Analyst, Transaction Advisory Group Alvarez & Marsal France

Analyst, Transaction Advisory Group

Alvarez & Marsal

Paris

Companies, investors and government entities around the world turn to Alvarez & Marsal (A&M) for leadership, action and 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. When conventional approaches are not enough to create transformation and drive change, clients seek our deep expertise and ability to deliver practical solutions to their unique problems.

With over 10,000 people providing services across six 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, leverage A&M’s restructuring heritage to help companies act decisively, catapult growth and accelerate results. We are experienced operators, world-class consultants, former regulators and industry authorities with a shared commitment to telling clients what is really needed for turning change into a strategic business asset, managing risk and unlocking value at every stage of growth.

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 800 professionals in 35 offices across the U.S., Middle East, Europe, Latin America, India and Asia Pacific.  A&M TAG have a unique opportunity to perform “smarter” due diligence by providing an integrated and differentiated approach. A&M is the leading provider of Financial Due Diligence globally outside the big four & the no.1 firm to develop a pan European career in Transaction Advisory today.

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 unrestricted by any conflict with audit mandates and the resulting issues caused that are typical in many of our competitors. We are also able to operate cross-border seamlessly.

A&M TAG have a unique delivery model that enables junior members of the team to gain extensive exposure to Managing Directors and Senior Directors thus empowering individuals to fast track their careers and development.  We are expanding, and we are looking for experienced and ambitious Analysts to join our Transactions Advisory team in Paris.

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 worldwide 
• Experience in audit or financial due diligence is desired

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

• Work as part of multi-disciplinary teams in France and across geographies and build broad international deal experience
• Work with a variety of large-cap and mid-cap PE houses, corporate clients and financial institutions providing broad industry exposure
• Contribute to projects reporting directly to the Managing Directors or Senior Directors
• Gain exposure to senior members of the team in France and internationally gaining ‘on the job’ learning & development in addition to established formal training programmes
• Develop the commercial aspects of your financial analysis skills, in addition to analysing the key drivers and valuation considerations that drive a transaction
• Work alongside A&M’s operational and commercial professionals in combined project teams enhancing your understanding of the broader due diligence & wider deal process
• Network with our service lines and work on external marketing events to build cross- service line relationships

A&M is an environment that presents a real opportunity for ambitious individuals as Analysts are supported to develop their technical skills and commercial knowledge. All employees are substantially & fairly rewarded in bonus and enhanced career advancement and we completely embrace diversity, and this impacts how we recruit, develop employees, conduct business and support our clients.  

Essential experience;

• Graduated from a leading “Grande Ecoles” in Business and / or Engineering, or equivalent

• Big 4 trained - Previous experience is advantageous in Transaction Services, Private Equity, Audit and M&A
• Exposure to blue-chip Corporates and/ or Private Equity is useful
• Fluent business level English and French is essential. Additional European language skills including Dutch, German, Swedish, Italian or Spanish are highly desirable

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

A&M Culture

All TAG employees enjoy client exposure and the opportunity be involved in business development activities. All 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 is crucial to building a platform for promotion and career development.