Project Leader - Mergers & Acquisitions CoE

Role overview

Project Leader - Mergers & Acquisitions CoE at Bain & Company

Employment details

• Location: New Delhi [India]

About the employer

• Bain & Company is a global management consulting firm that helps the world’s most ambitious change makers define the future.
• Across 65 offices in 40 countries, we work alongside our clients as one team with a shared ambition to achieve extraordinary results, outperform the competition and redefine industries.
• Since our founding in 1973, we have measured our success by the success of our clients, and we proudly maintain the highest level of client advocacy in the industry.
• In 2004, the firm established its presence in the Indian market by opening the Bain Capability Center (BCC) in New Delhi.
• The BCC is now known as BCN (Bain Capability Network) with its nodes across various geographies.
• BCN is an integral and largest unit of (ECD) Expert Client Delivery.
• ECD plays a critical role as it adds value to Bain's case teams globally by supporting them with analytics and research solutioning across all industries, cross-industry capabilities, client development, private equity diligence or Bain intellectual property.
• The BCN comprises of Consulting Services, Knowledge Services and Shared Services.
• About M&A CoE M&A Center of Excellence (CoE) at BCN is a new CoE being established to support Bain’s capabilities for M&A And Divestitures practice Bain’s M&A CoE offerings will include offerings across Growth and M&A Strategy, Deal Sourcing and Screening, Corporate Due Diligence (Integration thesis and Synergies modules) , Merger Integration, Divestiture and Separation.
• The CoE will play a crucial role in improving and further differentiating Bain’s approach across these offerings.
• The M&A CoE will actively support Bain Partners/ Global Case teams across and Client Cases/ Client development efforts Additionally, the CoE will also work closely with M&A and Divestitures practice/solution leadership in building new IP/ Products/ Tools etc.
• CoE scope and scale is expected to evolve over time to more deeper domain expertise, broader scope and end-to-end offerings.
• Plan is to also expand the CoE to BCN Mexico in future.
• About You A Bachelor’s or Master’s degree with strong academic background 4-6 years of prior domain experience/ relevant expertise e,g.
• Synergy analysis (and/or cost diagnostics), Due Diligence (M&A or Private Equity), Merger Integration, Divestiture strategy, etc Strong analytical skills with proven ability of leveraging/ embracing automation / AI to drive efficiency across products/ offerings.
• High-level competence in core analytical tools such as Alteryx, Tableau, Microsoft Excel and PowerPoint Hands-on skills in research and analytics are required, along with significant exposure to key secondary data sources.
• A robust consulting and problem-solving skill set tied with a background in marketing analytics is also necessary Fundamental skills include excellent work planning, communication, and team leading abilities.
• Relevant experience with data analytics, project and team management, coaching, and mentoring is also required What You’ll Do Lead a team of Associates /Analysts to produce client-ready products and analysis, generating strong business insights and understanding implications Works under the guidance of the COE Manager/Senior Manager, playing a key role in driving the team’s overall answer, final materials, client communication, work planning, and team management.
• Brainstorming with the Manager on various aspects for IP development, CD, case work as needed Works with project/case teams across geographies and industries; however, they focus almost exclusively M&A related projects/ cases Ensure timely, high quality, error-free research, analysis and output produced by the analysts/associates.
• Driving insights through data analysis – Story-lining the deliverable to prove/disprove hypotheses Brings to the table various cutting-edge technologies and best practices in a productized delivery model; adoption of AI/ agentic tools for driving efficiency Communicate effectively and clearly explain insights and implications for the client Openness to transfer to Mexico / help set-up M&A in Mexico will be an added advantage What makes us a great place to work We are proud to be consistently recognized as one of the world's best places to work, a champion of diversity and a model of social responsibility.
• We are currently ranked the #1 consulting firm on Glassdoor’s Best Places to Work list, and we have maintained a spot in the top four on Glassdoor's list for the last 12 years.
• We believe that diversity, inclusion and collaboration is key to building extraordinary teams.
• We hire people with exceptional talents, abilities and potential, then create an environment where you can become the best version of yourself and thrive both professionally and personally.
• We are publicly recognized by external parties such as Fortune, Vault, Mogul, Working Mother, Glassdoor and the Human Rights Campaign for being a great place to work for diversity and inclusion, women, LGBTQ and parents .