Description
Restructuring & Tournaround Internship - January 2025 start date
Alvarez & Marsal
Paris
Companies, investors and government entities around the world turn to Alvarez & Marsal (A&M) for leadership, action and results. Privately held since its founding in 1983, A&M is a leading global professional services firm that provides advisory, business performance improvement and turnaround management services. When conventional approaches are not enough to create transformation and drive change, clients seek our deep expertise and ability to deliver practical solutions to their unique problems.
With over 10,000 people providing services across six continents, we deliver tangible results for corporates, boards, private equity firms, law firms and government agencies facing complex challenges. Our senior leaders, and their teams, leverage A&M’s restructuring heritage to help companies act decisively, catapult growth and accelerate results. We are experienced operators, world-class consultants, former regulators and industry authorities with a shared commitment to telling clients what is really needed for turning change into a strategic business asset, managing risk and unlocking value at every stage of growth.
As the world’s largest Turnaround & Crisis management firm, with a market leading practice in Financial & Operational Restructuring, we are here to help & support our clients with the financial & operational impacts of the Covid crisis.
The regulatory changes impacting audit practices across Europe have had a significant impact on the Restructuring practices of the Big 4 accounting firms leading to divestures and change previously unthinkable. There is a huge opportunity for growth and A&M has expanded its Restructuring practice significantly across Europe since 2017.
A&M’s established European Financial Restructuring practice enables lenders and corporates to clearly evaluate the risks and opportunities of their situation and their restructuring options. Due to continued growth, A&M France are recruiting ambitious Interns to join our Paris team for 6 months.
The main tasks will include:
- Support our Financial Restructuring team in Paris as they serve our clients in Private Equity, Corporates and Financial Institutions
- Research client information including company financials, business performance and additional key information
- Conduct research and analysis to contribute to client reports and recommendations including financial statements and financial analysis
- Prepare & update cash flow models and other financial models
- Utilising Excel, PowerPoint, and other applications to assist in creating client deliverables
- Supporting Managing Directors and other senior members of the team with client pitch production
Requirements:
- Studying at a leading “Grande Ecoles” in Business and / or Engineering, or equivalent
- Excellent analytical and problem-solving skills
- Excellent verbal and written communication skills
- Ability to prioritise – especially in highly pressured situations
- Some Excel modelling skills
- Fluent business level English and French is essential. Additional European language skills including Dutch, German, Italian or Spanish are highly desirable
- Strong interest in a career within Financial Restructuring
The successful Intern will:
- Join a growing team with strong leadership, bright, energetic people with a truly entrepreneurial spirit
- Gain exposure to international projects on behalf of many of the most prominent organisations across worldwide
