Description
Alvarez & Marsal – Performance Improvement
Job Title: Analyst (Trainee) for Alvarez & Marsal (A&M), Performance Improvement (Vietnam)
Who we are
Companies, investors, and government entities around the world turn to Alvarez & Marsal (A&M) for leadership, action and results. A&M’s leadership is about a bias towards action and the willingness to tell clients what we think is needed. When conventional approaches are not enough to create transformation and drive change, clients select us for our deep expertise and ability to create and deliver practical, rather than theoretical, solutions to their unique problems.
Privately held since its founding in 1983, A&M is a leading global professional services firm that provides advisory, business performance improvement and turnaround management services. We are experienced operators, world-class consultants, former regulators, and industry authorities with a shared commitment to telling clients what’s really needed for turning change into a strategic business asset, managing risk, and unlocking value at every stage of growth.
What we do
The Performance Improvement Practice works with Private Equity and Corporate clients all over the world. We offer end-to-end services throughout the investment life cycle by furnishing transaction advisory, performance improvement, turnaround, interim and crisis management. Our areas of expertise include pre-M&A due diligence, merger integration, post-M&A growth strategy, corporate finance advisory, organizational and cost transformation, supply chain and manufacturing operational improvement, interim and crisis management, and CFO finance leadership. We differentiate ourselves by the result-driven approach, the hands-on mindset, and the ability to provide leadership amidst complex situations.
A&M is rapidly expanding in Southeast Asia and seeking to hire Case Team Assistant who will be responsible for research, analytical / problem solving, modeling, and report / presentation preparation, to support various engagements of complex and high-profile situations. He/she is required to deliver rapid results with a focus on bottom-line improvement.
We value:
Integrity - Never let financial gain compromise integrity.
Quality - Always value quality people and quality work.
Objectivity - Do your homework before you form conclusions.
Fun - Like what you do and with whom you do it.
Personal Reward - Perform interesting work with interesting people and achieve results that matter.
Inclusive Diversity - Embrace diversity, foster inclusiveness and reward merit.
Key Responsibilities:
Work with team members to conduct research in all forms of information gathering and ensure all relevant sources of information are pursued
Produce accurate, properly formatted presentations and reports that concisely present findings and analyses of the team
Participate in client interviews, ask inquisitive questions and understand different stakeholders’ perspective
Cooperate with the team leader to understand different stakeholders’ perspective
Work with Leads to identify knowledge gaps, challenge status quo, validate, disprove and/or develop better assumptions
Support identification of key business challenges, accurately perform financial, market and operational analyses and pinpoint key gaps for improvement
Translate meeting documents and client documents Vietnamese – English and English – Vietnamese
Ensure that project approach, timeline and deliverables are logical, reasonable, and accurate
We are seeking:
Bachelor’s or Master’s degree (Business, Accounting, Finance, Engineering or any major with quantitative focus) with proven record of academic excellence
Previous internship experience with MNCs, other consulting firms, financial services firms, or large Vietnamese conglomerates
Excellent analytical skills, logical and structured thinking, creative in problem solving
Ability to extract useful information from large sets of unorganized or incomplete data
Superior interpersonal attributes including communication and soft skills, ability to work in a team, results/ performance-oriented work style, entrepreneurial, personal maturity
Excellent communication skills both oral and written, capable of interaction with internal team
Resourceful researcher
Detail-oriented
Strong Microsoft Excel and PowerPoint skills
Fluent in written and spoken English and Vietnamese
Willingness to travel
Working location: Vietnam
Personal Style:
High energy, autonomous, self-starter, entrepreneurial
Thrives in a fast-paced, challenging, and unpredictable environment
Has the ability to project fun and a sense of achievement into the work that they do and team that they join
Relates well at all levels and cultures
Driven by values and integrity, straight talker
Demonstrable ability to balance a high-level view with detail
A natural ability to prioritize – especially in highly pressure situations
If this sounds like you, we want to get to know you better. Contact us and get to know us better!
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.
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, creed, religion, national origin, ancestry, citizenship status, sex or gender, gender identity or gender expression (including transgender status), sexual orientation, marital status, military service and veteran status, physical or mental disability, family medical history, genetic information or other protected medical condition, political affiliation, or any other characteristic protected by and in accordance with applicable laws. Employees and Applicants can find A&M policy statements and additional information by region here.
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.