Analyst, Financial Restructuring

Description

Analyst, Financial Restructuring

Alvarez & Marsal

Stockholm

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, Transaction Advisory, Performance Improvement, Corporate Transformation, Valuations, Financial Institutions Advisory, Tax and Disputes and Investigation Services.

As the world’s largest Turnaround & Crisis management firm, with a market leading practice in Financial & Operational Restructuring, we are here to help & support our clients with the financial & operational impacts of Covid and the subsequent worldwide economic & inflationary pressures.  

Our Nordics practice is an established part of A&M and our MD leadership team is a collection of highly experienced professionals offering a broad range of Advisory services including Financial and Operational Restructuring, Financial Due Diligence, Financial Services Advisory, Performance Improvement and Valuation services. We have offices in Stockholm, Oslo and Helsinki and all are highly active in the marketplace and expanding.

The regulatory changes impacting audit practices across 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 across Europe investing in hires at every level within the business.

A&M’s Financial Restructuring Advisory practice enables companies, investors, lenders, and secured creditor groups in complex restructuring processes to evaluate the risks and opportunities of a company’s business plan and restructuring alternatives in order to maximize recovery.

This is a unique opportunity for an Analyst to join an established & growing business and play an instrumental role in delivering exciting projects to clients. The successful candidate will work with experienced colleagues to deliver multi-stakeholder, multi-national and domestic restructuring advisory engagements delivering a blend of review and stakeholder advisory work to clients.

Main responsibilities:

• Work as part of a team to help & advise company stakeholders facing financial difficulties; assess Group-level financial performance in addition to high-level studies of the financial viability of subsidiary companies
• Tasks can include: Initial diagnostic assessment of key issues and business outlook including company financials, appraisal of options and contingency planning, cash flow assessments and Independent Business Reviews
• Assist in the preparation of corporate strategic/ turnaround plans in addition to implementation support for domestic and international groups and subsidiaries
• Contribute to performance monitoring following business plan implementation
• Participate in all the phases of a refinancing process advising both, borrowers and lenders
• Contribute to business development activities including the creation of client pitches and proposals to win new mandates
• Contribute to building a strong, trusted, long term relationships with key stakeholders across the Nordic and European lending community through the delivery of value-added client engagements

Candidate profile

• Strong academic background
• 0-2+ years of relevant experience from Corporate Finance / Debt Financing / Big 4 environment (previous full-time work or part-time/internship experience)
• Previous experience in financial restructuring and/or turnaround situations is advantageous but not required
• Demonstrate the ability to conduct quantitative and qualitative analysis, build financial models & analyse financial under-performance and related tasks
• Fluent business level English is essential and additional language skills including Swedish, Danish, Finnish or Norwegian are highly desirable
• Strong proficiency in Microsoft Office (Excel, Powerpoint)
• In addition to the skills and qualities detailed above, the desired candidate will also demonstrate the following attributes:
• Capacity to thrive in a fast-paced, challenging, and uncertain environment
• Excellent written and oral communications skills, confident and impactful presenter
• Objective, fact-based approach to problem solving
• Driven by values and integrity, talks straight, builds confidence and leads by example

A&M is an environment that presents a genuine opportunity for ambitious individuals to embark on a journey to develop their technical skills & knowledge, client network and business development skills.

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.