Senior Associate - Business Technology

Senior Associate - Business Technology

Alvarez & Marsal

London

Companies, investors and government entities around the world turn to Alvarez & Marsal (A&M) when conventional approaches are not enough to make change and achieve 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.

With over 3000 people across four 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, help organizations transform operations, catapult growth and accelerate results through decisive action. Comprised of experienced operators, world-class consultants, former regulators and industry authorities, A&M leverages its restructuring heritage to turn change into a strategic business asset, manage risk and unlock value at every stage of growth.

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Our Business Technology Performance Improvement team works with clients across Europe to:

• Create and implement business strategies with clients focusing on their IT & on line operations
• Realign the performance of the technology / IT function through operational restructuring to directly improve the earnings and cashflow within the business
• Manage and develop technology (ERP, CRM, Business Intelligence, E-Commerce) assets and systems to meet strategic and operational business requirements. This would include development of KPI’s and dashboards to provide better visibility to the underlying business
• Lead enterprise wide systems & online programmes in order to deliver performance improvement via business transformation and/or cost reduction programmes
• Carry out effective technology and E-Commerce due diligence pre-transaction, and provide necessary post transaction services (Post Merger Integration, Carve Out, 100 day planning)
• Take interim management positions for example (and depending on experience) CIO, CTO, IT Director, Program Manager, Head of E-Commerce initiatives etc.
• Design and implement Digital Transformation initiatives in Data Science & Analytics, Digital Workforce & Artificial Intelligence, and Digitisation.

Reason for the opportunity

Against this backdrop of unprecedented growth, an opportunity exists for us to strengthen our Business Technology team at the Senior Associate level in order to contribute to a growing and highly experienced Senior Management team. The successful appointee will play a key part in both project delivery and continued business development.

They will be responsible for successfully delivering major projects in such areas as; Strategic IT planning; Enterprise Architecture; Technology Leadership; Business Intelligence; Target Operating Model Design; Customer Management Platforms; IT Transformation programmes; Enterprise Resource Planning; IT Supplier Performance Management; Global IT Sourcing; Business Process Outsourcing and Digital Disruption.

The Senior Associate will be experienced in addressing business critical issues and will reflect the operational distinctiveness that is A&M; a business savvy, outcome focused business entrepreneur who is driven to making an impact, determined to make a difference and not afraid to challenge the status-quo.

Candidates will have a proven understanding and passion for advisory and their skill set will include:

• A consulting toolkit including how to frame a business issue, judiciously find and use internal and external data to test hypotheses and draw conclusions, business model using Excel, structure and write PowerPoint and Word presentations and reports
• The ability to work as a core member of the team reviewing a client’s immediate and future issues and market position and develop actionable options for strategic and performance improvement. This could include Target Operating Model Design, IT Transformational programmes, Enterprise Architecture and Strategic Cost Reduction
• The knowledge & skills to develop and implement commercial and cost-effective solutions across IT Supplier Performance Management, Global IT Sourcing and Business Process Outsourcing
• An appreciation of the challenges that businesses face in today’s market conditions. This may include digital transformation, target operating model design, business intelligence and strategic cost reduction and changes in consumer behavior
• An understanding of digital technology’s including, Big Data & Predictive Analytics, Robot Process Automation (RPA), Machine Learning and Artificial Intelligence (AI), and Customer Experience & Omni-Channel communication.
• Clear ability to deliver the latest thinking within a highly competitive advisory marketplace.
• A strong academic record ideally including an MBA
  • Robust analytical rigour.
  • Capacity to thrive in a fast-paced, challenging and uncertain environment
• Fluency in one or more European languages, in addition to English, is highly desirable.

Specifically, the successful candidate will have:

• Exposure to blue chip corporates or PE firms gained at a top tier strategy house or equivalent
• Proven ability to work in teams and create measurable and identifiable improvements
• Advanced PowerPoint and Excel modelling skills
• Excellent attention to detail and ability to work to tight deadlines
• A very strong academic record including:
  • Robust analytical rigour
  • Capacity to thrive in a fast-paced, challenging and uncertain environment

Additional skills;

• Strong facilitation skills, forging consensus around credible, executable solutions
• Passionate about affecting real change
• Reads people accurately; can diagnose strengths, weaknesses, and potential
• Excellent written and oral communications skills, confident and impactful presenter
• Objective, fact-based approach to problem solving
• Hands-on and non-hierarchical operator who is equally effective in managing up and down and relates well at all levels and cultures
• Driven by values and integrity, talks straight, builds confidence and leads by example
• The ability to manage a multiple stakeholder environment within a privately-owned business.

Lifestyle and values

Attracted by our meritocratic culture and the opportunity to build a business with like-minded individuals, our people have joined A&M from senior roles in industry and commerce, the Big 4, top tier strategy houses, private equity firms, hedge funds, and leading financial services institutions. A&M is a fact-based business, based on pragmatism, as well as tangible and measurable success. It is an environment that presents a real opportunity for ambitious recruits to grow and thrive. Those high performing leaders who successfully develop business in the firm have the potential for excellent income as well as a share of the value of the practice they create. At A&M you will be given real responsibility as there are few layers of management. You will thrive on autonomy and you will be adept at anticipating what your audience needs.

Our people have built their credentials through careers that combine experience in industry management roles and professional services. A&M has a proven track record of managing complex, high profile situations and delivery through world class expertise and excellence in execution. The culture of the business offers variety of skill, language, heritage and professional background and therefore is unique in terms of style and approach. This is a business where your colleagues are your best allies and ideally, your best friends. A business where good friendships thrive and trust is as true internally as with the client. Furthermore, the values of the business which include integrity and fun as well as just reward for great work comes to life when you become part of the team.

Please apply via our website and please do attach a full and detailed CV. Linkedin profiles are not detailed enough for our processes.

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