Associate, Transaction Advisory (Financial Due Diligence)

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Associate, Transaction Advisory (Financial Due Diligence)

Global Transaction Advisory Group

Alvarez & Marsal

Milan

Alvarez & Marsal (“A&M”) is a global consulting firm with more than $2+ billion in revenues, 7,500 staff and over 70 offices world-wide. We offer a broad range of professional services including Transaction Advisory, Private Equity Performance Improvement, Financial & Operational Restructuring, Debt Advisory, Corporate Transformation, Financial Institutions Advisory, Tax, Valuations and Disputes and Investigation Services. 

Companies & Investors around the world turn to Alvarez & Marsal (A&M) for leadership, action and results.

A&M’s Global Transaction Advisory Group (“TAG”) is the largest transaction advisory practice outside the Big 4 audit firms. Our award-winning practice includes over 800 professionals in 35 offices across the U.S., Middle East, Europe, Latin America, India and Asia Pacific.  A&M TAG have a unique opportunity to perform “smarter” due diligence by providing an integrated and differentiated approach. A&M is the leading provider of Financial Due Diligence globally outside the big four & the no.1 firm to develop a pan European career in Transaction Advisory today.

A&M Italy is well established and our Transaction Advisory team is lead by a team of highly experienced Managing Directors & Senior Directors. They have an exceptional reputation and they work for premium clients on high profile deals, large and mid-cap private equity, fast growth premium small cap deals, multinational corporates and LBO’s.

Our TAG professionals provide Private Equity, Corporate & Financial Services clients with buy side and sell side financial accounting due diligence. TAG professionals actively engage in assessing a target’s quality of earning, analysing cash flows, reviewing working capital, identifying key business drivers, reviewing forecasts, and conducting comprehensive discussions with management and their advisors. We are unrestricted by any conflict with audit mandates and the resulting issues caused that are typical in many of our competitors. We are also able to operate cross-border seamlessly.

A&M TAG have a unique delivery model that enables junior members of the team to gain extensive exposure to Managing Directors and Senior Directors thus empowering individuals to fast track their careers and development.  We are expanding, and we are looking for experienced and ambitious individuals to join our Transactions Advisory team as Associates in Milan.

As part of a select and highly skilled team, you will have the opportunity to;

• Work with a variety of large-cap and mid-cap PE houses, corporate clients and financial institutions providing broad industry & client exposure
• Contribute to projects & work streams reporting directly to the Managing Directors or Senior Directors
• Work as part of multi-disciplinary teams in Italy and across geographies and build broad international deal experience
• Gain exposure to senior members of the team gaining ‘on the job’ experience in addition to established formal training programmes lead by our Learning & Development team
• Use the commercial aspects of your financial analysis skills, in addition to analysing the key drivers and valuation considerations that drive a transaction
• Work alongside A&M’s operational and commercial professionals in combined project teams enhancing your understanding of the broader due diligence & wider deal process
• Network with our service lines and work on external marketing events to build cross- service line relationships

A&M is an environment that presents a real opportunity for ambitious individuals as all Associates are supported to develop their technical skills & commercial knowledge.  All employees are substantially & fairly rewarded in bonus and enhanced career advancement and we completely embrace diversity, and this impacts how we recruit, develop employees, conduct business, and support our clients.  

Essential experience:

• 1 – 3 years experience in Transaction Services or 3+ years in Audit at a Big 4 firm
• A strong academic record and professional qualifications are helpful
• Native Italian and fluent English is required. Additional European language skills including French, Dutch, Spanish, German or Swedish are advantageous

The successful candidate will:

• Join a growing team with strong leadership, bright, energetic people with a truly entrepreneurial spirit
• Work across the entire deal life cycle in a hands-on role, including both buy-side and sell-side work
• Benefit from more diverse and exciting career opportunities
• Deliver international projects on behalf of many of the most prominent organisations worldwide 

Diversity & Inclusion

A&M’s entrepreneurial culture celebrates independent thinkers and doers who can positively impact our clients and shape our industry. The collaborative environment and engaging work—guided by A&M’s core values of Integrity, Quality, Objectivity, Fun, Personal Reward, and Inclusive Diversity—are the main reasons our people love working at A&M. Inclusive Diversity means we embrace diversity, and we foster inclusiveness, encouraging everyone to bring their whole self to work each day. It runs through how we recruit, develop employees, conduct business, support clients, and partner with vendors. It is the A&M way.

Voluntary Inclusion

It is Alvarez & Marsal’s practice to provide and promote equal opportunity in employment, compensation, and other terms and conditions of employment without discrimination because of race, color, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, family medical history or genetic information, political affiliation, military service, pregnancy, marital status, family status, religion, national origin, age or disability or any other non-merit based factor or any other characteristics in accordance with all applicable laws and regulations.

Unsolicited Resumes from Third-Party Recruiters

Please note that as per A&M policy, we do not accept unsolicited resumes from third-party recruiters unless such recruiters are engaged to provide candidates for a specified opening and in alignment with our Inclusive Diversity values. Any employment agency, person or entity that submits an unsolicited resume does so with the understanding that A&M will have the right to hire that applicant at its discretion without any fee owed to the submitting employment agency, person or entity.