Starting new SC M&A role after 3 YOE in ERP and tech consulting. I have 3 weeks to learn as much as I can so I don’t sound like an idiot on my first day. I bought some books, how would you prep?

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Understand the M&A cycle. (Note: I am currently part of the M&A group at EY)

I didn’t have true M&A experience and had more post-merger, but I studied the lifecycle and quickly tried to map that to the deal scope on my first deal. Remember, ERP is a big part of post-close and planning for pre-close. Use your understanding of data separation/integration and layers of how data reaches the end-user as starting point. If your client is diverting, what are things that you would to start the framework? Similar question for acquisition.

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Sure thing. Feel free to DM me.

where is your new job at? where did you come from?

Big 4 to Big 4

Did you get any good resources? Doing the same move.

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