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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%

Help our clients make better deal decisions and turn transaction theses into measurable results

Our Swiss market-leading Deal Transformation and Post-Merger Integration team advises Swiss Corporate, private equity and mid-market clients to generate and create value across the M&A lifecycle. We help clients assess operational performance before signing, identify and quantify value creation opportunities, and manage the complexities of acquisitions, divestitures and carve-outs. At Deloitte, we work closely with our colleagues from transaction services, valuations, and corporate finance to ensure a seamless and value-driven approach to transactions.

How you will make an impact

You will work with corporate management teams, private equity investors and M&A professionals to identify and realise value from M&A transactions. You will help shape strategic thinking, address critical performance issues and bring together the full breadth of Deloitte capabilities to maximise deal value.

Working as part of a dedicated team of M&A specialists, you will provide operational due diligence advice by linking financial performance, operational capabilities and strategic ambition. Your work will focus on revenue growth and cost reduction across COGS and SG&A, whether through standalone improvement opportunities or transaction synergies.

Your role and responsibilities

• Lead the day-to-day delivery of M&A value creation and pre-deal due diligence engagements or workstreams, engaging with client counterparts on content, findings and priorities;
• Lead and work as part of project teams to conduct due diligence, operational analyses and financial baselining, and quality-assure the resulting analyses and deliverables;
• Help corporate and private equity clients understand the operational capabilities of potential acquisition targets and existing portfolio companies;
• Support corporate and private equity clients in assessing potential merger synergies, the impact and complexities of carve-outs on seller and target organisations, and the standalone performance improvement potential of buyouts and corporate divestments;
• Structure and lead client interviews to identify operational complexities and value creation opportunities, often involving senior stakeholders across the organisation;
• Rapidly synthesise qualitative and quantitative information from diverse sources into clear, evidence-based value creation hypotheses and a compelling narrative that clients can readily understand;
• Apply a pragmatic 80/20 mindset to focus deliverables on the issues most material to the transaction and investment thesis;
• Provide practical operational value creation advice supported by evidence from interviews, data analysis, financial baselines and external benchmarks;
• Manage engagement scope, priorities, timelines, budgets, risks and quality, working closely with Partners, Directors and Senior Managers;
• Build trusted-adviser relationships with corporate executives, private equity investors, M&A professionals and functional leaders;
• Support business development through the preparation of proposals, pitches and client materials, and contribute to the development of client relationships; and
• Identify, design and lead practice development initiatives focusing on M&A value creation and pre-deal due diligence.

What we are looking for

• A Bachelor-s or Master-s degree in business, economics, finance, engineering or another relevant discipline;
• At least five years of relevant professional experience in M&A, with a particular focus on commercial or operational due diligence within a Big Four accounting firm, strategy consultancy or specialised restructuring and turnaround adviser;
• Deep experience in operational due diligence, together with experience in synergy identification, tracking and realisation; separation diagnostics and standalone costing; standalone performance diagnostics;
• Ideally, demonstrated experience also in commercial due diligence, business planning, business-plan reviews and revenue growth;
• Demonstrated knowledge of due diligence processes and documentation requirements within an advisory environment;
• Experience and knowledge in one or more of the following industries: Energy, Resources & Industrials; Consumer; Life Sciences & Healthcare; or Technology, Media & Telecommunications;
• Excellent analytical and problem-solving skills, with the ability to disaggregate complex issues, identify root causes and recommend actionable solutions; and
• Full professional proficiency in English; fluency in German, ideally including Swiss German, is highly desirable.

Joining our team

You will become part of a friendly, diverse, and highly motivated team. We will help you develop both personally and professionally through on-the-job learning, mentoring and high-quality training, and through working with peers across diverse offering portfolios. At Deloitte, we are committed to a strong feedback culture, to ensure our talent is exposed to a wide and global professional environment and continuous learning. 

Careers at Deloitte. Choose your impact. 

At Deloitte, your ideas create impact and spark meaningful change for our clients, people and society. Your unique expertise, background and perspective helps us find new ways into the most complex challenges so we can brighten the futures of those our work affects. At Deloitte, you can build a career that inspires and energises you. At Deloitte, you can choose your impact.

In Switzerland, we provide industry-specific services in the areas of Audit & Assurance, Tax & Legal, Strategy, Risk & Transactions Advisory, and Technology & Transformation. With close to 3,000 employees at six locations, we serve companies and organisations of all sizes in all industry sectors. We offer meaningful and challenging work, an inclusive and supportive environment where you can be your best self and where you will never stop growing. You will benefit from flexible and hybrid working conditions, wellbeing and parental programmes as well as many opportunities to connect, collaborate and learn. 

Join us and become part of a global network of like-minded people dedicated to making a difference, whether by addressing climate change or improving 100 million futures by 2030. Want to know more about opportunities at Deloitte? Visit www.apply.deloitte.ch

How to apply

We look forward to hearing from you! Please click on -apply now- to submit a complete application, including CV, cover letter, references and degree certificates. 

If you have any questions, please contact Lucrezia at talent@deloitte.ch

*We consider all qualified applicants for employment regardless of race, ethnicity, religious beliefs, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, age or disability, in accordance with applicable law. Research shows that women are less likely to apply for roles unless they match all the criteria; don-t hold yourself back - apply today. 

We do not accept applications from recruitment agencies for this position.  

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Requisition ID: 25148