2025 Consulting Analyst - Public Sector

Description

Hub Cities : Seattle or Washington DC

Job Description: Consulting Analyst – Public Sector Services (PSS)

Alvarez & Marsal is seeking candidates graduating with a bachelor’s or master’s degree for the role of Analyst in our Public Sector Services practice. 

Start Season & Year: Spring 2025, Summer 2025 or Fall 2025

Earliest Graduation Date: December 2024

Latest Graduation Date: June 2025

A&M Public Sector Services

Alvarez & Marsal (A&M) is a leading independent global professional services firm, specializing in providing turnaround management, performance improvement and corporate advisory services, and Public Sector Services. With approximately 9,000 professionals based in 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.

Since 2003, A&M Public Sector Services (PSS) has helped government, education, and non-profit clients identify new ways to overcome challenges and implement sustainable change — pioneering a progressive, pragmatic, and forward-looking approach based on our experience applying operational and financial improvement principles in the private sector to address the unique challenges facing public sector organizations. Working directly with leadership, PSS helps stabilize financial and operational performance by developing and implementing comprehensive efficiency, operational, and organizational improvements.

Our Public Sector professionals:

• Improve public services, expanding and improving the constituent experience.
• Manage crises, stabilizing and transforming government agencies.
• Support financial management and innovation, enabling agencies to make critical investments.
• Identify and implement operational improvements, modernizing and streamlining operations.
• Guide transformation and innovation initiatives to unlock opportunities for improved constituent services at lower cost.

PSS analysts can expect to be a part of A&M’s Advancing and Cultivating Emerging (ACE) Leaders program - the early career destination program for Alvarez & Marsal PSS analysts and consultants. ACE provides a best-in-class experience for early career professionals through recruitment activities, robust development experiences, meaningful engagement with peers and senior leaders, and competitive compensation and benefits. ACE fosters the talents of our new hires and prepares them to be the next generation of leaders at A&M within PSS.

A&M PSS is seeking full-time applicants for a variety of 2025 start dates based in Washington, DC and Seattle, WA.

Qualifications

• Possess excellent research, analytical, and problem-solving skills
• Demonstrable teaming skills
• Strong written and verbal communication skills 
• Demonstrated leadership ability
• Ability to deal with ambiguity and willingness to learn
• Minimum 3.2 GPA required, both major and overall
• Must be enrolled in an accredited college or university.  All majors considered with the preference for the degrees/majors listed below.
  • Accounting
  • Business
  • Computer Science
  • Economics
  • Finance
  • Government
  • Mathematics
  • Public Administration
• Graduation date between December 2024 and June 2025
• Comfortable with travel, up to 80%
• Must be authorized to work in the US without the need for employment-based sponsorship now or in the future.  A&M will not sponsor applicants for US work visa status for this role.  In addition, as part of our application process applicants will be subject to a pre-employment and reference investigation.
• Prior internship work experience in financial management, government operations, and/or consulting not required, but considered a plus.

Demonstrate a proficient level of experience with a number of the following areas:

• Extract useful information from large sets of unorganized or incomplete data.
• Use Excel and other MS Office programs as the primary tool to perform analysis and present conclusions.
• Able to contextualize tasks within a baseline understanding of macro issues concerning K-12 education, higher education, workforce development, state & local governance, and/or health and human services.
• Able to demonstrate thoughtfulness, objectivity, professionalism, and empathy in all aspects of work.
• Able to work independently, meet deadlines, and handle multiple tasks concurrently.

At Alvarez & Marsal, inclusive diversity is a core value, and we are dedicated to building a diverse, inclusive, and authentic workplace. If you’re excited about this role but your experience doesn’t align with the qualifications in the job description, please reach out to your campus recruiter directly [email protected].

The annual base salary is $85,000. In addition, A&M offers a discretionary bonus program which is based on several factors, including individual and firm performance.  Please ask your recruiter for details. 

Regular employees working 30 or more hours per week are also entitled to participate in Alvarez & Marsal Holdings’ fringe benefits consisting of healthcare plans, flexible spending and savings accounts, life, AD&D, and disability coverages at rates determined from time to time as well as a 401(k) retirement plan. Provided the eligibility requirements are met, employees will also receive a discretionary contribution to their 401(k) from Alvarez & Marsal. Additionally, employees are eligible for paid time off including vacation, personal days, seventy-two (72) hours of sick time (prorated for part time employees), ten federal holidays, one floating holiday, and parental leave. The amount of vacation and personal days available varies based on tenure and role type. Click here for more information regarding A&M’s benefits programs.

This application will close at midnight on September 13, 2024.

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.