Manager

Company Overview

Blue Ops is a leading M&A consulting firm specializing in financial due diligence, value creation, and analytics. With a team of 70+ professionals across four offices, we support 120+ transactions annually for middle-market private equity firms, investment banks, and portfolio companies.

Role Overview

Blue Ops is seeking an M&A Manager to lead financial due diligence and transaction execution across multiple private equity and middle-market M&A engagements. This client-facing role serves as the day-to-day deal lead, owning engagement execution from LOI through close and into post-transaction execution.

Key Responsibilities

• Lead buy-side and sell-side financial due diligence engagements


• Prepare and review quality of earnings, EBITDA, working capital, and transaction models


• Manage multiple concurrent engagements and ensure timely, high-quality delivery


• Serve as the primary client contact for private equity sponsors, bankers, and management teams


• Supervise, mentor, and develop Associates and Analysts


• Present diligence findings and transaction insights to clients


• Support post-close integration and value creation initiatives

Qualifications

• 5–10 years of experience in transaction advisory, financial due diligence, investment banking, or corporate development


• Strong technical accounting and financial analysis skills


• Experience leading client-facing diligence engagements


• Advanced Excel and financial modeling capabilities


• CPA, CFA, or similar credentials preferred

Compensation & Benefits

Blue Ops offers a competitive base salary, performance-based bonus, comprehensive benefits package, and a clear path for advancement within a growing M&A platform.

Insurance coverage begins the 1st of the month following 30 days of employment. This is an overview of benefits offered by Blue Ops and is subject to terms, conditions, and change.

Blue Ops Partners, LLC provides equal employment opportunities to all employees and applicants for employment and prohibits discrimination and harassment of any type without regard to race, color, religion, age, sex, national origin, disability status, genetics, protected veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state or local laws.

This policy applies to all terms and conditions of employment, including recruiting, hiring, placement, promotion, termination, layoff, recall, transfer, leaves of absence, compensation and training.

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