PEPI Manager - Real Estate M&A (Open to all US locations)

Description

Alvarez & Marsal Private Equity Performance Improvement

Real Estate M&A, Manager

Alvarez & Marsal is a leading independent global professional services firm, specializing in providing turnaround management, performance improvement and corporate advisory services, is seeking to expand its Private Equity Performance Improvement (PEPI) – Real Estate team. With more than 4,500 professionals based in 40 locations across North America, Europe, Asia, and Latin America, our firm excels in problem solving and value creation.  Drawing on a strong operational heritage and hands-on-approach, our professionals work closely with organizations and stakeholders to help tackle complex business issues and maximize value.

A&M’s Private Equity Performance Improvement Services (PEPI) practice, with offices throughout the US, focuses on serving upper middle market and large cap private equity firms who have engaged A&M to help improve operating results at their portfolio companies.  The companies we assess are upper middle market in the $50 million to $1 billion plus range. 

Our professionals are aligned with a PEPI service line to promote the development of deep functional skills & experiences and to maximize our ability to tailor solutions to solve our clients’ business issues.

Our PEPI services include:

• CDD/Strategy
• Interim Management
• Merger Integration & Carve-outs
• Real Estate M&A
• IT
• Rapid Results
• Supply Chain
• CFO Services

Private Equity Focused Professionals

We bring a structured and disciplined approach to create and capture value. We provide private equity buyers with a broad continuum of knowledge and tools for mergers, acquisitions, carve-outs, joint ventures and alliances.

The team works across the full spectrum of the deal lifecycle from pre-deal, operational and synergy reviews, through 'Day-1' planning, to post-deal implementations. Our services include due diligence, merger integration / carve-out planning and execution, transition service agreement negotiation & governance, operations & cost reduction.

The PEPI MAS group is a growing business targeting high growth in the next two to four years. We offer excellent opportunities for career advancement and build leadership skills. The leadership team is focused on providing development opportunities, training and exposure to international business assignments.

Manager:

We are seeking individuals that can be part of a team that delivers large, complex client engagements that identify, design, and implement creative business and Real Estate solutions for private equity clients and their portfolio companies.  A&M Managers frequently work on the following types of engagements:

• Pre-acquisition Real Estate diligence assignments
• Merger-integration and carve-out execution
• Day-1 and 100-day planning and execution
• Implement high quality deliverables and effectively manage the day-to-day relationships to ensure exceptional performance.

Qualifications:

• 5-8 years of professional consulting or real estate industry experience, with a minimum of five years specializing in pre and post transaction operational due diligence, merger integration, business transformation, and change management
• Experience working for or with private equity sponsors,  portfolio companies, or related transaction / merger integration experience
• Experience working with multiple real estate asset classes (multi-family and single-family residential, office, industrial, retail, hospitality, data centers, public storage and others)
• Audit, Internal Audit or Accounting back ground preferred with knowledge of core business processes and internal controls required
• Experience with corporate real estate including portfolio strategy, site selection, economic incentives, lease administration a plus but not required
• Deep functional expertise in one of more of the following areas:
  • Business / transformation program / project management
  • Collaboration and leading change to improve key business functions, such as finance/accounting
  • Business assessment and strategy development
  • Business performance improvement and cost reduction
  • Property Management
  • Asset Management
  • Real Estate Finance, Accounting, Treasury and/or FP&A
  • Real Estate Acquisitions/Dispositions
  • Real Estate Valuation
• Demonstrated track record working with business leaders as well as private equity deal staff
• Ability to work with and develop junior staff
• Proven writing skills with a desire to produce polished client-facing documents
• Excellent fact-gathering and analytical skills, including business process mapping and quantitative analysis
• Specific experience designing and supervising the execution of internally-focused and externally-focused change/communications strategy.
• Previous strategy and change management experience. Advisory experience from a top-tier strategy firm, leading specialist, niche advisory firm, or Big-4 consultancy
• Bachelor’s degree required
• Flexibility to travel at least 75% of time

The salary range is $125,000 - $190,000 annually, dependent on several variables including but not limited to education, experience, skills, and geography. In addition, A&M offers a discretionary bonus program which is based on a number of factors, including individual and firm performance.  Please ask your recruiter for details.

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