Senior Associate / Manager, Transaction Advisory Group

Description

Senior Associate / Manager, Transaction Advisory Group

Alvarez & Marsal,

London or Birmingham

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

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

A&M has attracted top performers at Partner and every experienced level from our competitor firms. We are independent and unrestricted by any conflict with audit mandates and the resulting issues caused. We are also able to operate cross-border seamlessly.

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. We 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 teams have established A&M as one of the leading providers of Financial Due Diligence globally and the no.1 firm to develop an international career in Transaction Advisory today.

We are ambitious and keen to expand our established UK teams in London and Birmingham so we are looking to hire Senior Associates or Managers with experience in Transactions Advisory to support our Directors & wider team.  Successful candidates will deliver on UK and pan European projects to leading Private Equity clients, Financial Institutions and Corporates.

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

• Contribute and lead work streams on Transaction Advisory engagements, working closely with many of our Managing Directors and Senior Directors
• Work with a variety of large and mid-cap PE houses, corporate clients and financial institutions ensuring broad industry exposure
• Gain constant exposure to our Managing Directors, leveraging their substantial deal experience
• Contribute to commercial activities including business development and marketing
• Use the commercial aspects of your financial analysis skills, in addition to gaining exposure to the key drivers and valuation considerations which drive a transaction
• Coach & develop more junior colleagues while befitting from established formal and informal training programme and mentorship
• Work alongside operational and commercial professionals in combined project teams enhancing your understanding of the broader due diligence and wider deal process
• Network with our service lines and to work on external marketing events to build cross- service line relationships.
• Be active in the market, supporting and enhancing existing client relationships and initiate & develop new client relationships.

A&M is an environment that presents a real opportunity for ambitious individuals as all employees are encouraged to develop their client network and business development skills. High performing leaders who successfully develop business for the firm are substantially rewarded in terms of additional bonus and enhanced career advancement.

Our base salaries are highly competitive and bonuses are un-capped. Employees are rewarded for their contribution to growing both TAG and A&M and our bonus system is well known for both its fairness and generosity.

Essential experience:

• Experience in Transaction Advisory / Financial Due Diligence (Transaction Services) is essential in addition to experience across Private Equity or blue-chip Corporates
• Trained at a Big 4 firm or an established Transaction Advisory (transaction services) practice
• Qualified accountant /or an exceptional academic record – professional qualifications can include and are not limited to: ACA or ACCA
• Fluent business level English, other European languages are advantageous
• Experience of actively and pro-actively participating in business development activities

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 across Europe 

A&M Culture

A&M is a growing business and TAG employees have extensive client exposure and the opportunity be involved in business development activities. Team members join the weekly TAG meeting where WIP, project pipeline, resourcing, marketing and business development initiatives are discussed.

TAG employees are very much encouraged to build relationships with their client peers, planning and participating in relationship building activities. We recognise that building relationships with clients is crucial to building a platform for promotion and career development.

Our culture is a highly dynamic and responsive one that has evolved out of excelling in complex and urgent situations. We are unrestricted by any conflict with audit mandates and the resulting issues caused that are typical in many of our competitors.

Our Transaction Advisory team contribute to multi-disciplinary teams on projects across a number of geographies so you would have the opportunity to build and leverage broad international deal experience.

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.