Associate Director, Valuations

Description

Associate Director, Valuations

Alvarez & Marsal

London

Alvarez & Marsal (“A&M”) is a global consulting firm over $2+ billion in revenues, 8,000 staff and 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. 

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 (M&A), 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 across Europe.

Our London 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 London with an experienced Valuations professional at Associate Director 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.

Responsibilities:

• Work on diverse valuation and modelling engagements both in the UK 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
• You will be encouraged to network internally with our other service lines and to participate in external marketing events

The successful candidates will gain constant exposure to our Managing Directors, leveraging their substantial experience and be actively involved in commercial, business development, and marketing.

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    
• Purchase Price Allocations

Requirements:

• Valuations experience gained at a Big 4 accounting firm or consulting firm or independent valuation firm
• Strong educational background and exceptional academic record, including a strong focus on Finance and/or Mathematics
• Proficiency in Excel and PowerPoint - experience conducting Financial Analysis and Financial Modelling
• Excellent oral and written communication skills
• Fluent business level English is essential. 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.