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Performance and Cost Improvement Analyst

Our Deloitte Strategy & Transactions team helps guide clients through their most critical moments and transformational initiatives. We offer comprehensive end-to-end support and advisory services, covering areas such as valuation modeling, cost optimization, restructuring, business design and transformation, infrastructure and real estate, mergers and acquisitions (M&A), and sustainability. The team works closely with clients at every stage of their journey, helping them navigate challenges, avoid financial pitfalls, and implement practical solutions before, during, and after major transformational projects or transactions creating lasting impact.
Join Deloitte's Performance & Cost Improvement (P&CI) team to help organizations turn complex business challenges into measurable results. As an Analyst, you will work with corporate and private equity clients on cost reduction, margin improvement, and transformation initiatives while building direct experience in financial analysis, strategic problem-solving, and client delivery. This is an opportunity to contribute to high-impact work, deepen your business acumen, and grow your career in a fast-paced, team-based environment.

Work You'll Do

As a P&CI Analyst on the Performance Improvement and Restructuring (PI&R) Offering team, you will be responsible for:

• Work with senior executives to develop, define, and execute cost/growth reduction strategies with Fortune 500 companies
• Analyze financial, operational, and business data to identify cost reduction, margin improvement, and value creation opportunities for corporate and private equity clients
• Develop business cases, pricing analyses, and financial models to evaluate strategic options and quantify business impact
• Assess business processes, operating models, and performance drivers to support recommendations for operational improvement, transformation, and post-transaction execution
• Prepare client-ready deliverables and present findings, analyses, and recommendations to engagement teams and client stakeholders
• Support day-to-day client delivery by coordinating workstreams, tracking project activities, and synthesizing data and insights for client and internal meeting

A successful candidate would possess these skills:

• Ability to work independently and collaborate as part of a team
• Effective written and verbal communication skills
• Meticulous attention to detail and quality of work product
• Ability to build and sustain professional relationships
• Ability to lead projects or workstreams
• Ability to manage and prioritize multiple tasks in a fast-paced and dynamic environment
• Strong interpersonal skills and professional demeanor
• Ability to meet deadlines
• Ability to provide clear guidance to others

The Team
PI&R defines and leads enterprise Board and C-Suite agendas for non-distressed, underperforming, and distressed clients to improve margins, operational and financial performance, navigate financial difficulties, and improve cashflow to fund critical transformations.
Within PI&R, the Performance & Cost Improvement team helps clients address financial pressure, improve operating performance, and stabilize business results. The team supports initiatives such as cost reduction, margin improvement, working capital and liquidity improvement, post-merger integration and synergy capture, operating model transformation, business model transformation, and analytics-enabled performance improvement.

Qualifications

Required:

• Bachelor's degree

• 1+ years of experience in management consulting serving corporate or private equity clients focusing on operations improvement or margin improvement, transformation, post M&A integration value creation, or business process reengineering around global cost reduction or development of global growth strategies

• 1+ years of experience in financial analysis using data from multiple sources to identify value creation or strategic cost improvement opportunities
• 1+ years of experience developing models using Microsoft Excel, Microsoft PowerPoint, Microsoft Access, Visual Basic, Tableau, or similar tools
• Ability to travel 50%, on average, based on the work you do and the clients and industries/sectors you serve
• Must be legally authorized to work in the United States without the need for employer sponsorship, now or at any time in the future

Preferred:

• Advanced degree
• Experience developing business cases, pricing analyses, or complex financial analyses
• Experience in creating executive-level presentations and client deliverables using Microsoft PowerPoint
• Experience with data visualization or analytics tools such as Tableau
• Experience supporting proposal development

For individuals assigned and/or hired to work in New York, Deloitte is required by law to include a reasonable estimate of the compensation range for this role. This compensation range is specific to New York and takes into account the wide range of factors that are considered in making compensation decisions including but not limited to skill sets; experience and training; licensure and certifications; and other business and organizational needs. At Deloitte, it is not typical for an individual to be hired at or near the top of the range for their role and compensation decisions are dependent on the facts and circumstances of each case. A reasonable estimate of the current range is $74,900 to $147,600.

