Associate / Senior Associate, Valuation & Business Modelling Services

Description

Associate / Senior Associate, Valuation & Business Modelling Services

Alvarez & Marsal

Amsterdam

Alvarez & Marsal (“A&M”) is a global consulting firm with more than $2+ billion in revenues, c7,500 staff and over 70 offices world-wide. We offer a broad range of professional services including Restructuring, Transaction Advisory, Performance Improvement, Corporate Transformation, Financial Institutions Advisory, Tax, Valuations, and Disputes and Investigation Services. 

Privately held since 1983, A&M is a leading global professional services firm that delivers performance improvement, turnaround management and business advisory services to organizations seeking to transform operations, catapult growth and accelerate results through decisive action. Our senior professionals are experienced operators, world-class consultants and industry veterans who draw upon the firm's restructuring heritage to help leaders turn change into a strategic business asset, manage risk and unlock value at every stage.

When action matters, find us at www.alvarezandmarsal.com.

The opportunity

Our European Valuation & Modelling Services business is dynamic and is expanding rapidly. Over the last 8 years we have established and built teams in London, Frankfurt, Amsterdam, Munich, Madrid and Paris. Our European team works as one joint team, with continuous peer interaction between offices, weekly European-wide update calls and regular social events and seamless cross-border staffing on international projects.

Our valuation and modelling services are focused on the areas of Mergers & Acquisitions, Contentious Valuations, Complex Financial Instruments, Financial and Tax reporting and Business Modelling. After several years of rapid expansion we have established A&M as one of the leading providers of valuation & modelling services in Europe.

Our Amsterdam based Valuation & Modelling Services team has been involved in various landmark transactions and engagements. Due to our freedom from audit restrictions, high-quality work and ability to respond quickly to client requirements, we are expanding rapidly. Therefore, we seek to enlarge our team in Amsterdam with an experienced Valuations professional at Associate / Senior Associate level.

Our base salaries are highly competitive with un-capped bonuses that are well known for both its fairness and generosity. Employees are rewarded for their contribution to growing both the Valuations business and A&M as a whole.

Responsibilities:

• Work on diverse valuation and modelling engagements both in the Netherlands and across Europe
• Perform high-quality data and valuation analyses based on various valuation methodologies
• Engage in challenging modelling engagements, including the preparation of deal models and business plans
• Write client reports and other deliverables for high profile assignments
• Build relationships with clients through exceptional day-to-day project management and execution
• Gain exposure to senior members of the team, leveraging on their substantial experience to learn on the job in addition to formal technical and soft skills training programs offered by A&M globally
• You will be encouraged to network internally with our other service lines and to participate in external marketing events

Typical projects include:

• Valuations in a Restructuring context
• Commercial valuations for Mergers & Acquisitions
• Valuations for Disputes & Litigation
• Alternative Investments
• PE Portfolio Valuations
• Complex Financial Instruments
• Intellectual Property Valuations
• Fairness Opinions and Commercial Valuations    

Qualifications:

• 3 to 5 years valuations and modelling experience gained at a Big 4 or other reputable consulting firm, investment bank or independent valuation firm
• Strong educational background and exceptional academic record, including a strong focus on Finance and/or Mathematics
• Interested in or working towards a professional qualification such as CFA
• Proficiency in Excel and PowerPoint
• Excellent oral and written communication skills
• Fluent business level English is essential and Dutch is preferred. Additional European languages are highly valued
• Ambitious with a desire to succeed in an entrepreneurial culture

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.