Manager, Global Transaction Advisory

Manager, Global Transaction Advisory

Global Transaction Advisory Group

Alvarez & Marsal, London

Alvarez & Marsal (“A&M”) is a global consulting firm with more than $2+ billion in revenues, c.6000+ staff and 70 offices around the globe and a broad range of professional services including Restructuring, Transaction Advisory, Performance Improvement, Corporate Transformation, Financial Institutions Advisory, Tax, Valuations, and Disputes and Investigation Services. 

A&M’s Global Transaction Advisory Group (“TAG”) is the largest transaction advisory practice outside the Big 4 audit firms. Our award-winning practice includes over 550 professionals in 25 offices across 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.

Over the last 15 years our Global Transaction Advisory Group (TAG) has established teams in London, Amsterdam, Munich, Frankfurt, Stockholm, Paris, Zurich and Birmingham as well as recently opening in Madrid and Dubai. We are an established and highly active Transaction Advisory practice working for premium clients on high profile deals, large and mid-cap private equity, fast growth premium small cap deals, multinational corporates and LBO’s. We are expanding and we are looking for an experienced and ambitious Manager 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 globally 

Responsibilities:

As part of a select and highly skilled team, you will have the opportunity to;  

• Work on multiple and challenging Transaction Advisory engagements, working closely with many of our Managing Directors

• Gain broad industry exposure as A&M work with a variety of large-cap and mid-cap PE houses, corporate clients and financial institutions

• Take a senior role on projects, sometimes reporting directly to Managing Directors & coach and develop more junior colleagues

• Gain constant exposure to the Managing Directors, leveraging their substantial deal experience but also be actively and proactively involved in commercial, business development, and marketing

• Use the commercial aspects of your financial analysis skills, as well as gaining exposure to the key drivers and valuation considerations which drive a transaction

• Work alongside operational and commercial professionals in combined project teams enhancing your understanding of the broader due diligence and wider deal process

• Internally network with our service lines and work on external marketing events to build cross- service line relationships

• 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

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

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 members work in multi-disciplinary teams on projects across a number of geographies so employees 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.

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.

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