Director (Commercial Due Diligence)

• Fortune 500 executives on high-stakes strategic and transaction decisions.
• Lead high-impact engagements with real ownership—Directors shape the work,
• drive client outcomes, and influence investment decisions from day one.
• Experience the best of both worlds: the entrepreneurial culture and agility
• of a boutique consulting firm combined with the scale, reach, and platform of
• Grant Thornton.
• Gain broad exposure across industries, transaction types, and growth
• challenges in a model designed to accelerate commercial judgment and
• leadership development.
• Operate in lean, collaborative teams where senior leaders are accessible,
• mentorship is real, and contributions are visible.
• Help build a rapidly growing platform post-acquisition, with opportunities to
• shape capabilities, develop new offerings, and contribute to firm-wide growth
• initiatives.
• Deliver meaningful client impact without the traditional road-warrior
• consulting lifestyle through a more sustainable, low-travel operating model.
• Join a high-performance culture that values intellectual curiosity,
• initiative, collaboration, and merit-based advancement.
• As a Commercial Due Diligence Director, you’ll play a leadership role in Grant
• Thornton | Stax Transactions, partnering with corporate leaders and private
• equity investors to evaluate growth potential, downside risk, and value creation
• opportunities across transactions.
• You’ll combine deep commercial diligence expertise, strong client leadership,
• and business development acumen—serving as a trusted advisor while helping grow
• the firm’s Commercial Due Diligence capability.
• Lead complex buy‑side and sell‑side due diligence engagements for corporate
• and private equity clients
• Evaluate market opportunity, growth sustainability, customer behavior,
• competitive positioning, and revenue risk
• Translate analyses into executive‑level and investment‑committee‑ready
• insights that influence deal decisions
• Serve as a senior client advisor, building long‑term relationships and
• managing executive stakeholder expectations
• Drive integrated diligence delivery, partnering closely with Financial DD,
• Value Creation, IT, and Human Capital leaders
• Oversee engagement economics, quality, and delivery across multiple
• concurrent transactions
• Lead and contribute to business development, including proposals, client
• presentations, and account expansion
• Develop thought leadership, methodologies, and go‑to‑market materials aligned
• Recruit, mentor, and develop managers and team members; provide career
• coaching and performance feedback
• Contribute to firm‑building initiatives and practice growth efforts
• Other duties as assigned

Required

• Bachelor’s degree in business, Economics, Finance, Strategy, or a related
• field
• Typically, 8–10+ years of experience in commercial due diligence, strategy
• consulting, transaction advisory, or private equity
• Proven experience leading PE‑backed and corporate M&A diligence engagements
• Market sizing and growth assessment
• Customer and revenue analysis
• Competitive and industry dynamics
• Demonstrated ability to influence executive and investor decision‑making
• Track record of managing teams, client relationships, and complex engagements
• Exceptional communication, leadership, and stakeholder management skills

Preferred

• Advanced degree (MBA or equivalent)
• Experience supporting post‑close value creation or growth strategy
• Chicago, Boston, and NYC.
• Consistent with the firm’s hybrid work model, this position requires
• in-person attendance three days per week at a firm office or client site.

• This role offers competitive compensation, including a base salary range of
• $230,000–$300,000, plus a target annual bonus. Grant Thornton Stax follows a
• pay-for-performance compensation philosophy, base salary is commensurate with
• experience, and total cash compensation may vary based on individual and firm
• performance.
• We also offer a comprehensive benefits package, including medical, dental, and
• vision coverage for you and your family; expanded family planning benefits; a
• 401(k) plan with company contributions regardless of your own; open vacation
• policy; life and disability insurance; generous parental leave; pre-tax transit
• benefits; mobile phone stipend; wellness reimbursement; charitable gift
• matching; and more.