstreams, standalone cost models, TSAs, operating models, Day 1 readiness, legal entity and technology separations, migrations, and PMO execution. Advise sponsors, CFOs, boards, and deal teams; manage client relationships, business development, and large-scale transformations. Lead teams, mentor junior professionals, recruit talent, and responsibly apply firm-approved AI and automation.
By joining our rapidly growing Private Equity practice, you will serve as a trusted partner to PE clients executing buy-and-build, carve-out, and divestiture investment theses.
You will bring first-hand experience, unique perspectives, and functional knowledge to deliver strategic and tactical integration, separation, and TSA support to PE sponsors and management teams.
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
- Own the Finance workstream on post-close integrations and separations — P&L, balance sheet, cash flow, and working capital through the full transaction lifecycle.
- Lead or support the preparation of standalone cost models
- Support management in drafting and pricing TSA-s and the related services (on the sell side) or performing diligence on such agreements (on the buy side
- Lead complex integration engagements, translating the sponsor's thesis into a cross-functional plan covering every workstream.
- Build target operating models and re-engineer processes for post-close and NewCo operating states.
- Drive Day 1 integration readiness across functions.
- Own C-suite and sponsor communication on integration progress.
- Drive holistic IMO and program management.
- Contribute to developing and implementing firm-approved, AI-enabled solutions for clients, in accordance with company policies on data protection, intellectual property, and professional standards.
- Stay informed about emerging AI tools and techniques and collaborate with firm leadership to identify compliant opportunities to enhance client solutions and internal processes.
- Lead separation, carve-out, and divestiture engagements end-to-end, including the stand-up of NewCo entities.
- Run functional separation planning and entanglement analysis.
- Structure, negotiate, and manage TSAs and reverse TSAs, including scoping, pricing, service levels, and exit planning.
- Lead legal entity separation, IT and data separation, and employee and customer migrations.
- Stand up standalone operating capabilities for divested businesses.
- Manage stranded cost identification and remediation planning.
- Drive holistic program management and PMO; keep client leadership, deal teams, and third parties aligned through execution.
- Build new client relationships, deepen existing ones, and support partners in go-to-market efforts and proposal creation.
- Play a key role in talent development, including mentoring and coaching junior team members.
- Attract, interview, hire, and retain top talent.
Finance & Office of the CFO
Integration work
Separation and Carve-Out work
Internal / Business Development
What You'll Bring
- 7+ years of prior experience in professional services or in-house M&A/integration leadership at a PE-backed company.
- Experience in preparing and reviewing standalone cost models to support carve out transactions.
- Hands-on experience structuring and managing TSAs from inception — scoping, pricing, service levels, and exit planning.
- PE Sponsor relationship management presenting to and advising CFOs, boards, and deal teams.
- Track record of running large-scale transformation projects to completion.
- Direct experience across M&A integrations, carve-outs, and divestitures.
- Experience mentoring and developing junior talent.
- Comfort with AI: Demonstrated ability to responsibly explore and adopt firm-approved AI tools to enhance productivity and innovation.
- Continuous learning mindset: Openness to learning and applying emerging technologies, including AI and automation, in alignment with firm policies and client standards
Qualifications:
- Bachelor’s degree in Business, Economics, Engineering, Finance, Information Systems, or similar technical discipline.
- CPA or CA credential strongly preferred.
- Willingness to travel to client sites as needed — hybrid delivery model.
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