About Us
Alvarez & Marsal was founded in 1983 when Tony Alvarez II and Bryan Marsal recognized the opportunity to provide radically different advice and hands-on support to organizations facing operational and financial hurdles - situations demanding action, objectivity and real results.
Mavericks determined to challenge the prevailing approach to management consulting, Alvarez & Marsal's (A&M) founders helped pave the way for what became an industry: turnaround management, corporate restructuring and performance improvement for companies and stakeholders.
Often compared to corporate doctors, the founders built a culture through the years - blending together a mix of operating managers, functional experts and consultants. The firm grew at a measured pace to maintain quality and increase A&M's global reach and capabilities.
Committed to its core values, A&M has since evolved from a boutique player to the premier independent global professional services firm with a reputation for providing leadership, problem-solving and value-creation to under performing and robust companies across the industry spectrum. The firm today tackles wide ranging issues, with a focus on preserving and maximizing enterprise value.
With an operational heritage and depth of senior resources, A&M teams are able to rapidly diagnose and execute practical solutions in complex business environments by:
• Understanding Opportunities and Challenges
• Collaborating and Listening
• Planning and Partnering
• Building Consensus
• Supporting and Guiding / Leading
• Establishing a Self-Sustaining Organization
When the stakes are high, companies and stakeholders look to A&M to help find the right answer and deliver the solution in a variety of service areas. Whether serving as trusted advisers or in interim management roles to accelerate positive change, A&M professionals are on the ground across North America, Europe, the Middle East, Asia and Latin America - drawing on a proud operational heritage, never resting on our laurels.
• Associate, Restructuring
Alvarez & Marsal
London
Alvarez & Marsal (“A&M”) is a global consulting firm with more than $2+ billion in revenues, c.6000+ staff and over 70 offices around the globe and a broad range of professional services including Operational & Financial Restructuring, Transaction Advisory, Performance Improvement, Corporate Transformation, Financial Institutions Advisory, Tax, Valuations, and Disputes and Investigation Services.
As the world’s largest Turnaround & Crisis management firm, with a market leading practice in Financial & Operational Restructuring, we are here to help & support our clients with the financial & operational impacts of the Covid crisis.
We are expanding our practice in London and we seek talented, entrepreneurial recruits who are interested in developing their careers in the Turnaround & Restructuring space to join an Associate.
Our Restructuring practice offers critical assistance to companies that are under-performing or experiencing a full-blown liquidity crisis. Working directly with company management, Alvarez & Marsal helps stabilise financial and operational performance by developing and implementing comprehensive profitability and working capital improvements. Alvarez & Marsal's involvement reassures creditors that the company is taking important steps to address its problems and maximise its value.
The A&M European Restructuring team has focused on big ticket company side financial and operational restructuring assignments in addition to CRO/CEO/ CFO appointments and, within the last few years, we have delivered on some of Europe’s largest restructuring cases such as Abengoa, Edcon, Toys R’ US, Nyrstar, Seadrill, Intertoys, Debenhams and Isolux.
Main responsibilities:
• Quickly understand a client’s rapidly changing situation to enable creative and innovative solutions/options for businesses and their stakeholders
• Offer critical assistance to companies that are under-performing or experiencing a full-blown liquidity crisis
• Work directly with company management & help to stabilise financial and operational performance
• Work with Senior Directors and Directors to deliver European and International client projects through the management of multiple work streams
• Support business development activities including the creation of client pitches and proposals to win new mandates
Examples of projects include;
• Financial and Operational Restructuring
• Balance Sheet Restructuring
• Asset Sales
• Cash & liquidity management and forecasting
• Cross-border wind-downs
• Preparation and validation of business plans for company management teams
• Detailed contract reviews
• Independent business reviews
• Short term cash flow forecasting frameworks
• Stakeholder reporting on PMO cost saving initiatives
• Profit Improvement (Sales Improvement and Cost Reduction)
Applicants:
• A qualified accountant (ACA, ACMA or ACCA) with a robust understanding of financial and analytical accounting (ratio analysis)
• Experience of working with operational & finance teams within large distressed organisations - as an employee or an advisor
• Well developed communication skills & the ability to work with diverse and complex stakeholder groups
• Experience of building or working with integrated financial models and have Excel/PowerPoint skills
• Previous experience in contributing to work streams ensuring effective deliverables with minimal supervision
In addition to the skills and qualities detailed above, the desired candidate will also demonstrate the following attributes;
• Capacity to thrive in a fast-paced environment
• Strong facilitation skills, forging consensus around credible, executable solutions
• Excellent written and oral communications skills, impactful presenter
• Unbiased, fact based approach to problem solving
• Guided by values and integrity, talks straight, builds confidence and shows by example.
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. It runs through how we recruit, develop employees, conduct business, support clients, and partner with vendors. It is the A&M way.
Voluntary Inclusion
It is Alvarez & Marsal’s policy to provide and promote equal opportunity in employment, compensation, and other terms and conditions of employment without discrimination because of race, color, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, family medical history or genetic information, political affiliation, military service, pregnancy, marital status, family status, religion, national origin, age or disability or any other non-merit based factor in accordance with all applicable laws and regulations.
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 were engaged to provide candidates for a specified opening. 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.