Hybrid Engagement Manager – Private Capital, Industrials

at Marsh McLennan

• Job title: Engagement Manager – Private Capital, Industrials
• Job type: Full Time
• Experience level: Senior
• Salary: $120,000 - $240,000 per year
• Degree requirement: Bachelor's Degree
• Location requirements: Hybrid, Chicago, United States

About the role

• Engagement Manager in Private Equity consulting at Oliver Wyman, focusing on commercial due diligence and team leadership. Collaborating with private equity clients to achieve impactful results.

Responsibilities

• execute work stream(s) from start to finish, including structuring and solving problems, synthesizing and communicating insights / recommendations and work planning.
• Develops research and analysis plans for themselves and more junior consultants, selecting appropriate paths and identify key hypotheses.
• directs the work of one or more junior consultants, and starts to become the ‘go-to’ person for the client on specific topics, shifting focus towards people and client management.
• break down complex problems into discrete tasks, identifying the key aspects of a problem and directing the focus of junior consultants to those elements.
• effectively plan and execute analysis as well as identify the core issues in complex analyses in order to be able to craft suitable recommendations.
• manage small teams to get the work done.
• lead and execute due diligence engagements and/or post-transaction engagements aimed at supporting private equity funds and their portfolio companies.
• ensure that findings are insightful, and data driven.

Requirements

• Professional working experience with commercial due diligence in a management consulting firm.
• Individuals who have worked in industrials within Private Equity.
• Knowledge and in-depth experience with customer research techniques (interviews, surveys, focus groups, etc.).
• A strong background in strategic problem solving with demonstrable analytical skills.
• Outstanding written and verbal communication skills in both formal and informal settings.
• Fluent in English.
• An undergraduate or advanced degree from a strong academic program.
• Know how to take the initiative, seeking out opportunities to learn new skills and put the ones you’ve already got to good use.
• Not just intelligence, but creativity too: you’ll be ready to come up with novel ideas to solve our clients’ biggest problems.
• Have an aptitude for analytical work, like sniffing out clues in massive data sets or hunting down the key issues in a hugely complex challenge.
• A willingness to work fluidly and respectfully with our incredibly talented team.

Benefits

• health and welfare benefits
• tuition assistance
• 401K savings and other retirement programs
• employee assistance programs