Description

Internship - Valuation Services (Final-year) - 6 months starting in July 2023

Alvarez & Marsal

Paris

Alvarez & Marsal (A&M) is the leading independent global professional services firm. We deliver world-leading performance improvement and advisory consulting - for restructuring, transformation, and healthy company situations. This allows organizations to transform operations, catapult growth and accelerate results through decisive action.

For more than 35 years we have grown from a premier specialized boutique to a global consulting firm with more than $2+ billion in revenues, 7,500 staff around the globe and a broad range of professional services including: Transaction Advisory, Performance Improvement, Corporate Transformation, Tax, Valuations, Financial Institutions Advisory and Disputes and Investigation Services. In 2019 we successfully expanded our European Valuation & Modelling expertise to Paris and this team has demonstrated an impressive growth with the execution of landmark engagements.

A&M Valuation Services has assembled the right team, with proven professionals who solve the most complex and challenging valuation issues for clients, including fairness opinions and commercial valuations, financial reporting and tax valuations, portfolio valuations for fund investments, valuations for claims and disputes, and strategic option evaluation.

A&M Valuation Services has a unique delivery model that enables junior members of the team to gain extensive exposure to Managing Director and senior people thus empowering individuals to fast track their careers and development. This is a fantastic opportunity for you to learn more about Valuation advisory and become involved in a 'hands-on' team.

" It has been a ground-breaking year for our French team, having been strongly involved on a number of landmark projects across Europe, including some of the largest M&A transactions. As we doubled the size of our team in FY22, we look forward to the new year as we continue to invest in our talent pool."

The successful candidate will:

• Join a fast-growing team with strong leadership, bright people with a truly entrepreneurial spirit


• Gain experience in Valuation & Modelling in various contexts (transaction, restructuring,...)


• Gain exposure to international projects on behalf of many of the most prominent organisations across worldwide. We operate as a European team and the individual will also gain insight to project in the UK, Germany, Netherlands, Spain among others.

The main tasks will include:

• Work very closely with our senior management and support the business growth


• Assist in Valuation & Modelling assignments


• Assist in managing intelligence on forthcoming deals, and working on targeting of key prospects (large corporates, private equity firms and private equity held businesses)


• Support the commercial activity and preparation for client pitches


• Work on a long-term project across your internship in order to develop the French valuation practice

Requirements:

• Excellent analytical and problem-solving skills


• Excellent verbal and written communication skills in French and English


• Proficient with Excel, Word and PowerPoint


• Fluent business level English and French is essential. Additional European language skills including Dutch, German, Italian, Spanish or Arabic re highly desirable


• Strong interest in a career within Valuation or Financial Advisory Services


• Experience from previous internships, preferably in Investment Banking, Corporate Finance, Private Equity or Consulting is highly desirable

A&M Culture

A&M is a growing business and our people have extensive client exposure and the opportunity to be involved in business development activities.

Our culture is a highly dynamic and responsive one that has evolved out of excelling in complex and urgent situations. We are unrestricted by any conflict with Audit services and the issues caused that are typical in many of our competitors.