at Alvarez & Marsal North America, LLC in Chicago, Illinois, United States
Job Description
DescriptionRestructuring Senior Associate, Alvarez & Marsal
Alvarez & Marsal is a premier independent global professional services firm specializing in providing turnaround management, restructuring, performance improvement and corporate advisory services. Our talent drives our success, resulting in our Restructuring & Turnaround practice becoming one of the largest and most recognized in the industry.
Our successes managing some of the largest crises in the world (e.g. Lehman Brothers and Arthur Anderson), as well as preserving iconic brands through restructuring (e.g. Toys 'R Us) have earned us multiple industry awards such as: Turnaround Management Association's (TMA's) 2023 Large Company Turnaround Transaction of the year - CHC Helicopter; TMA's 2022 Mid-Size Company Turnaround of the Year - Frontera Holdings; TMA's 2022 Midwest Large Company Turnaround of the Year - Valaris; TMA's 2021 Mega Company Turnaround of the Year - Murray Energy Holdings Co. In 2023 A&M was ranked 10 out of nearly 700 consulting firms in the U.S. on Vault Consulting 50, a signature list of the top 50 consulting firms.
As a Restructuring & Turnaround Senior Associate, you will have the opportunity to work alongside professionals recognized as authorities across a diverse set of industries, and with the guidance of the most talented restructuring practitioners, you will drive changes that preserve and create value, impacting the world's most recognized organizations, and their people.
What will you be doing?
You will be working closely with companies across a variety of industries to help underperforming businesses navigate their restructuring process and create a lasting positive impact on the organization.
We advise on every aspect of the restructuring process - from the strategy, to cash conservation/liquidity management, to business plan development and implementation - providing you with a wide range of experiences and projects. Leveraging your resourcefulness and independent judgment, you will help develop solutions to critical problems to improve an organization's overall performance and enterprise value by developing and executing restructuring and turnaround plans. You will be applying your analytical skills and deep understanding of accounting and finance to a diverse range of projects in turnaround, restructuring, bankruptcy and performance improvement. Your involvement with these projects will typically include:
- Building and managing 13-week cash flow forecast.
- Building a liquidation analysis to address feasibility of Plan of Reorganization.
- Working with client to create a long-term business plan in order to track and manage business performance, manage working capital, and implement cost reduction initiatives.
- Implementing cash conservation strategy and controls.
- Developing pre-bankruptcy plans and assisting with bankruptcy case administration, which includes supporting the handling of creditor constituents and preparing bankruptcy documents.
- Supporting marketing initiatives by assisting with the pitch preparation process.
- Leading a work stream within a project and coaching and mentoring junior resources.
Working as a partner to our clients by building consultative relationships, you will develop an in-depth understanding of the client's processes, financial positions and key operational performance drivers in order to surface and address key issues, from the big picture to the smallest details. Relying on your ability to communicate and problem solve, you will present your analyses and insights to a variety of audiences.
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