Associate, Restructuring
Alvarez & Marsal
Helsinki, Finland
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 Operational & Financial Restructuring, Transaction Advisory, Performance Improvement, Corporate Transformation, Financial Institutions Advisory, Tax, Valuations, and Disputes and Investigation Services.
Companies, investors, lenders and government entities around the world turn to Alvarez & Marsal (A&M) for leadership, action and results.
As the world's largest Turnaround & Crisis management firm, with a market leading practice in Financial & Operational Restructuring, we are here to help & support our clients with the financial & operational impacts of the Covid crisis.
We are growing our practice in Helsinki and we seek talented and entrepreneurial recruits who are interested in developing their careers in the Restructuring space as we continue to expand our presence within the Nordic Region.
Our Restructuring practice offers critical assistance to companies that are under-performing or experiencing a full-blown liquidity crisis. Working directly with company management, Alvarez & Marsal helps stabilise financial and operational performance by developing and implementing comprehensive profitability and working capital improvements. Alvarez & Marsal's involvement reassures creditors that the company is taking important steps to address its problems and maximise its value.
The A&M European Restructuring team has focused on big ticket company side financial and operational restructuring assignments in addition to CRO/CEO/ CFO appointments and, within the last few years, we have delivered on some of Europe's largest restructuring cases such as Abengoa, Edcon, Toys R' US, Nyrstar, Seadrill, Intertoys, Debenhams and Isolux.
Main responsibilities:
Work with senior team members to deliver European and International client projects through the management of multiple work streams, focusing on financial and operational restructuring and corporate turnaround
Quickly understand a client's rapidly changing situation to enable creative and innovative solutions/options for businesses and their stakeholders
Offer critical assistance to companies that are under-performing or experiencing a full-blown liquidity crisis
Work directly with company management & help to stabilise financial and operational performance
Support business development activities including the creation of client pitches and proposals to win new mandates
Examples of projects include;
Financial and Operational Restructuring
Cash & liquidity management, forecasting and reporting
Short term cash flow forecasting frameworks
Asset Sales and strategic M&A support
Cross-border wind-downs
Contingency planning
Preparation and validation of business plans for company management teams
Detailed contract reviews
Independent business reviews
Strategic advisory, CRO, stakeholder management, and interim management roles
Stakeholder reporting on PMO cost saving initiatives
Profit Improvement (Revenue enhancement and Cost Reduction)
Transformation program management
The ideal applicant should have:
Experience gained with the Corporate Recovery / Restructuring practice of a leading Advisory firm, 'Big 4' firm, Bank or within corporates dealing with turnaround projects
Experience working with operational and finance teams within complex and large distressed organisations
Strong academic background with Bachelors/Masters from a leading Business School
Previous experience in contributing to work streams ensuring effective deliverables with minimal supervision
Experience of building or working with integrated financial models and have strong Excel/PowerPoint skills
Interested in business development activities including the creation of client pitches and proposals
Native or Fluent language skills in both Finnish and English is essential. Additional Nordic/European language skills are highly advantageous.
In addition to the skills and qualities detailed above, the desired candidate will also demonstrate the following attributes;
Capacity to thrive in a fast-paced environment
Strong facilitation skills, forging consensus around credible, executable solutions
Excellent written and oral communications skills, impactful presenter
Unbiased, fact-based approach to problem solving
Guided by values and integrity, talks straight, builds confidence and shows by example.
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.
Unsolicited Resumes from Third-Party Recruiters
Please note that as per A&M policy, we do not accept unsolicited resumes from third-party recruiters unless such recruiters were engaged to provide candidates for a specified opening. Any employment agency, person or entity that submits an unsolicited resume does so with the understanding that A&M will have the right to hire that applicant at its discretion without any fee owed to the submitting employment agency, person or entity.
