PEPI Manager M&A - EdTech (Open to all US locations)

About the role

The Merger Integration & Carve-Outs (MI&C) service line within Alvarez & Marsal’s Private Equity Performance Improvement (PEPI) practice focuses on serving upper middle market and large-cap private equity firms. Typical mandates include synergy assessment or integration planning for organizations in the Education industry, such as K-12 for-profit and non-profit sectors, skilled trade schools, and other training and development businesses.

Responsibilities

• Provide service excellence by identifying key client business issues, determining client needs, and developing recommendations in the context of the overall engagement.
• Evaluate and validate analysis, and lead workstreams or focus areas within the Integration Management Office (IMO) – Synergies, TSAs, Blueprinting, Day 1 Readiness, Executive Reporting, Integration Roadmap, Communications, Organizational Design, etc.
• Drive performance improvement assessments across an enterprise, and/or oversee the implementation of recommendations.
• Track progress against Day 1 and /or Day 100 objectives, and adjust integration strategies or people as required.

Requirements

• At least 5-8+ years of professional experience (corporate and/or consulting) – ideally encompassing merger integration, business transformation, and/or change management.
• Operating experience in, and/or exposure to, the for-profit education sector.
• Understanding of key value drivers for investing in for-profit education.
• Knowledge of major trade-offs, trends, and issues in for-profit education – both in and beyond the US.
• Experience in integration planning and divestitures is a plus, but not required.
• Experience in leading one or more workstreams in a business transformation.
• Deep functional expertise in one or more of the following areas: Finance & Accounting operations, HR/Organizational design, Role and Job Analysis, Leadership and Stakeholder Involvement, Communications planning and management, Supply Chain / Operations, Salesforce effectiveness, Marketing optimization, Pricing/Margin/Mix optimization, Knowledge Management and Transfer, Success at both planning initiatives and driving the initiatives operationally, Program management and leadership experience.
• Specific experience designing and leading the execution of internally-focused and externally-focused change/communications strategies.
• Excellent oral and written communications skills.
• Initiative and drive, critical thinking skills, flexibility to travel up to 80% of the time, and a desire to be part of a fast-paced, high-performing professional environment with an element of entrepreneurial spirit.

Qualifications

• MBA preferred.

Skills

Our MI&C team brings a structured and disciplined approach to create and capture value. We provide corporate and private equity buyers with a broad continuum of knowledge and tools for mergers, acquisitions, carve-outs, joint ventures, and alliances. Specific skills include:

• Due diligence (commercial, operational).
• Synergies, TSA, integration planning, Day 1 Readiness, Executive Reporting, Integration Roadmap, Communications, Organizational Design.
• Strategic planning, operational optimization /consolidation, back office consolidation, supply chain, IT / reporting integration, customer and channel management.

Benefits

Full-time positions and part-time positions are offered. Regular employees working 30 or more hours per week are entitled to participate in Alvarez & Marsal Holdings’ fringe benefits, including healthcare plans, flexible spending and savings accounts, life, AD&D, and disability coverages. Additionally, employees are eligible for paid time off, including vacation, personal days, seventy-two (72) hours of sick time (prorated for part-time employees), ten federal holidays, one floating holiday, and parental leave. The amount of vacation and personal days available varies based on tenure and role type. Employees are also eligible for an annual discretionary contribution to their 401(k) retirement savings plan from Alvarez & Marsal. The salary range is $125,000 - $190,000 annually, dependent on several variables including but not limited to education, experience, skills, and geography. In addition, A&M offers a discretionary bonus program based on individual and firm performance.