Senior Manager / Manager - PI Financial Services

Description

About Alvarez & Marsal

Alvarez & Marsal (A&M) is a global consulting firm with over 10,000 entrepreneurial, action and results-oriented professionals in over 40 countries. We take a hands-on approach to solving our clients' problems and assisting them in reaching their potential. Our culture celebrates independent thinkers and doers who 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 why our people love working at A&M.

The team:

Within A&M, the Financial Services Industry Group partners with Financial Services organizations and private investors to drive results, create value and unlock business opportunities at every stage of their growth strategies. Through deals, disruption, and distress solutions, we join forces with clients to catalyze growth and profitability, navigate the complex industry challenges, and harness rapid technological changes that drive market advantage.

We provide end-to-end portfolio and M&A services; deliver innovation, revenue growth and efficiency through business transformation; and execute rapid solutions to improve or turn around businesses. Clients can expect bottom line results through action-oriented leadership and success-aligned fee arrangements, delivered by our team of transformation experts, industry operators, and digital leaders.  

You are:

An accomplished consultant, strategy, or transformation professional who has experience working with Financial Services organisations (including Banking, Wealth and Asset Management, Insurance, Financial Market Utilities, etc.). You are excited to leverage your experience to transform Financial Services organizations; working across the C-suite to capitalize on disruption, enable competitiveness, and drive growth and profitability via continuous innovation.

The work:

• Support the day-to-day execution of consulting projects and ensuring successful delivery of client requirements within the scope of the engagement, including:
  • Own the project planning and process management and communicating progress to clients and A&M leadership.
  • Drive development of the content, either directly or by providing guidance to the consulting team (for example, by sharing ideas, frameworks or providing input on research and analysis).
  • Manage the client relationship on a day-to-day basis.
  • Supporting project scope and maintaining an acceptable pace of work.
• Support multiple client and stakeholder relationships and networking within the client organization to understand their needs and help to influence the client agenda.
• Support and contribute to other A&M projects, for example by sharing expertise or best practices.
• Contribute to the development of intellectual property, including improving methodologies, tools, techniques and developing new ideas and approaches.
• Support business development efforts, building understanding of how to architect and position proposals and statements of work.
• Engage with macro industry (Banking, Wealth and Asset Management, Insurance, etc.) trends, competitive dynamics, and disruptors (fintech, digital, AI, etc.) to generate thought leadership and innovative new ideas to respond to evolving industry challenges.
• Provide mentorship and coaching to Associates to help develop their consulting skills, including sharing knowledge and experience, giving frequent feedback, and creating opportunities for team members to learn and grow.

Here is what you need:

• Minimum 5 years (for Manager) or 8 years (for Senior Manager) of professional experience supporting Financial Services organizations (Banking, Capital Markets, Wealth Management, Asset Management, Insurance, Financial Market Utilities (e.g., Payments, Exchanges, etc.)) or private investors with one or more of the following areas:
  • Growth Strategy and Business Model Transformation
  • Pricing and Revenue Optimization
  • Distribution and Sales Effectiveness
  • Mergers & Acquisitions (portfolio review, due diligence, synergy, post-merger integration, etc.)
  • Performance Improvement/Cost Re-engineering/Offshoring
  • Data, Platform and Technology Modernization
  • Innovation, Data & Analytics, Digital, and AI
  • Finance and Risk Transformation
• Outstanding problem-solving acumen leveraging strong quantitative and qualitative analytical skills; proven ability to derive insights from large volumes of unstructured information to solve complex, ambiguous problems.
• Ability to deliver impactful results from ideation to execution by working independently and collaborating within cross-functional teams across multiple, concurrent projects.
• Excellent written and oral communication skills, with the ability to articulate complex concepts clearly.
• Team player who can excel in a fast-paced, entrepreneurial, and challenging work environment.
• Exceptional Microsoft PowerPoint and Excel skills.
• Bachelor’s Degree; MBA or any other advanced degree is preferred but not mandatory.
• Fluency in Cantonese or Mandarin preferred.
• Ability to travel as required.

Your Journey at A&M:

We recognize that our people are the driving force behind our success, which is why we prioritize an employee experience that fosters each person’s unique professional and personal development. Our robust performance development process promotes continuous learning, rewards your contributions, and fosters a culture of meritocracy. With top-notch training and on-the-job learning opportunities, you can acquire new skills and advance your career.

We prioritize your well-being, providing benefits and resources to support you on your personal journey. Our people consistently highlight the growth opportunities, our unique, entrepreneurial culture, and the fun we have together as their favorite aspects of working at A&M. The possibilities are endless for high-performing and passionate professionals.

OVERVIEW OF A&M ASIA

A&M established its Asia presence in 2003 and currently has offices in Greater China (Hong Kong, Shanghai, Beijing, and Shenzhen), Korea, Singapore, Malaysia, Indonesia, Vietnam, Thailand, and Australia. In addition to these locations, A&M Asia has extensive experience in serving clients across other APAC countries. Our experienced team has an average of more than 15 years’ experience and combines top-tiers consultants and C-level executives from different industries. Our clients consist of Private Equity firms investing in Asia or with portfolio businesses operating in Asia; distressed funds or hedge funds holding debt issued by Asian companies; banks lending to Asian businesses; local and multinational corporations with businesses, operations, and supply chains in Asia as well as law firms.

Inclusive Diversity

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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