Company Overview
Companies, investors and government entities around the world turn to Alvarez & Marsal (A&M) for leadership, action and results. A&M’s leadership is about a bias towards action and the willingness to tell clients what we think is needed. Our restructuring heritage sharpens our ability to act decisively. Clients select us for our deep expertise and ability to create and deliver practical, rather than theoretical, solutions to their unique problems in addition to our objectivity. 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.
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 6,000 people across four 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 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’s really needed for turning change into a strategic business asset, managing risk and unlocking value at every stage of growth.
The Team
Our highly respected Financial Services Industries (FSI) team is built on deep industry sector expertise with a demonstrably differentiated ability to address the most complex business problems and deliver dramatic and sustainable business performance improvements. Focused on enterprise-wide change to help drive EBITDA improvement, our highly experienced experts successfully work with clients in strategic transformation situations, where a client is looking to sustainably improve their performance and profitability, or respond to external changes such as competitor dynamics and industry disruption. We provide advisory services to commercial banks, NBFC’s, insurance companies, regulators, central banks, sovereign wealth funds and public finance institutions across multiple functions including strategy and performance improvement, transformation and implementation, revenue improvement, risk mitigation and regulatory approval, due diligence and post-merger integration amongst others.
The Role
We are looking for Associates to join our UAE or KSA offices. Working with some of the brightest and most experienced colleagues in the industry, you will develop and implement forward-looking concepts and support your clients in the context of strategy, performance improvement, transformation, implementation, pre- and post-deal support, and others.
As an associate, you will be working closely with your project manager and other senior members of the team. You will own workstreams and independently develop ideas and solutions to address the client’s issues, with moderate oversight.
The Responsibilities
From the beginning, you will work in a fast-growing and dynamic team to:
conduct rapid diagnostics into companies’ strategy, market position, revenues, cost base, profitability, and operations, this includes performing zero-defect data analysis and understanding results to examine root cause of problems with minimal oversight from senior members
synthesize information and analysis into high quality client reports and recommendations; this includes building models based on financial and/or operational data which requires excellent knowledge of Excel (to analyse the data) and PowerPoint (to present the analyses)
Maximize efficiency and proactively find solutions to increase productivity; employ the pareto principle on assigned deliverables to determine where to devote energy to optimize results
take ownership of workstreams and generate viable solutions, with moderate oversight and guidance
understand and manage processes for assigned workstream, and meet assigned deadlines
build mid-level client relationships, and understand needs of mid-level management in day-to-day interactions
support the team to identify a portfolio of high-impact opportunities across the enterprise, ranging from quick wins to the ‘tough calls’ that deliver transformational results
support managing directors and other senior members of the team with client pitch production
actively participate in firm building committees and initiatives such as recruiting, learning and development, culture, marketing, and finance
The Requirements
To be considered, you must possess:
excellent financial skills and analytical rigour
a high-grade bachelor’s degree (or equivalent/higher) from an accredited top-tier university in business, engineering, legal, accounting or similar disciplines are preferred but not essential
master’s degree / MBA from a top-tier university or at least 2 years of prior full-time experience, preferably in management consulting or financial services roles such as banking, asset management, etc.
passion to further develop skills and solve challenges in financial services industries
strong problem-solving skills and financial background combined with deep understanding of business and operational drivers
high integrity that is characterised by the ability to deliver messages even when they are difficult to hear
Desirable
previous experience in financial services sector (commercial banks, investment banks, finance companies etc.)
Arabic language skills are desirable but not essential
additional European languages are also desirable
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.
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