Manager / Senior Associate - Transaction Advisory Group

Manager / Senior Associate

Transaction Advisory Group

Alvarez & Marsal, London

Alvarez & Marsal (A&M) is the leading independent global professional services firm. We deliver world-leading performance improvement and advisory consulting – for restructuring, transformation, and healthy company situations. This allows organisations to transform operations, catapult growth and accelerate results through decisive action.

For over 30 years we have grown from a premier specialized boutique to a global consulting firm with more than $1.3+ billion in revenues, 3000+ staff around the globe and a broad range of professional services including: Transaction Advisory, Performance Improvement, Corporate Transformation, Financial Institutions Advisory, Tax, Valuations, and Disputes and Investigation Services. 

Our award-winning Transaction Advisory Group (“TAG”) is currently building on its significant success working with Private Equity firms, Financial Institutions and Corporates across Europe and on a global basis. A&M TAG is the largest transaction advisory practice outside the audit firms and we number over 350 professionals in 22 offices throughout the U.S., Europe, Latin America and Asia Pacific. A&M’s deep operational and industry expertise provides TAG with a unique opportunity to perform “smarter” due diligence by providing an integrated and differentiated approach. We are free from audit conflicts and our platform is less restrictive, enabling us to operate cross-border seamlessly.

We are now expanding and we are looking for experienced and ambitious Managers / Senior Associate to join our Transactions Advisory team in London.

Why join our TAG team?

The successful candidate will;

• Join a growing team with strong leadership, bright, energetic people with a truly entrepreneurial spirit
• Work across the entire deal life cycle in a hands-on role, including both buy-side and sell-side work
• Benefit from more diverse and exciting career opportunities
• Deliver international projects on behalf of many of the most prominent organisations across Europe 

A&M Culture

A&M is a growing business and TAG employees have extensive client exposure and the opportunity be involved in business development activities. Team members join the weekly TAG meeting where WIP, project pipeline, resourcing, marketing and business development initiatives are discussed. TAG employees are very much encouraged to build relationships with their client peers, planning and participating in relationship building activities. We recognise that building relationships with clients is crucial to building a platform for promotion and career development.

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 mandates and the resulting issues caused that are typical in many of our competitors.

Our Transaction Advisory team work in multi-disciplinary teams on projects across a number of geographies so you would have the opportunity to build and leverage broad international deal experience.

Our base salaries are highly competitive and bonuses are un-capped. Employees are rewarded for their contribution to growing both TAG and A&M and our bonus system is well known for both its fairness and generosity.

Responsibilities:

• As part of a select and highly skilled team, you will have the opportunity to lead and manage multiple and challenging Transaction Advisory engagements, working closely with many of our European Managing Directors.
• A&M work with a variety of large-cap and mid-cap PE houses, corporate clients and financial institutions providing you with broad industry exposure.
• You will be expected to take a senior role on projects, sometimes reporting directly to Managing Directors.
• You would be expected to coach and develop more junior colleagues.  
• You would gain constant exposure to the Managing Directors, leveraging their substantial deal experience but also to be actively and proactively involved in commercial, business development, and marketing.
• You will be given the opportunity to use the commercial aspects of your financial analysis skills, as well as being given exposure to the key drivers and valuation considerations which drive a transaction.
• Our Transaction Advisory team can work alongside operational and commercial professionals in combined project teams enhancing your understanding of the broader due diligence and wider deal process.
• You will be encouraged to internally network with our service lines and to work on external marketing events to build cross- service line relationships.
• You are expected to be active in the market, supporting and enhancing existing client relationships and in beginning to develop new client relationships.

A&M is an environment that presents a real opportunity for ambitious individuals as all employees are encouraged to develop their client network and business development skills. High performing leaders who successfully develop business for the firm are substantially rewarded in terms of additional bonus and enhanced career advancement.

Essential experience:

• Previous experience in Transaction Advisory / Financial Due Diligence (Transaction Services) is essential in addition to experience across Private Equity or blue-chip Corporates
• Trained at a Big 4 firm or an established Transaction Advisory (transaction services) practice
• Experience in the TMT / Software sectors is preferable but not essential
• Fluent business level English. Additional European language skills including French, Dutch, German, Swedish, Italian or Spanish are highly desirable
• Experience of actively and pro-actively participating in business development activities

Please note that A&M are currently not able to offer work permits so you must already hold the necessary legal papers to work in the European Union.

Please note that due to the high volume of applications we are receiving, we are unable to respond personally to every applicant. We do sincerely value your interest in Alvarez & Marsal; therefore if you do not hear back from us on this occasion, we would encourage you to continue to apply to other advertised opportunities for which your experience may be more suitable.

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, 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.

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