Opportunities for Big Four Transaction Advisory

**Description**

**Alvarez & Marsal**

**Zurich and Geneva**

Alvarez & Marsal (“A&M”) is a global Independent Advisory firm with more than $2+ billion in revenues, over 6,000 staff and 70 offices worldwide. We offer a broad range of professional services including Transaction Advisory, Private Equity Performance Improvement, Financial & Operational Restructuring, Debt Advisory, Corporate Transformation, Financial Institutions Advisory, Tax, Valuations and Disputes and Investigation Services.

The regulatory changes impacting the Big 4 audit practices are leading to divestures previously unthinkable. In contrast to this, A&M’s Global Transaction Advisory Group (“TAG”) is growing exponentially across all geographies. A&M TAG is independent and unrestricted by any conflict with audit mandates and the resulting issues caused. We are also able to operate cross-border seamlessly.

A&M TAG has attracted top performers at Partner and every experienced level from our competitor firms in the UK and across Europe. In just 15 years, TAG has established highly successful teams across Europe in London, Amsterdam, Munich, Frankfurt, Stockholm, Paris, Zurich, Geneva, Birmingham, Madrid, Milan and Dubai. Our award-winning global practice includes over 600 professionals in 25 offices across the U.S., Europe, Latin America and Asia Pacific. We are an established and highly active Transaction Advisory practice working for premium clients on high profile deals, large and mid-cap private equity, fast growth premium small cap deals, multinational corporates and LBO’s.

A&M TAG have a unique delivery model that enables all members of the team to gain extensive exposure to Managing Directors and Senior Directors thus empowering individuals to fast track their careers and development.

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

- Work with a variety of large-cap and mid-cap PE houses, corporate clients and financial institutions providing broad industry & client exposure
- Contribute to & lead projects & work streams reporting directly to the Managing Directors & Senior Directors
- Work as part of multi-disciplinary teams in Switzerland and across geographies and build broad international deal experience
- Gain exposure to senior members of the team in Switzerland and internationally gaining ‘on the job’ learning & development in addition to established formal training programmes
- Use 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 all Associates are supported to develop their technical skills & 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**:

- Exceptional educational background including a strong focus on Finance and / or Mathematics
- Big 4 trained - 3 - 6 years of experience in Transaction Services exposure to international corporates, Private Equity firms and M&A would be advantageous
- Fluent business level English and German or French is important. Additional European language skills including Polish, Italian, Dutch, Swedish 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 generosity and fairness.

**Why join our TAG team?**
- Join an expanding practice with strong leadership and a truly entrepreneurial spirit
- Work across the entire deal life cycle, including both buy-side and sell-side work
- Benefit from more diverse and exciting career opportunities
- Deliver international projects for many of the most prominent organisations across Europe