Alvarez & Marsal - Senior Associate, Financial Restructuring

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Senior Associate, Financial Restructuring

Alvarez & Marsal

London

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

Companies, investors and government entities around the world turn to A&M for leadership, action and results.

The regulatory changes impacting audit practices in the U.K. and Europe have had a significant impact on the Restructuring practices of the Big 4 accounting firms leading to divestures and change previously unthinkable. There is a huge opportunity for growth and A&M has expanded its Restructuring practice significantly in the UK and across Europe since 2017.

A&M’s established EMEA Financial Restructuring practice enables lenders and corporates to clearly evaluate the risks and opportunities of their situation and their restructuring options. Due to continued growth, we are recruiting talented individuals to join this expanding team at Senior Associate level in our London office.

The successful candidate will work on multi-stakeholder, multi-national restructuring advisory engagements delivering a blend of review and stakeholder advisory work to stressed and distressed businesses.

Main responsibilities:

• Advise companies, investors, lenders or any other stakeholders facing distressed situations
• Assess group-level financial performance in addition to high-level studies of the financial viability of subsidiary companies
• Review short-term cash flow projections and analyse cash conservation efforts and controls
• Evaluate business plans and financial projections, including assessments of risks and opportunities
• Assess strategic and restructuring alternatives available and analysis of possible outcomes
• Support commercial negotiations with key stakeholder groups on behalf of clients
• Develop trusted relationships with key stakeholders in the European Restructuring community through the delivery of value-added client engagements

The person:

• Experience within a Restructuring team at a leading advisory firm/Big 4 environment
• Strong academic track record and professional progression including an accountancy qualification (ACA, ACCA or equivalent)
• The ability to demonstrate experience contributing to restructuring projects that can include; independent business reviews, short term cash flow assessments, capital structure analysis and lender restructuring options analysis
• Demonstrated expertise and aptitude with conducting quantitative and qualitative analyses, particularly with constructing integrated financial models and analysing financial underperformance
• Ability to maintain relationships with key executives and a network of professional organisations or affiliations
• Fluent business level English is essential. Additional European language skills including Spanish, Dutch, German, Italian or French are desirable

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.

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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.

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