Value Creation Office - Manager

What you might expect

• Manage value creation and operational improvement workstreams across private equity clients and portfolio companies.
• Support development and implementation of value creation playbooks, operational improvement frameworks, and financial performance frameworks.
• Lead initiative tracking, milestone management, workplans, risk logs, and performance reporting.
• Coordinate day-to-day activities across initiative owners, business leaders, and cross-functional stakeholders.
• Conduct and review financial, operational, market, and business performance analyses.
• Identify and assess opportunities related to cost reduction, margin improvement, revenue growth, working capital, and broader operational performance.
• Track realized versus projected savings, EBITDA impact, and benefits realization across initiatives.
• Review financial reconciliations, variance analyses, business cases, and opportunity-sizing analyses.
• Develop and review executive dashboards, scorecards, status reports, and board-ready presentations.
• Support executive operating reviews, steering committee meetings, and leadership updates.
• Manage project timelines, deliverables, risks, dependencies, and issue resolution across assigned workstreams.
• Mentor Consultants and review analyses and deliverables for accuracy, quality, and consistency.
• Support proposal development, client workshops, business development activities, and internal capability building.
• Support strategic initiatives and special projects across the organization.

What you must have

• 3-6 years of experience in management consulting, value creation, transaction advisory, strategic finance, FP&A, corporate strategy, business transformation, operations, program management, operational finance, or operational improvement.
• Experience leading workstreams or initiatives involving value creation, operational improvement, financial performance, business transformation, or related consulting engagements.

What sets you apart

• Experience leading project workstreams, managing project timelines and deliverables, and supervising Consultants or cross-functional teams.
• Experience developing financial models, business cases, variance analyses, or value capture analyses related to cost reduction, margin improvement, revenue growth, working capital, or EBITDA enhancement.
• Experience establishing governance processes, initiative tracking, KPI reporting, risk management, or benefits realization processes.
• Experience facilitating client or executive meetings, presenting recommendations, and serving as a day-to-day point of contact for stakeholders.
• Experience at an MBB firm (McKinsey, Bain, BCG), Big 4 firm, transaction advisory practice, corporate strategy team, or other consulting or professional services environment.

Nice to have

• Bachelor’s degree in Business, Finance, Accounting, Economics, Engineering, Mathematics, Analytics, or a related field.
• Experience working with private equity funds or portfolio companies.
• Experience supporting operational improvement, cost optimization, performance management, or EBITDA enhancement programs.
• Experience with Power BI, Tableau, Alteryx, Smartsheet, Monday.com, Anaplan, Adaptive, or similar tools.
• CPA, CFA, PMP, MBA, or other relevant professional credential.

Who thrives here

• Strong analytical and structured problem solvers who can translate complex business issues into actionable plans.
• Highly organized professionals who can manage multiple workstreams, stakeholders, deadlines, risks, and dependencies.
• Effective communicators who can build relationships across client and internal teams and clearly present analyses and recommendations.
• Hands-on leaders who enjoy developing junior team members while remaining actively involved in project execution.
• Entrepreneurial, adaptable professionals with a commitment to delivering measurable client outcomes.