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The Role
Lead buy-side and sell-side due diligence engagements for private equity sponsors and corporate acquirers. Apply industry expertise to assess business performance, risks, synergies, and value-creation opportunities; contribute to financial, operational, commercial, IT, tax, legal, or environmental workstreams; present findings to executives and investors; and support post-close integration, 100-day planning, and business-system implementation.
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Due Diligence Consultant — Open Role, Any Industry We Serve
Contract to hire · Operating Partner pathway
We want seasoned operators and deal professionals from any of the 19 industries VDS serves. You bring depth in one sector and at least one diligence discipline; we place you on deals where your experience changes the answer. Tell us your industry and we will build your first engagements around it.
What you'll do
Contract to hire · Operating Partner pathway
We want seasoned operators and deal professionals from any of the 19 industries VDS serves. You bring depth in one sector and at least one diligence discipline; we place you on deals where your experience changes the answer. Tell us your industry and we will build your first engagements around it.
What you'll do
- Join VDS deal teams on buy-side and sell-side diligence for PE sponsors and corporate acquirers.
- Bring the industry view: how the target makes money, where margin leaks, and what "good" looks like in its sector.
- Contribute to financial, operational, commercial, IT, tax, legal, or environmental workstreams, based on your strengths.
- Test management's case against site visits, data-room evidence, and industry benchmarks.
- Size synergies, risks, and value creation levers; turn them into an equity case and roadmap.
- Write clear findings for investment committees, lenders, and integration teams.
- Coordinate with investment banks, legal counsel, and accounting firms on each deal.
- After close, help lead the 100-day plan, integration, and VDS Business System® rollout.
- 10+ years in one or more VDS industries, as an operator, consultant, or investor.
- Direct experience on at least 3 completed transactions, in diligence, integration, or portfolio management.
- Working command of at least one diligence discipline listed in roles 2–8.
- Ability to read a P&L, balance sheet, and cash flow statement and connect them to operations.
- Clear, concise writing and confidence presenting to executives and investors.
- Bachelor's degree required; MBA, CPA, JD, PE, or Lean / Six Sigma credentials valued.
- Choose your lane: we match deals to your industry, not the other way round.
- A defined path from contractor to full-time VDS consultant.
- A shot at an Operating Partner seat in companies you helped evaluate.
Skills Required
- 10+ years of experience in one or more relevant industries as an operator, consultant, or investor
- Direct experience on at least 3 completed transactions involving diligence, integration, or portfolio management
- Working command of at least one relevant diligence discipline
- Ability to read and interpret profit and loss, balance sheet, and cash flow statements and connect them to operations
- Clear, concise writing skills and confidence presenting to executives and investors
- Bachelor's degree
- MBA, CPA, JD, PE, or Lean/Six Sigma credentials
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The Company
What We Do
Value Driven Solutions (VDS) is an operational-excellence consulting firm serving middle-market companies, private-equity firms, and portfolio companies. It improves operational and financial performance through supply-chain optimization, operations, finance, technology, procurement, strategic consulting, and vetted interim executives. VDS also applies Lean Six Sigma, automation, robotics, AI, and analytics to strengthen efficiency, margins, capital efficiency, and enterprise value, with measurable, lasting results.
