Manager / Assistant Director Global Transaction Advisory Group

Description

Manager / Assistant Director - Global Transaction Advisory Group

Alvarez & Marsal

Paris – France

About us

Companies, investors and government entities around the world turn to Alvarez & Marsal (A&M) for leadership, action and results. 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. When conventional approaches are not enough to create transformation and drive change, clients seek our deep expertise and ability to deliver practical solutions to their unique problems.

With over 10,000 people providing services across six continents, we deliver tangible results for corporates, boards, private equity firms, law firms and government agencies facing complex challenges. Our senior leaders, and their teams, leverage A&M’s restructuring heritage to help companies act decisively, catapult growth and accelerate results. We are experienced operators, world-class consultants, former regulators and industry authorities with a shared commitment to telling clients what is really needed for turning change into a strategic business asset, managing risk and unlocking value at every stage of growth.

We would like to invite you to join Alvarez & Marsal’s dynamic Transaction Advisory team.

Our award-winning practice includes over 1,000 professionals in over 40 offices across the United States, Middle East, Europe, Latin America, India and Asia Pacific. We work for premium clients on a selection of deals sector-wide. Our Transaction Advisory team have established Alvarez & Marsal as one of the leading providers of financial due diligence globally and the leading firm to develop a fulfilling career in Transaction Advisory.

Alvarez & Marsal’s employees benefit from joining a large network and employee resource groups such as supporting the LGBQT+ community, A&M Young Professionals, EMEA Women’s Network, The Multicultural Network, A&M Parents & Careers Community Group and offering support to those who identify as neurodivergent. Other benefits include but are not limited to flexible working, meal vouchers, medical insurance, maternity/paternity leave and access to our Employee Assistance Programme. We are committed to creating a welcoming, diverse and inclusive environment for everyone.

Our values

Alvarez & Marsal’s core values lead the day-to-day decision-making practices, we work hard to uphold these values and remain true to our ethos of:

• Integrity

• Objectivity

• Quality

• Inclusive Diversity

• Fun  

• Personal Reward

What we do

A&M provides investors and lenders the answers needed to get the deal done. We combine our firm’s deep operational, industry and functional resources with quality financial accounting and tax expertise to assess key deal drivers and focus on the root cause of any critical deal issues. The largest Transaction Advisory practice outside the Big Four, our global integrated teams help private equity, hedge fund and corporate acquirers unlock value across the investment cycle.

The role 

We are growing and continuing to expand our established French team in Paris, we are looking to hire a Manager/ Assistant Director with experience in Transaction Advisory, who can support our Managing Directors and wider teams and can deliver on French and pan-European projects to our clients.

As part of our highly skilled team, the successful individual will:

• Work with a variety of large-cap and mid-cap Private Equity houses, corporate clients and financial institutions providing broad industry exposure

• Lead projects reporting directly to the Managing Directors or Senior Directors

• Work as part of multi-disciplinary teams in France and across geographies and build broad international deal experience

• Gain exposure to senior members of the team in France and internationally gaining ‘on the job’ learning & development in addition to established formal training

• Use the commercial aspects of your financial analysis skills, in addition to analysing the key drivers and valuation considerations that drive a transaction

• Work alongside A&M’s operational and commercial professionals in combined project teams enhancing your understanding of the broader due diligence & wider deal process

• Network with our service lines and work on external marketing events to build cross- service line relationships

• Be active in the external market, supporting and enhancing existing client relationships and developing new client relationships

Alvarez & Marsal is an environment that presents a real opportunity for motivated individuals as all employees are encouraged to develop their client network and grow their business development skills. Our team is rewarded in terms of an attractive remuneration package and the opportunity to fast-track their Transaction Advisory career.

Our base salaries are highly competitive, and bonuses are un-capped. Employees are rewarded for their contribution to growing both TAG and the broader business.

Essential experience:

• Graduated from a leading “Grande Ecoles” in Business and/or Engineering, or equivalent

• Big 4 trained - Previous financial due diligence experience is essential

• Exposure to blue-chip Corporates and/ or Private Equity is useful

• Fluent business-level English and French is essential. Additional European language skills including Dutch, German, Swedish, Italian or Spanish are highly desirable

A&M’s deep operational and industry expertise provides TAG with a unique opportunity to perform more insightful due diligence by providing an integrated and differentiated approach enabling us to deliver more value to our clients. We are free from audit conflicts and our platform is less restrictive, enabling us to operate cross-border seamlessly.

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.

Equal Opportunity Employer

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.

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.