Who we are
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. 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.
Privately held since its founding in 1983, A&M is a leading global professional services firm with over 10,000 professionals across six continents providing performance improvement, turnaround management & restructuring and corporate advisory services.
In today’s rapidly evolving market, companies are facing intense pressure to enhance performance and operational efficiency against a backdrop of rising costs, global competition, and shifting consumer demands. These challenges are further compounded by the need for technological integration and sustainable practices. Our Performance Improvement (PI) practice is uniquely equipped to navigate these complexities, delivering transformative solutions that drive growth, optimize cost structures, and enhance operational agility. Leveraging the vast expertise and cross-sector experience of our professionals, we partner with organizations to implement strategic changes that yield measurable outcomes. From operational restructuring to technology adoption, our PI practice offers a comprehensive suite of services designed to improve financial and operational performance, ensuring our clients not only survive but thrive in the dynamic business landscape.
What we do
The Performance Improvement Practice works with Private Equity and Corporate clients in Singapore and all over the world. Our areas of expertise include pre-M&A due diligence, merger integration, post-M&A growth strategy, corporate finance advisory, organizational and cost transformation, supply chain digitization and manufacturing operational improvement, interim and crisis management, and CFO finance leadership. We differentiate ourselves by the result-driven approach, the hands-on mindset, and the ability to provide leadership amidst complex situations.
A&M is rapidly expanding in Southeast Asia and seeking to hire Manager / Senior Manager who will be responsible for research, analytical / problem solving, modeling, and report / presentation preparation, to support various engagements of complex and high-profile situations. He/she is required to deliver rapid results with focus on bottom-line improvement.
Key Responsibilities
· Work with team members in information gathering approach and ensure all relevant sources of information are pursued
· Guide and lead client interviews, ask inquisitive questions and understand different stakeholders’ perspective
· Identify knowledge gaps, guide the team to challenge status quo, validate, disprove and/or develop better assumptions
· Identify key business challenges, accurately forecast financial performance and liquidity needs, pinpoint operational process inefficiencies and assess the organization’s design, roles, and team
· Ensure issues and opportunities are clearly and concisely presented
· Ensure that project approach, timeline and deliverables are logical, reasonable, and accurate
· Set and communicate client’s expectation consistently
· Identify risks and obstacles early on, create contingency plans and communicating timely with client
· Ability to own and complete multiple workstreams simultaneously
Qualifications and Experience:
· Bachelor’s or Master’s degree (Business, Accounting, Finance, Engineering or any major with quantitative focus) with proven record of academic excellence
· 6-10 years of experience in strategy consulting and/or 8-12 years of relevant corporate / industry experience
· Excellent analytical skills, logical and structured thinking, creative in problem solving
· Ability to extract useful information from large sets of unorganized or incomplete data
· Strong organizational skills with the ability to manage multiple workstreams concurrently
· Superior interpersonal attributes including communication and soft skills, ability to work in a team, results/performance-oriented work style, entrepreneurial, personal maturity
· Excellent communication skills both oral and written, capable of interaction at all levels in a company, from factory floor to CEO
· Experience delivering Performance Improvement projects (ideally in a client-site focused delivery model) in a top tier strategy firm, leading specialist and/or niche advisory firm or ‘Big 4’ consultancy
· Have a varied cross sector background including telecommunications, automotive, manufacturing, energy, retail, consumer goods, transportation, business services and healthcare
· Experience in operational KPIs, Balance Score Cards, and a reporting/ review process to ensure continuous improvement of the operational performance of the business
· Detail-oriented
· Strong Microsoft Excel and PowerPoint skills
· Willingness to travel
OVERVIEW OF A&M SOUTHEAST ASIA AND AUSTRALIA
Alvarez & Marsal established its Southeast Asia and Australia presence in 2017 and has in the last 3 years scaled up rapidly across the region, with 8 offices now in Singapore (HQ), Sydney, Melbourne, Perth, Kuala Lumpur, Jakarta and Ho Chi Minh City; these are complemented by our offices in North Asia in Greater China (Hong Kong, Shanghai and Beijing) & Korea (Seoul) and India (Mumbai, Bengaluru, New Delhi). Our experienced team has an average of more than 15 years’ experience and combines top-tiers consultants and C-level executives from different industries and is led by Utsav Garg, Managing Director and Head, Southeast Asia and Australia. Our clients include private equity firms as well as well-known local and multinational corporations across Southeast Asia and Australia.
