Basic Information
Business Line: Strategy, Risk & Transactions Advisory
City: Zurich
Experience Level: Experienced
Working Time Percentage: 80% - 100%
Date Published: 17-Sep-2026
Req #: 25148
Job Description
Location: Zurich
Work Pattern Percentage: 80% - 100%
Join our market-leading Deal Transformation and Post-Merger Integration team in Switzerland, where we provide advisory services to corporate, private equity, and mid-market clients. Our aim is to help clients generate and create value throughout the M&A lifecycle. We assess operational performance, identify value creation opportunities, and navigate the complexities of acquisitions, divestitures, and carve-outs while cooperating closely with transaction services, valuations, and corporate finance teams.
Your Impact
In this role, you will collaborate with corporate management teams, private equity investors, and M&A professionals to uncover and realize value from M&A transactions. You will shape strategic thinking, address critical performance issues, and leverage Deloitte's comprehensive capabilities to maximize deal value.
Responsibilities
- Lead daily delivery of M&A value creation and pre-deal due diligence engagements or workstreams, engaging with client counterparts on content, findings, and priorities.
- Team up with project groups to perform due diligence, operational analyses, and financial baselining, ensuring quality in analyses and deliverables.
- Assist corporate and private equity clients in understanding the operational capabilities of potential acquisition targets and existing portfolio companies.
- Evaluate potential merger synergies and assess the complexities of carve-outs on both seller and target organizations.
- Structure and conduct client interviews to identify operational challenges and value creation opportunities with senior stakeholders.
- Synthesize qualitative and quantitative information into clear, evidence-based value creation hypotheses and a compelling narrative.
- Utilize a pragmatic 80/20 mindset to concentrate deliverables on the issues most significant to the transaction and investment thesis.
- Provide practical operational value creation advice backed by evidence from interviews, data analysis, financial baselines, and external benchmarks.
- Manage engagement scope, priorities, timelines, budgets, risks, and quality in collaboration with Partners, Directors, and Senior Managers.
- Develop trusted-adviser relationships with corporate executives, private equity investors, and functional leaders.
- Support business development initiatives through proposals, client pitches, and relationship development.
- Lead practice development initiatives focusing on M&A value creation and pre-deal due diligence.
Qualifications
- A Bachelor's or Master's degree in business, economics, finance, engineering, or another relevant discipline.
- At least five years of professional experience in M&A, particularly in commercial or operational due diligence within a Big Four accounting firm, strategy consultancy, or specialized restructuring and turnaround advisory.
- In-depth experience in operational due diligence, including synergy identification, tracking, and realization.
- Experience in commercial due diligence, business planning, and revenue growth is ideal.
- Knowledge of due diligence processes and documentation within an advisory context.
- Familiarity with industries such as Energy, Resources & Industrials; Consumer; Life Sciences & Healthcare; or Technology, Media & Telecommunications.
- Strong analytical and problem-solving skills to dissect complex issues, identify root causes, and recommend actionable solutions.
- Full professional proficiency in English; fluency in German, particularly Swiss German, is highly desirable.
Joining Our Team
Become part of a friendly, diverse, and motivated team committed to your personal and professional development. We offer on-the-job learning, mentoring, and high-quality training while collaborating with peers across varied portfolios. At Deloitte, we foster a strong feedback culture, providing exposure to a global professional environment and continuous learning opportunities.
Careers at Deloitte
At Deloitte, your ideas matter. You can create an impact and spark meaningful change for our clients, colleagues, and communities. Your unique expertise helps us tackle complex challenges and improve the futures of those we serve. Here, you can build a career that inspires and energizes you while offering industry-specific services across Audit & Assurance, Tax & Legal, Strategy, Risk & Transactions Advisory, and Technology & Transformation.
We provide an inclusive environment where you can thrive, benefit from flexible working conditions, well-being programs, and opportunities to connect and learn.
Application Process
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