Job Description
Alvarez & Marsal is a global consulting firm known for its entrepreneurial and results-oriented professionals. The Associate role in the Disputes and Investigations practice involves resolving complex matters for clients through financial analysis, valuation, and litigation support.
Responsibilities
- You will be part of a team helping to resolve complex matters that pose a threat or disruption to normal operations for our clients
- You will perform directed research, conduct financial, valuation, and/or damages analysis, and provide litigation support
- You will be helping our clients and their counsel understand and resolve the financial impacts around their legal matters relating to complex accounting, valuation and financial issues across a wide range of projects involving economic disputes, claims, misunderstandings, investigations of white-collar crime, forensic accounting and consulting, and post-acquisition disputes
- You will develop an in-depth understanding of the client, the industry and the case to surface and address key issues, from the big picture to the smallest details
- You will help to develop presentations and reports to effectively communicate the analyses, findings, and insights to the client and/or Court
- Relying on your initiative and flexibility to deliver results in an agile and collaborative team environment, you will build strong relationships with clients, legal counsel, and expert witnesses
- Working on high profile and complex matters that incorporate valuation concepts and tools, including conducting data analysis and valuation modelling
- Working closely with Managing Directors, Senior Directors, Directors, and Managers to identify and provide any needed project support
- Providing support on complex accounting and valuation related matters and disputes (example project types include investigations, forensic accounting, damage calculations, solvency analysis, settlement models, post-acquisition disputes, and general litigation support)
- Conducting research, synthesizing information, and developing reports for high profile clients
- Assisting with researching technical and industry specific issues
- Ability to receive and act upon constructive feedback
- Developing and suggesting solutions to complex problems by thinking 'outside the box'
- Clearly presenting findings to internal team members
- Creating a learning environment by providing constructive 360-degree feedback
- Creating an inclusive team working environment with trust and respect, seeking different viewpoints that lead to continuous improvement and growth
- Cultivating and maintaining positive, productive, and professional relationships with colleagues
- Proactively communicating efficiently and effectively to all levels of the engagement team
- Balancing multiple client projects and other responsibilities
- Supporting internal development of valuation frameworks, modeling templates, and analysis tools
Skills
- 1 to 5 years of experience in valuation, public audit and/or a forensic and dispute consulting practice
- Knowledge of financial statement entry and analysis, KPI development and benchmarking, comparative analysis, and financial forecasting development (three-statement modeling)
- Experience working on various types of complex valuation matters including restructuring (e.g., solvency) and support conclusions for key assumptions
- Ability to demonstrate knowledge in valuation standards (fair market value, fair value, investment value, and liquidation value)
- Applied understanding of valuation approaches including market (guideline, transaction), income (DCF, capitalization of earnings), cost/asset, and premise of value (going concern and liquidation)
- Experience in performing financial statement analysis including the use of trend, common-size, and ratio analyses
- Experience in three-statement financial modeling, scenario stress modelling, and creating models from scratch
- Ability to create discount rates using BUM, CAPM, and WACC
- Practical working knowledge of control premia / minority interest discounts, as well as NAV and DLOM development via OPM frameworks
- Advanced proficiency with Microsoft Excel for purposes of extensive data analysis and valuation modeling
- Proficiency with Microsoft Word and PowerPoint
- Proficient in use of market intelligence platforms (S&P Capital IQ, Bloomberg etc.)
- Excellent written and oral communication skills
- Effective interpersonal and team management skills
- High level of attention to detail and accuracy
- Ability and willingness to maintain a flexible work schedule in order to meet client needs
- Hybrid - Ability to work in a flexible hybrid work arrangement, part time in physical office and remote
- Flexibility to travel
- Estimate time required for various project tasks and workstreams and deliver results
- Execute on and manage multiple workstreams
- Develop/implement solutions to complex problems; ability to 'think outside the box'
- Experience in supervising, developing and motivating staff by providing them with leadership, mentoring, performance feedback and career guidance
- Ability to build internal and external relationships, and assist with research for business development
- Bachelor's degree in accounting (preferred), finance, economics or other business related field
- Accounting, auditing and valuations experience gained at a Big 4 accounting firm and/or independent consulting firm
- Valuation certification such as ASA/MRICS (or equivalent certification) desired
- CPA designation preferred
- Prior practical or analytical experience in the real estate industry or exposure to real estate appraisal is considered an asset
Benefits
- Healthcare plans
- Flexible spending and savings accounts
- Life
- AD&D
- Disability coverages
- 401(k) retirement plan
- Discretionary contribution to their 401(k) from Alvarez & Marsal
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