Senior Associate

**Description** **Senior Associate / Manager - Business Modelling** **Alvarez & Marsal** **Paris** Alvarez & Marsal ("A&M") is a global consulting firm with over $2+ billion in revenues and c.6,500+ staff offering a broad range of professional services including Transaction Advisory, Operational & Financial Restructuring, Performance Improvement, Valuations, and Disputes & Investigation Services. Companies, investors and government entities around the world turn to Alvarez & Marsal (A&M) for leadership, action and results. Our Valuation & Modelling Services business is a dynamic and fast growing business. Over the last 7 years we have established teams in London, Frankfurt, Amsterdam, Munich, and Paris. We are unrestricted by any conflict with audit mandates and the resulting issues caused that are typical in many of our competitors. We are also able to operate cross-border seamlessly. We provide a full suite of valuation and modelling services in the areas of Mergers & Acquisitions, Infrastructure portfolios, Contentious Valuations, Complex Financial Instruments, Financial and Tax reporting and Business Modelling. All of our teams are expanding, and we have established A&M as one of the leading providers of Valuation & Modelling services globally & a leading firm to develop a pan European career today. Our Paris based Valuation & Modelling team is highly active in France and is involved in landmark transactions. Due to increasing demand, we are expanding this team and seeking an experienced business modelling professional to join us at Senior Associate / Manager level. "It has been a ground-breaking year for our French team, having been strongly involved on a number of landmark projects across Europe, including some of the largest M&A transactions. As we doubled the size of our team in FY21, we look forward to FY22 as we continue to invest in our talent pool." MD Valuations, Paris As part of a select and highly skilled team, you will have the opportunity to; - Work on high profile and complex modelling engagements; - Support the senior team with project delivery, primarily through the delivery and testing of leading-practice financial models incorporating the relevant operational, tax, accounting and financing principles; - Prepare and support client workshops, meetings and calls to assist in scoping and designing models, gather input data, review and validate calculations and hand over models to clients when they are complete; - Assist with business development activities including drafting proposals and pitch documents, researching potential clients and issues and organising client meetings and events, and where possible, referring opportunities from own network; - Support the development of new capabilities and promote collective skill set development across the team through the development of templates, training courses and exercises, harvesting modules from previous models and proactively conducting relevant reading and research; - Support compliance aspects of taking on of new clients - although as a non-audit firm the applicable regulations are less stringent at A&M than in competitor firms; - Contribute to the smooth and harmonious functioning of the team by assisting with organising formal and informal team events, attending such events and supporting other team admin activities; - You will gain constant exposure to the Managing Directors, leveraging their substantial experience and be actively involved in commercial, business development, and marketing. A&M is an environment that presents a real opportunity for ambitious individuals as all employees are encouraged to develop their client network and business development skills. Our base salaries are highly competitive, and our bonus is un-capped and well known for its fairness and generosity. Employees are rewarded for their contribution to growing both Valuations and A&M. **Requirements**: - Bachelor's degree from a leading university; - 3-6 years' work experience, preferably in a financial modelling role in a leading accounting or consulting firm, investment bank or boutique modelling firm; - Excellent oral and written communications skills; - Relentless and uncompromising attention to detail and quality; - Resilient and able to function effectively under pressure while managing competing stakeholder demands; - Self-starter with the drive to succeed in an entrepreneurial culture; - Ability to work both independently and in a team environment; - Fluent in French and English; A&M delivers 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, managi