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Location: Zurich, Switzerland
Date Posted: Dec 6, 2024
Description
Start your career as a Tax Analyst – Law or Economics / Business Graduate opportunity
Who we are
Companies, investors and government entities around the world turn to Alvarez & Marsal (A&M) for leadership, action and results. A&M is a leading global professional services firm that provides advisory, business performance improvement and turnaround management services. In collaboration with these offerings, A&M also provides customized tax advisory services across a number of different tax specialisms.
A&M Tax is an independent tax group made up of tax professionals dedicated to providing customized tax advice to clients and investors across a broad range of topics and industries. Its professionals extend A&M’s commitment to offering clients a choice in advisors who bring an unyielding commitment to delivering responsive client service and strive for best-in-class advisory services. A&M Tax has offices in major metropolitan markets throughout EMEA, the U.S., Asia and Australia.
In the beginning of 2024, our growth continued as we opened up a dedicated Swiss Tax team in Switzerland. With a number of new joiners already on board we are now looking for entrepreneurially minded graduates who are looking to pursue a career in Tax in a dynamic and engaging team!
What will you be doing?
Coming in as a Tax Analyst, you will have the opportunity to further develop skills that will enable you the opportunity to navigate complex tax matters as our clients expand their M&A operations, reorganize portfolio companies and/or work through cross-border restructurings.
As part of your learning journey, you will work on a number of high quality projects that could include the following:
tax due diligence reports: which will enable our clients to know what tax risks are in an M&A transaction they plan to make and how to handle them,
transaction structuring reports and memos: to help clients execute M&A deals or restructurings in a tax-efficient way, and
tax rulings: where you will use your technical expertise and writing skills when presenting findings to the Swiss tax authorities, while negotiating and reaching final consensus on the various tax implications to advise your clients on.
Coming into the team, you will have the opportunity to collaborate and work with various service lines and subject-matter specialists in fields such as indirect tax, transfer pricing and management incentive programs. This will allow you to gain a broad tax skillset while having the opportunity to specialize over time once you have a better understanding where your interests lie. Over time, you will take on more leadership responsibility becoming a mentor for colleagues that will follow in your footsteps.
What you will need to excel in this role
You have a degree in law, economics or business administration, preferably from a Swiss university
Your native language is German and your English is fluent. Any additional language (in particular French or Italian) is a plus.
You have the ability and find pleasure in simultaneously working on several projects and effectively managing deadlines.
You enjoy working as part of a team and have great people management skills, as you navigate your day-to-day interacting with our clients and the wider A&M team members.
You have a high motivation to expand your knowledge in Swiss tax law and M&A and are interested in becoming a Swiss certified tax expert (diplomierte/r Steuerexperte/in).
Prior internships or experience in tax advisory or M&A are a plus, but not a must.
What can we offer you?
Joining our team, your role will be varied, dynamic and you will have the opportunity to work with prime clients and global players in various industry sectors around the globe. You will be part of the exciting growth journey of the team and the global expansion of A&M. You have the chance to partner with senior leadership in key decisions on the strategy and future development within the market. You will team up with a number of talented individuals within the business in a supportive surrounding that will provide you the opportunity to challenge your tax technical skills and business acumen in a stimulating environment.
In essence, you can look forward to:
Leadership: Growing EMEA leadership team and high-quality colleagues to work with in a fun and collegiate environment.
An inclusive and diverse surrounding where employees are able to bring their full self to work, to feel that they belong and give them a voice and to ensure that this voice is heard.
Career development: A&M is rapidly expanding. The opportunities for internal career progression as A&M Tax grows are visible. By removing any external factors that you as an individual cannot control, A&M has a well-structured performance review process which enables individuals to be promoted at the right time with no restrictions. As the Global Tax team looks to strive to collaborate as one global team, international secondments could also become available.
Technical development: We will support your continuing professional development within this tax team through work opportunities and coaching from our experienced senior team. Additionally, we will sponsor you to complete the Swiss Certified Tax Expert (diplomierte/r Steuerexperte/in) over a 4 year period. We will support individuals with a structured program which will cover financial support, allocated time off for studies and most importantly coaching and mentoring from those in the team that have gone through the same career path.
Remuneration: A&M offers a competitive salary and an excellent and genuinely performance related bonus scheme where individuals’ contribution to the team’s success is identified during the year.
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.
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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.