Transaction Advisory – Consultant (Bilingual Japanese)

Practice: Accenture Strategy – Transaction Advisory (Global Network)
Location: Gurgaon / Mumbai / Bengaluru
Experience Required:

• JLPT – N1 or N2 level
• Consultant: 4+ years post-MBA with client-facing consulting experience
• Education: Full-time MBA from a Tier 1 institute

About Practice

Accenture’s M&A and Private Equity Consulting practice partners with Private Equity (PE) firms and Corporate clients across the deal lifecycle — from diligence and deal execution to integration, separation, and transformation.

Our Japan-focused M&A team supports both Japanese corporations and global investors entering or expanding in Japan. With bilingual (Japanese and English) capabilities, the team enables seamless client engagement, cultural alignment, and delivery of high-value consulting engagements.

What You’ll Do – Key Responsibilities

Common for Both Levels

Core Responsibilities

• Lead or support consulting projects with a focus on business strategy, transformation, and sales acceleration for Japanese and global clients
• Drive client-facing interactions in both Japanese and English, ensuring effective communication and cultural alignment
• Contribute to opportunity origination, proposals, and orals — supporting global teams in winning work with Japanese clients

Additional Responsibilities

• Support M&A-related initiatives where relevant:
  • Pre-Deal: Target/company research and evaluation, target screening, commercial due diligence, synergy assessment
  • Deal Execution & Post-Deal: Support integration/separation planning, operating model alignment, and value capture initiatives
• Develop perspectives and thought leadership on Japan market trends and cross-border business opportunities

Role-Specific Expectations

Manager

• Lead client engagements in strategy, transformation, and sales enablement for Japanese/global clients
• Build and manage senior client relationships — function as the bridge between Japanese stakeholders and global leadership
• Contribute significantly to business development — driving proposals, pitching to clients, and identifying opportunities in the Japan market
• M&A exposure (due diligence, integration, synergy planning) is mandatory
• Mentor bilingual consultants and analysts, and support growth of the Japan-focused practice

Consultant

• Own workstreams in strategy and transformation programs, ensuring quality deliverables and timely execution
• Support business development activities, including research, proposal writing, and Japanese-language client materials
• Hands-on involvement in M&A-related work and strong consulting + client-facing skills are essential
• Collaborate with managers to deliver impactful outputs and maintain client satisfaction

Industry Focus (Preferred)

Experience with Japanese/global clients in:
Automotive, Consumer Goods & Retail, Life Sciences, Industrial Products, Financial Services, Technology

Must-Have Skills

• Fluency in Japanese and English (spoken and written). Preferable N1 or N2 level in JLPT
• Strong consulting background with proven client-facing delivery experience
• Business development and sales orientation — experience in proposals, pitches, and client relationship building
• Excellent communication and stakeholder management skills with sensitivity to Japanese business culture
• M&A exposure and consulting expertise are the core requirements

Why Join Us?

• Work with Japanese and global clients on high-impact strategy and transformation projects
• Leverage bilingual skills to shape cross-border business development and consulting delivery
• Gain exposure to both Japan market dynamics and global M&A opportunities
• Join a fast-growing, entrepreneurial practice with strong leadership visibility and career development opportunities

About Accenture

Accenture is a leading global professional services company that helps the world’s leading businesses, governments and other organizations build their digital core, optimize their operations, accelerate revenue growth and enhance citizen services—creating tangible value at speed and scale. We are a talent- and innovation-led company with approximately 791,000 people serving clients in more than 120 countries. Technology is at the core of change today, and we are one of the world’s leaders in helping drive that change, with strong ecosystem relationships. We combine our strength in technology and leadership in cloud, data and AI with unmatched industry experience, functional expertise and global delivery capability. Our broad range of services, solutions and assets across Strategy & Consulting, Technology, Operations, Industry X and Song, together with our culture of shared success and commitment to creating 360° value, enable us to help our clients reinvent and build trusted, lasting relationships. We measure our success by the 360° value we create for our clients, each other, our shareholders, partners and communities.

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