Senior Director - Operational Restructuring in London

Alvarez & Marsal (“A&M”) is a global consulting firm with more than $2+ billion in revenues, c.6000+ staff and 65 offices around the globe. It delivers a broad range of professional services including Operational & Financial Restructuring, Transaction Advisory, Performance Improvement, Corporate Transformation, Tax, Valuations, and Disputes and Investigation Services.

Our highly respected Corporate Transformation Services (CTS) team is built on deep industry sector expertise with an ability to address the most complex business problems and deliver decisive and sustainable performance improvement. We focus on enterprise wide transformation to drive EBITDA and/or cash improvement in many different situations including where an activist investor is looking for accelerated results, or where a company is looking to sustainably improve their earnings and profitability.

We help our clients navigate complex merger integrations and carve-outs and work for corporations across several industries including Consumer + Retail, Automotive + Manufacturing, Hotel + Hospitality, Technology + Software and, Business Services. We pride ourselves on combining solutions and hands-on implementation to preserve and generate value through practical involvement, including taking interim roles in our clients’ operations and transactions.

We are looking for leaders who are interested in taking on the new challenge in driving and shaping the future of a diverse and inclusive environment team at A&M. You will have an opportunity to work alongside inspiring leaders and act as a trusted advisor to Boards, CEOs, and C-level executives to drive the strategic transformation agenda and programmes to fundamentally turnaround businesses and put them on a sustainable growth.

This is a fantastic opportunity to work with the business leaders (internally and externally) who are willing to be challenged and ambitious. As a Senior Director, you will be working with Managing Directors to cultivate and foster new businesses and be part of shaping the future of the practice.

Typically, the successful appointee will have a good mix of a range of the following and equally important soft skills:

• Proven track record in operational restructuring including the optimisation of different aspects of a business
• Proven expertise in Turnaround and Restructuring gained in a major advisory firm – the blend of industry and professional services experience is essential for success in this role
• Experience reviewing performance figures and analysing data to develop fact-based analysis to examine the root cause of problems
• Experience in Turnaround Management, developing and implementing performance improvement solutions to solve under-performance on both cost and revenue lines
• The ability to conduct an initial rapid diagnostic into the company's immediate and future cash needs, product profitability, cost base, major operational issues, market position and options for restructuring
• Excellent negotiating skills, ideally gained in an operational restructuring environment, whether in the context of commercial / supplier agreements, closure of an entity/divestment of assets, negotiating with banks, or dealing with management teams or trade unions

As Senior Director, you will be recognised by the client as the lead for value contributed on engagements and therefore build your own credible network of contacts and referral sources with clients, professionals and institutions.

We are looking for candidates with several of the following attributes:

• Demonstrable leadership on large-scale projects including but not limited to operational restructuring, merger integrations, carve-outs, value creation, portfolio reviews
• Analytical rigour, preferably with financial and / or diligence experience
• Broad operational experience across industry combined with advisory experience from a leading professional services firm or a Private Equity or an Investment bank
• Proven record of delivering state-of-the-art solutions in evolving sectors
• A tight grasp on current business trends (e.g., shareholder activism, ESG, consumer trends)
• Clear determination to deliver the latest thinking in a highly competitive advisory marketplace
• Capacity to thrive in a fast-paced, challenging, and unpredictable environment
• Fluency in English is essential and, fluency in French, German or Spanish are a plus
• Experience of living and working in Europe (preferably the UK)
• 2.1 or equivalent from accredited university or equivalent; MBA valued

In addition, at Senior Director level:

• Evidence of converting business contacts and leads into sustainable, profitable revenue streams
• Developing and executing a specific strategy focused on target clients and distinctive go-to-market propositions
• Senior level experiences with the blend of industry and advisory experiences with proven track record in delivering changes and results
• A robust network across Europe in a variety of sectors including Consumer + Retail, Automotive + Manufacturing, Hotel + Hospitality, Technology + Software and, Business Services

Soft Skills:

• Strong facilitation skills, forging consensus around credible, executable solutions
• Excellent written and oral communications skills, confident presenter
• Objective, fact-based approach to problem solving
• Hands-on and non-hierarchical operator who is equally effective in managing up and down and relates well at all levels and cultures
• Driven by values and integrity, talks straight, builds confidence and leads by example

A&M’s entrepreneurial culture celebrates independent thinkers and doers who can 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 the main reasons our people love working at A&M. Inclusive Diversity means we embrace diversity and we foster inclusiveness. It runs through how we recruit, develop employees, conduct business, support clients, and partner with vendors. It is the A&M way.

It is Alvarez & Marsal’s policy to provide and promote equal opportunity in employment, compensation, and other terms and conditions of employment without discrimination because of race, color, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, family medical history or genetic information, political affiliation, military service, pregnancy, marital status, family status, religion, national origin, age or disability or any other non-merit based factor in accordance with all applicable laws and regulations.

Please note that as per A&M policy, we do not accept unsolicited resumes from third-party recruiters unless such recruiters were engaged to provide candidates for a specified opening. Any employment agency, person or entity that submits an unsolicited resume does so with the understanding that A&M will have the right to hire that applicant at its discretion without any fee owed to the submitting employment agency, person or entity.

Location: UK-London

Type: Full time