Senior Associate

**Description**

**About Alvarez & Marsal**

Alvarez & Marsal (A&M) is a global consulting firm with over 10,000 entrepreneurial, action and results-oriented professionals in over 40 countries. We take a hands-on approach to solving our clients' problems and assisting them in reaching their potential. Our culture celebrates independent thinkers and doers who 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 why our people love working at A&M.

**The Team**

A&M’s Restructuring & Turnaround practice is the world’s largest and market-leading team in this field. The Paris-based team works closely with companies, investors, and creditors across France and Europe, providing innovative solutions to complex financial and operational challenges. This role offers the opportunity to work on high-impact, multi-stakeholder, and cross-border restructuring engagements, contributing to meaningful outcomes for clients.

**How you will contribute**
- Advise and implement alongside clients’ executives, investors, and stakeholders in distressed situations.
- Work with the team to offer critical support to companies that are under-performing or experiencing a full-blown liquidity crisis.
- Assist company management & help to stabilize financial and operational performance.
- Develop the skills to ascertain & understand a client’s rapidly changing situation and to enable creative and innovative solutions/options for the businesses and its stakeholders.
- Conduct diagnostic assessments of key issues, business outlooks, and liquidity forecasting.
- Develop and implement restructuring plans, integrated financial models, and short-term cash flow forecasting tools.
- Evaluate business plans and financial projections, identifying risks and opportunities.
- Build trusted relationships with key stakeholders in the Netherlands and the European restructuring community.
- Support business development activities, including creating client pitches and proposals.

**Examples of projects include**
- Financial and Operational Restructuring
- Balance Sheet Restructuring
- Asset Sales
- Cash & liquidity management and forecasting
- Cross-border wind-downs
- Preparation and validation of business plans for company management teams
- Detailed contract reviews
- Independent business reviews
- Short term cash flow forecasting frameworks
- Stakeholder reporting on PMO cost saving initiatives
- Profit Improvement (Sales Improvement and Cost Reduction)

**Qualifications**
- Strong academic background with experience in a Restructuring team at a leading consultancy firm or Big Four.
- Proven ability to lead work streams in restructuring projects within client engagements.
- Strong financial analysis skills and advanced experience in financial modelling (e.g., 13-week cash flow forecasts, 3-statement financial models).
- Native or fluent French & English is essential. Additional European languages are advantageous

**Your journey at A&M**

We recognize that our people are the driving force behind our success, which is why we prioritize an employee experience that fosters each person’s unique professional and personal development. Our robust performance development process promotes continuous learning, rewards your contributions, and fosters a culture of meritocracy. With top-notch training and on-the-job learning opportunities, you can acquire new 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 aspects of working at A&M. The possibilities are endless for high-performing and