Principal Consultant, Transactions, Mergers and Acquisitions

Step into a role where your expertise shapes some of the largest and most influential energy and infrastructure transactions worldwide. In ERM’s M&A Advisory Service Line, you’ll work shoulder‑to‑shoulder with senior ERM Partners, guide top-tier financial institutions, and influence investment decisions that define the future of sustainable development. If you're a seasoned advisor ready to bring strategic clarity to complex, high-stakes deals, this is your next career-defining move.

What Your Impact Is

As a Principal Consultant, Transactions, Mergers and Acquisitions, you will advise private equity and corporate clients across the full transaction lifecycle, delivering ESG- and sustainability-centered insights that inform investment theses, mitigate risk, and accelerate long-term value creation. You’ll play a pivotal role in shaping deal strategies, elevating investor decision-making, and strengthening ERM’s position as the global leader in sustainability advisory services.

What You’ll Bring

Required

• Bachelor’s degree required.

• 7–10+ years of experience in M&A advisory, management consulting, private equity, corporate strategy, or related fields.

• Strong understanding of the M&A lifecycle and investor decision-making processes.

• Expertise in how ESG and sustainability factors influence valuation, risk, and integration planning.

• Proven ability to independently drive workstreams and deliver high-quality outputs.

• Excellent communication skills and ability to translate complex findings into clear, actionable insights.

• Strong project management and organizational skills in fast-paced, transaction-driven environments.

• Ability to travel as needed.

Preferred

• Advanced degree (MBA, MS, or related).

• Direct experience advising private equity and corporate clients.

• Background in energy, infrastructure, or other capital-intensive sectors.

Key Responsibilities

• Support and, where appropriate, lead M&A advisory projects for private equity and corporate clients across sectors.

• Conduct ESG and sustainability assessments, integrating qualitative and quantitative analyses to inform investment decisions.

• Synthesize findings into concise, investor-ready deliverables, including reports and presentations.

• Collaborate with ERM’s global technical experts to deliver multidisciplinary insights on every engagement.

• Serve as a key contact for day-to-day client communication and project execution.

• Manage project scopes, schedules, and budgets to ensure efficient, high-quality delivery.

• Apply ERM methodologies, quality standards, and best practices across all transactional work.

• Support proposal development, budgeting, and marketing activities for new business opportunities.

• Contribute to internal knowledge sharing, practice development, and enhancement of advisory tools.

• Stay current on emerging ESG, sustainability, and M&A trends and represent ERM at industry events.

Note: Bonuses, commissions, and other forms of additional compensation are not guaranteed and subject to the sole discretion of ERM and its policies and procedures.

Who We Are:
As the largest global pure play sustainability consultancy, we partner with the world’s leading organizations, creating innovative solutions to sustainability challenges and unlocking commercial opportunities that meet the needs of today while preserving opportunity for future generations.

At ERM we know that creating a diverse, equitable and inclusive work environment is an essential part of making our company a great place to build a career. We also see our diversity as a strength that helps us create better solutions for our clients. Our diverse team of world-class experts supports clients across the breadth of their organizations to operationalize sustainability, underpinned by our deep technical expertise in addressing their environmental, health, safety, risk and social issues. We call this capability our “boots to boardroom” approach for its comprehensive service model that allows ERM to develop strategic and technical solutions that advance objectives on the ground or at the executive level.

Please submit your resume and brief cover letter.

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ERM is proud to be an Equal Employment Opportunity employer. We do not discriminate based upon race, religion, color, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity, age, status as a protected veteran, status as an individual with a disability, or other applicable legally protected characteristics.

Thank you for your interest in ERM!

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