(Senior) Associate - Business Technology

Alvarez & Marsal; Madrid; On-site; EUR 65,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

Alvarez & Marsal seeks a Senior Associate to join the Digital and Technology Services team in Madrid. You will structure problems, formulate hypotheses, and validate them with data to deliver insights for private equity and corporate engagements.

You will develop Excel-based financial/operational models and craft compelling PowerPoint/Word deliverables, supporting IT and Digital transformation programs and target operating model initiatives.

Qualifications

• Strong consulting toolkit: framing issues, building hypotheses, finding and using data appropriately, and drawing evidence-based conclusions.
• Experience developing Excel-based models; skilled in structuring and writing clear PowerPoint and Word presentations and reports.
• Exposure to Target Operating Model design, IT/Digital transformation, Enterprise Architecture, and strategic cost reduction.
• Understanding of digital technologies, including Big Data and predictive analytics, RPA, Machine Learning and AI, and Customer Experience/Omni-channel.
• Experience working pre- and post-deal with Private Equity firms and/or blue-chip corporates.
• Record of IT/Technology performance improvement within a top-tier technology advisory, strategy, or traditional advisory firm.
• Proven ability to work in international teams and deliver measurable improvements in Technology and IT.
• Excellent communication and stakeholder management skills; objective, fact-based problem solver.
• Strong attention to detail; ability to deliver high-quality outputs under tight deadlines.
• Very strong academic track record with robust analytical rigor.
• Advanced PowerPoint and Excel skills.
• Proficiency with AI tools to accelerate and enhance productivity.
• Fluent business-level English; additional European languages (French, Spanish, German, or Italian) highly desirable.
• Typically 5-10 years of professional experience.

Responsibilities

• Serve as a core member of engagement teams, structuring problem statements, building hypotheses, and testing them with judicious use of internal and external data—even where data is limited.
• Lead discrete workstreams, performing robust analysis and translating findings into clear, actionable insights and executive-ready deliverables.
• Develop financial/operational models in Excel; create compelling, well-structured materials in PowerPoint and Word to communicate recommendations.
• Support delivery of complex change across Target Operating Model design, IT and Digital transformation programs, Enterprise Architecture, and strategic cost reduction.
• Contribute to IT due diligence (pre- and post-deal), integration and separation planning, synergy identification, and value creation initiatives.
• Collaborate seamlessly with cross-functional A&M teams and manage day-to-day interactions with client stakeholders.
• Embrace AI-enabled tools and accelerators to enhance throughput, quality, and pace of delivery.
• Role-model A&M's core values-integrity, quality, objectivity, inclusive diversity, fun, and personal reward-on every engagement.

Skills

Consulting toolkit

Data analysis

Presentation skills

Excel modeling

PowerPoint & Word

Stakeholder management

AI tools proficiency

Financial/operational modeling

English fluency

Education

Bachelor's degree or higher

Tools

Excel

PowerPoint

Word

AI tools

Job description

Description

(Senior) Associate, Digital and Technology Services

About Alvarez & Marsal

Alvarez & Marsal (A&M) is aglobalconsultingfirm with entrepreneurial, action and results-oriented professionals. Wetake a hands-on approach to solving our clients' problems andassistingthem in reaching their potential. Our culture celebrates independent thinkers and doers who positivelyimpactour clients and shape ourindustry. 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 Digital and Technology Services EMEA is a dynamic and fast-growing practice that combines IT M&A advisory, Data and AI consulting, and digitally enabled performance improvement and transformation for private equity and corporate clients. We have evolved digital into a proposition built on a deep technology foundation combined with data and analytics, customer and workforce experience, digital strategy, sales and marketing, and new digital business models-strongly complementing our turnaround, results-driven heritage. We help transform the performance of companies facing, or at risk of, digital disruption and provide practical guidance on how every aspect of a business can be digitally enabled sustainably and at scale.

Within the Business Technology pillar, we partner with Private Equity funds, Corporates, and Financial Services clients across Europe and internationally to:

• Carry out effective technology and product due diligence pre-deal.
• Support integration and separation through the deal lifecycle until TSA exit.
• Create value in private equity portfolio companies by improving performance and output while reducing costs.

We frequently collaborate across disciplines and coordinate closely with other A&M practices such as Private Equity Performance Improvement, Corporate Transactions, Restructuring, and Financial Due Diligence.

How You Will Contribute

• Serve as a core member of engagement teams, structuring problem statements, building hypotheses, and testing them with judicious use of internal and external data—even where data is limited.
• Lead discrete workstreams, performing robust analysis and translating findings into clear, actionable insights and executive-ready deliverables.
• Develop financial/operational models in Excel; create compelling, well-structured materials in PowerPoint and Word to communicate recommendations.
• Support delivery of complex change across Target Operating Model design, IT and Digital transformation programs, Enterprise Architecture, and strategic cost reduction.
• Contribute to IT due diligence (pre- and post-deal), integration and separation planning, synergy identification, and value creation initiatives.
• Collaborate seamlessly with cross-functional A&M teams and manage day-to-day interactions with client stakeholders.
• Embrace AI-enabled tools and accelerators to enhance throughput, quality, and pace of delivery.
• Role-model A&M's core values-integrity, quality, objectivity, inclusive diversity, fun, and personal reward-on every engagement.

Qualifications

• Strong consulting toolkit: framing issues, building hypotheses, finding and using data appropriately, and drawing evidence-based conclusions.
• Experience developing Excel-based models; skilled in structuring and writing clear PowerPoint and Word presentations and reports.
• Exposure to Target Operating Model design, IT/Digital transformation, Enterprise Architecture, and strategic cost reduction.
• Understanding of digital technologies, including Big Data and predictive analytics, RPA, Machine Learning and AI, and Customer Experience/Omni-channel.
• Experience working pre- and post-deal with Private Equity firms and/or blue-chip corporates.
• Record of IT/Technology performance improvement within a top-tier technology advisory, strategy, or traditional advisory firm.
• Proven ability to work in international teams and deliver measurable improvements in Technology and IT.
• Excellent communication and stakeholder management skills; objective, fact-based problem solver.
• Strong attention to detail; ability to deliver high-quality outputs under tight deadlines.
• Very strong academic track record with robust analytical rigor.
• Advanced PowerPoint and Excel skills.
• Proficiency with AI tools to accelerate and enhance productivity.
• Fluent business-level English; additional European languages (French, Spanish, German, or Italian) highly desirable.
• Typically 5-10 years of professional experience.

Your journey at A&M

We recognize thatour people are the driving force behind our success, which is why weprioritizeanemployee experience thatfosterseachperson'sunique professional and personal development. Our robustperformancedevelopment processpromotescontinuous learning,rewards your contributions, and fosters a culture of meritocracy.With top-notch training andon-the-joblearning opportunities, you canacquirenew skills and advance your career.

We prioritize your well-being,providing benefits and resources to support you on your personal journey. Our people consistently highlight the growth opportunities, our unique, entrepreneurial culture, and the fun we have together as their favorite aspectsof working at A&M. The possibilities are endless for high-performing and passionate professionals.