Alvarez & Marsal Europe
Operational Due Diligence - Director - Transaction Advisory - Canada
Alvarez & Marsal Europe, Toronto, ON
Description
About A&M
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 across four 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's really needed for turning change into a strategic business asset, managing risk and unlocking value at every stage of growth.
Global Transaction Advisory Group
A&M's Transaction Advisory Group (TAG) has an exciting opportunity to join a growing team in Toronto, Canada. TAG is a subsidiary of A&M, an established leader in providing global leadership and advisory services to a variety of diverse industries. A&M TAG is seeking an Operational Due Diligence Director to bring their energy, passion, and expertise to help our clients get the answers they need to the get the deal done. We are seeking someone who has a successful track record with a blend of operational and commercial skills, an entrepreneurial approach, and networks across the M&A community. We provide private equity and corporate clients buy side and sell side due diligence. TAG ODD professionals actively engage in assessing and quantifying potential synergies, dis-synergies, one-time costs and savings that could be generated by the combination of target and buyer; determining and quantifying potential carve-out implications and conducting comprehensive discussions with management and their advisors.
What will you be doing?
As a Director, you will have the opportunity to work with our highly motivated and effective team of professionals on a variety of interesting projects across different industries including but not limited to manufacturing, distribution, consumer, retail, restaurants, business, and industrial services as well as healthcare, software & technology, energy, and financial services. You will provide our clients with an integrated due diligence approach that goes beyond traditional quality of earning analyses and focus on key value drivers for sponsors and lenders. Our integrated due diligence approach combines our deep operational, functional and industry expertise with Big Four quality financial accounting and tax services to drive value throughout the investment lifecycle.
Responsibilities will include:
We are not a typical consulting firm. We are a group of entrepreneurial accounting professionals who embody the A&M Core Values - integrity, quality, objectivity, fun, personal reward, and inclusive diversity while delivering a tailored and scalable approach to working with private equity, hedge fund, and corporate clients. We present you with opportunities, not a playbook, and we reward you based on performance, not your tenure.
How will you grow and be supported?
As a demonstration of A&M's strong commitment to its people, we offer benefits to support your career, personal and professional developments. This includes performance-based career progression and promotion process, high quality practice-wide training programs, a global mobility program, rotation opportunities in other practice areas, employee resource groups, and a health and wellness program. A&M recognizes that our people fuel our growth, and you and your team will be provided with the best available training and development resources, as well as networking opportunities.
Qualifications:
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About A&M
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 across four 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's really needed for turning change into a strategic business asset, managing risk and unlocking value at every stage of growth.
Global Transaction Advisory Group
A&M's Transaction Advisory Group (TAG) has an exciting opportunity to join a growing team in Toronto, Canada. TAG is a subsidiary of A&M, an established leader in providing global leadership and advisory services to a variety of diverse industries. A&M TAG is seeking an Operational Due Diligence Director to bring their energy, passion, and expertise to help our clients get the answers they need to the get the deal done. We are seeking someone who has a successful track record with a blend of operational and commercial skills, an entrepreneurial approach, and networks across the M&A community. We provide private equity and corporate clients buy side and sell side due diligence. TAG ODD professionals actively engage in assessing and quantifying potential synergies, dis-synergies, one-time costs and savings that could be generated by the combination of target and buyer; determining and quantifying potential carve-out implications and conducting comprehensive discussions with management and their advisors.
What will you be doing?
As a Director, you will have the opportunity to work with our highly motivated and effective team of professionals on a variety of interesting projects across different industries including but not limited to manufacturing, distribution, consumer, retail, restaurants, business, and industrial services as well as healthcare, software & technology, energy, and financial services. You will provide our clients with an integrated due diligence approach that goes beyond traditional quality of earning analyses and focus on key value drivers for sponsors and lenders. Our integrated due diligence approach combines our deep operational, functional and industry expertise with Big Four quality financial accounting and tax services to drive value throughout the investment lifecycle.
Responsibilities will include:
- Operational due diligence, 100-day planning, post-merger integration and performance improvement.
- Advising and implementing performance improvement programs for major corporations across a wide range of industry sectors.
- Evaluating both cost reduction and revenue enhancement opportunities.
- Leading the post-acquisition work to ensure that the ODD was realized in full and in the shortest possible time.
- Developing detailed and robust methodology to ensure that the in the first 100 days total clarity and ownership is created throughout the organization, a clear path to delivering the growth and cost reduction developed and the identified quick wins delivered.
- Encompassing in the 100-day planning process the merger of two organizations for which a specific methodology has been developed.
- Support delivery of projects with private equity owned businesses to assess opportunities to improve their financial /operating performance and implement findings and recommendations.
- Work with private equity owned clients through the full spectrum of complex issues that arise in operations, including manufacturing, supply chain management, logistics and purchasing.
- Contribute strongly to business development activity including developing successful pitches and selling, on from the initial "diagnostic" project phase into implementation work.
- Initial rapid diagnostic into a company's immediate and future major operational issues, product profitability, cost base, manufacturing processes and options for performance improvement.
- Supporting PE firms to ensure their portfolio companies have credible plans and the ability to execute and deliver the financial results required.
- Developing & implementing a new operating plan to improve the business operational performance.
We are not a typical consulting firm. We are a group of entrepreneurial accounting professionals who embody the A&M Core Values - integrity, quality, objectivity, fun, personal reward, and inclusive diversity while delivering a tailored and scalable approach to working with private equity, hedge fund, and corporate clients. We present you with opportunities, not a playbook, and we reward you based on performance, not your tenure.
How will you grow and be supported?
As a demonstration of A&M's strong commitment to its people, we offer benefits to support your career, personal and professional developments. This includes performance-based career progression and promotion process, high quality practice-wide training programs, a global mobility program, rotation opportunities in other practice areas, employee resource groups, and a health and wellness program. A&M recognizes that our people fuel our growth, and you and your team will be provided with the best available training and development resources, as well as networking opportunities.
Qualifications:
- A minimum of 8-10 years of Operational Due Diligence (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.
- Recent, relevant experience in International Operations, including manufacturing, supply chain management, purchasing and logistics (ideally within retail, pharma, or business services).
- A recent track record of successfully delivering major operational due diligence assignments at pre and post deal.
- Must be Private Equity Industry Savvy with established experience of working with Private Equity backed portfolio companies.
- Experience in operational KPIs, Balance Score Cards, and a reporting/ review process to ensure continuous improvement of the operational performance of the business.
- Understand and execute LEAN production philosophy; Lead holistic performance improvement projects, understanding different kinds of Project Management Office (PMO) tools.
- Bachelor's or Master's degree in accounting and/or related major
- Certified Public Accountant (CPA) or Chartered Accountant (CA), MBA preferred but not required.
- High proficiency in Excel and PowerPoint
- Excellent interpersonal and communication skills
- Strong project management skills
- Flexibility to work as both a team member in a collaborative setting and as an individual contributor
- Ability to thrive and be effective in fast-paced settings
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