Value Creation Intern - Summer 2027

Why become a Value Creation Intern at Grant Thornton | Stax Transactions?

Grant Thornton | Stax Transactions helps private equity investors, growth-focused companies, and corporates identify and execute opportunities to improve business performance and across the full deal lifecycle — from diligence and sign-to-close, through integration or carve-out, hold-period value creation, and exit As a Value Creation Intern, you will support high-impact engagements focused on revenue growth, EBITDA expansion, commercial excellence, pricing, go-to-market strategy, performance improvement, operational improvement and integration and separations.

Recognized as a top workplace, Grant Thornton | Stax Transactions has been named to the 2025 Vault Consulting 50 Best Firms, Management Consulted’s Top Ranked Consulting Firms 2025, and Consulting Magazine’s 2025 Best Firms to Work For.

As a member of the Value Creation team, you will gain exposure to strategy consulting, private equity portfolio companies, financial and operational analysis, market research, and client deliverable development.

You will work alongside experienced Stax commercial strategy professionals and Grant Thornton specialists across operations and human capital to analyze business performance, size growth and cost opportunities, and support recommendations that create measurable value for clients.

Through hands-on experience, mentorship, and team-based client work, you will develop foundational consulting skills, including structured problem solving, financial analysis, research, communication, and presentation development.

Interested candidates should demonstrate intellectual curiosity, analytical thinking, attention to detail, and an interest in strategy consulting, private equity, business operations, and value creation.

Your day-to-day may include:

• Supporting client engagement teams with research, analysis, and deliverable preparation.
• Working on a variety of client engagements that may vary by industry, business model, growth opportunity, and strategic priority.
• Supporting operational due diligence, cost optimization, synergy assessment, and integration and carve-out engagements.
• Assisting integration, separation, and carve-out workstreams.
• Conducting market, industry, competitor, customer, and company research to inform strategic recommendations.
• Supporting primary and secondary research efforts, which may include web research, survey analysis, and interview note synthesis.
• Assisting with data collection, organization, and analysis related to revenue growth, pricing, sales effectiveness, operational improvement, and go-to-market strategy.