Performance and Cost Improvement Analyst

Our Deloitte Strategy & Transactions team helps guide clients through their most critical moments and transformational initiatives. We offer comprehensive end-to-end support and advisory services, covering areas such as valuation modeling, cost optimization, restructuring, business design and transformation, infrastructure and real estate, mergers and acquisitions (M&A), and sustainability. The team works closely with clients at every stage of their journey, helping them navigate challenges, avoid financial pitfalls, and implement practical solutions before, during, and after major transformational projects or transactions creating lasting impact.
Join Deloitte's Performance & Cost Improvement (P&CI) team to help organizations turn complex business challenges into measurable results. As an Analyst, you will work with corporate and private equity clients on cost reduction, margin improvement, and transformation initiatives while building direct experience in financial analysis, strategic problem-solving, and client delivery. This is an opportunity to contribute to high-impact work, deepen your business acumen, and grow your career in a fast-paced, team-based environment.

Work You'll Do

As a P&CI Analyst on the Performance Improvement and Restructuring (PI&R) Offering team, you will be responsible for:

• Work with senior executives to develop, define, and execute cost/growth reduction strategies with Fortune 500 companies
• Analyze financial, operational, and business data to identify cost reduction, margin improvement, and value creation opportunities for corporate and private equity clients
• Develop business cases, pricing analyses, and financial models to evaluate strategic options and quantify business impact
• Assess business processes, operating models, and performance drivers to support recommendations for operational improvement, transformation, and post-transaction execution
• Prepare client-ready deliverables and present findings, analyses, and recommendations to engagement teams and client stakeholders
• Support day-to-day client delivery by coordinating workstreams, tracking project activities, and synthesizing data and insights for client and internal meeting

A successful candidate would possess these skills:

• Ability to work independently and collaborate as part of a team
• Effective written and verbal communication skills
• Meticulous attention to detail and quality of work product
• Ability to build and sustain professional relationships
• Ability to lead projects or workstreams
• Ability to manage and prioritize multiple tasks in a fast-paced and dynamic environment
• Strong interpersonal skills and professional demeanor
• Ability to meet deadlines
• Ability to provide clear guidance to others

The Team
PI&R defines and leads enterprise Board and C-Suite agendas for non-distressed, underperforming, and distressed clients to improve margins, operational and financial performance, navigate financial difficulties, and improve cashflow to fund critical transformations.
Within PI&R, the Performance & Cost Improvement team helps clients address financial pressure, improve operating performance, and stabilize business results. The team supports initiatives such as cost reduction, margin improvement, working capital and liquidity improvement, post-merger integration and synergy capture, operating model transformation, business model transformation, and analytics-enabled performance improvement.

Qualifications

Required:

• Bachelor's degree

• 1+ years of experience in management consulting serving corporate or private equity clients focusing on operations improvement or margin improvement, transformation, post M&A integration value creation, or business process reengineering around global cost reduction or development of global growth strategies

• 1+ years of experience in financial analysis using data from multiple sources to identify value creation or strategic cost improvement opportunities
• 1+ years of experience developing models using Microsoft Excel, Microsoft PowerPoint, Microsoft Access, Visual Basic, Tableau, or similar tools
• Ability to travel 50%, on average, based on the work you do and the clients and industries/sectors you serve
• Must be legally authorized to work in the United States without the need for employer sponsorship, now or at any time in the future

Preferred:

• Advanced degree
• Experience developing business cases, pricing analyses, or complex financial analyses
• Experience in creating executive-level presentations and client deliverables using Microsoft PowerPoint
• Experience with data visualization or analytics tools such as Tableau
• Experience supporting proposal development

For individuals assigned and/or hired to work in New York, Deloitte is required by law to include a reasonable estimate of the compensation range for this role. This compensation range is specific to New York and takes into account the wide range of factors that are considered in making compensation decisions including but not limited to skill sets; experience and training; licensure and certifications; and other business and organizational needs. At Deloitte, it is not typical for an individual to be hired at or near the top of the range for their role and compensation decisions are dependent on the facts and circumstances of each case. A reasonable estimate of the current range is $74,900 to $147,600.