Senior Associate/ Associate - Private Equity Performance Improvement - Madrid

Alvarez & Marsal; Madrid; Presencial; EUR 90 000 - 120 000; Tempo integral

Resumo da oferta

Alvarez & Marsal (A&M) is a global consulting firm seeking a Senior Associate for its Private Equity Performance Improvement (PEPI) practice. Based in Europe, you will work withSenior Directors and Managing Directors, leading work streams across pre-acquisition to transformation within a pan‑European PE context.

You will collaborate on complex financial and operational problems, mentor junior staff, and contribute to business development while leveraging A&M’s global network to deliver impactful

Qualificações

• A high-grade bachelor’s degree (or equivalent/higher) from an accredited top-tier university in engineering, accounting, business, or a similar discipline.
• Strong problem-solving skills and financial background; ability to understand key drivers across business and operations.
• Excellent analytical, financial modelling, writing and presentation-building skills; attention to detail.

Responsabilidades

• Be an active part of the teams supporting private equity firms and their portfolio companies in pre-acquisition and performance improvement activities.
• Analyse historical company performance to identify key trends and red flags across financials (P/L, cash flow, balance sheet) and operational metrics.
• Perform benchmarking of financial and operational metrics to identify areas of potential underperformance.
• Identify and validate performance improvement initiatives; create implementation plans and lead implementation with company management.
• Synthesize information into high-quality client reports and recommendations.

Conhecimentos

Problem solving

Financial modelling

Analytical thinking

Presentation skills

Excel modelling

PowerPoint

Leadership

Client management

Travel readiness

Formação académica

Bachelor’s degree or higher

Ferramentas

Excel

PowerPoint

Descrição da oferta de emprego

About Alvarez & Marsal

Alvarez & Marsal (A&M) is a global consulting firm with over 12,000 entrepreneurial, action and results-oriented professionals in over 40 countries. We take a hands‑on approach to solving our clients' problems and assisting them in reaching their potential. Our culture celebrates independent thinkers and doers who 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 why our people love working at A&M.

Description

Alvarez & Marsal (A&M) is a global consulting firm with over 12,000 entrepreneurial, action and results-oriented professionals in over 40 countries. We take a hands‑on approach to solving our clients' problems and assisting them in reaching their potential. Our culture celebrates independent thinkers and doers who 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 why our people love working at A&M.

The Team

A&M’s Private Equity Performance Improvement (PEPI) practice specializes in delivering results across the investment lifecycle for private equity investors and their portfolio companies. The team focuses on operational and commercial due diligence, performance improvement, post‑merger integration, and transformation. A&M’s proprietary Rapid Results Program helps quickly assess business process risks and identify key areas impeding performance.

This role offers the opportunity to work with a dynamic, collaborative team, leveraging expertise across A&M’s global network to deliver impactful solutions for clients.

Purpose Of The Role

Alvarez & Marsal’s Private Equity Performance Improvement (PEPI) business is rapidly growing its high performance European team. To continue our success and to support our ambitious growth plans for the future, we are currently looking for a Senior Associate to join our London team.

This is a fantastic opportunity for you to use your outstanding financial acumen and problem‑solving skills to become an integral part of our successful ‘hands‑on’ team. As a valued member of the A&M Pan‑European PEPI team based in London, you will be working on high‑impact projects throughout Europe and across the entire private equity life cycle, from pre‑acquisition support (operational due diligence, carve‑out, merger integration), to transformation, performance improvement and operational turnaround/restructuring, through to supporting the exit.

As a Senior Associate, you will be working closely with Senior Directors and Managing Directors in a flat team structure. You will likely lead key work streams and benefit from constant exposure to the senior members of the team and client, and gain ‘on‑the‑job’ learning and development, leveraging on their substantial experience. As well as validating and executing on operations‑focused problem solving and transformation activities on our clients projects & portfolio company’s, you will also have the chance to contribute to business development activities, discuss and suggest the development of innovative offerings for our market and considerably nurture and enlarge your professional network as well.

Responsibilities

• Be an active part of the teams supporting private equity firms and their portfolio companies in their pre‑acquisition and performance improvement activities;
• Analyse historical company performance to identify key trends and red flags; including financial metrics (P&L, CFS, BS), operational metrics and analysing heavy data sets using pivot tables
• Perform benchmarking of financial and operational metrics to identify areas of potential underperformance;
• Identify and validate performance improvement initiatives; create implementation plans and lead implementation of initiatives alongside company management;
• Synthesising information after research and analysis into high quality client (financial) reports and recommendations;
• Managing important work streams, including leading/mentoring junior A&M and client staff & owning key business processes to solve client problems,
• Leading meetings with senior PE clients, portfolio company clients and other third parties regarding your workstreams and areas of focus;
• Leading pitch preparation alongside Managing Directors and other senior staff as well as assist in pitches and contributing to business development & marketing activities;
• Producing extensive financial and/or operational modelling analysis e.g. cash flow models & projections;
• Read financial statements and derive immediate conclusions from it (mainly P&L and cash flow statement) whilst linking to operations;
• Identifying resource needs and milestones to project manage & accomplish assigned work by agreed deadlines;
• Begin building own network of contacts/referral sources with professionals/institutions.

Requirements

• A high‑grade bachelor’s degree (or equivalent/higher) from an accredited top‑tier university in engineering, accounting, business, or a similar discipline;
• Prior experience within a leading strategy/operational Consulting house is preferable. If not, we require experience from either within Private Equity, Corporate Finance or Operations;
• Strong problem‑solving skills and financial background combined with deep understanding of key business and operational drivers;
• Excellent analytical, financial modelling, writing and presentation‑building skills; attention to detail and striving to produce zero‑defect deliverables;
• Fact‑based and analytical approach, solution‑focused, action‑oriented, determined to make a difference and not afraid to challenge the status‑quo; self‑starter with entrepreneurial flair;
• Familiarity with the private equity lifecycle;
• Ability to prioritise – especially in highly pressured situations;
• High integrity that is characterised by the ability to deliver messages even when they are difficult to hear;
• Excel modelling skills – structure data within Excel in a way to draw conclusions and support timely decision making with our clients;
• PowerPoint skills – preparation of defect‑free, high‑quality client presentations
• Ability to quickly understand and piece together very vast or very limited amounts of data and to draw certain conclusions/actions from it;
• Ability to travel at very short notice, 4/5 days a week pan‑European, most weeks.

Desirable

• Additional MSc, MBA or other accounting qualifications highly desirable;
• Preference will go to candidates with relevant work experience within Private Equity;
• Varied cross sector background covering different industries (manufacturing, retail, pharma etc);
• Additional European languages are also very desirable.

Our People

A&M has defined a culture and values that are perpetuated by the personal qualities of the candidates the firm seeks to recruit. Our employees are action‑oriented and are able to work as a team as well as with a high degree of independence when the situation demands it. They are curious, learn quickly and have the capacity to thrive in a fast‑paced, challenging and uncertain environment.