Strategy Transformation Internship Program - January 2025 start

Description

Job Title: Strategy Transformation Consultant

Position open: 3

Location: Paris 8eme

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 are looking for 3 Intern Consultants in our Corporate Transformation departments in Paris.

You will be part of large-scale transformation projects team. Our job is to help our clients succeed in complex strategic transformations, right through to operational implementation and the achievement of results in the field.

You will be working on various assignments in different industries (visit our website here) :

• Transforming Retail Procurement with Data

• High-Impact Transformation of Bank Headquarters (case study here)

• Reorganise and modernize a supply chain of a global food industry company

• Coach and transform a Sales & Marketing department to improve our client’s performance

This is a fantastic opportunity for you to learn more about complex operational transformation and finance advisory and become involved in a ‘hands-on’ team.

The successful candidate will:

•            Join a growing team with strong leadership, bright, energetic people with a truly entrepreneurial spirit

•            Gain experience in large multi-sector, scale transformation

•            Work on diverse assignments helping our other business unit such as Private Equity, Restructuring and Turnaround

•            We operate as a European team and the individual will also gain insight to project in the UK and other countries (Germany, Netherlands, Sweden, etc).

The main tasks will include:

•            Work very closely with our senior management and support the business growth

•            Structure and carry out essential strategic research and market analysis

•            Performing research on potential targets and helping prepare “points of view” documents on such targets

•            Support the commercial activity, preparation for client pitches

•            Assisting in managing intelligence on forthcoming deals, and working on targeting Financial Inst

Requirements:

•            At least 6 months previous internship experience

•            Strong Excel skills :  solid understanding of accounting/finance, ability to distill large amounts of data into a simple format (eg pivot tables …)

•            Proficient with Word, and PowerPoint

•            Excellent analytical and problem-solving skills

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

A&M Culture

A&M is a growing business and our people have extensive client exposure and the opportunity to be involved in business development activities.

Our culture is a highly dynamic and responsive one that has evolved out of excelling in complex and urgent situations. We are unrestricted by any conflict with Audit services and the issues caused that are typical in many of our competitors.

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.

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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.