PEPI Manager - Merger Integration & Carve-outs (Open to all US locations)

About the role

The Merger Integration & Carve-outs (MI&C) service line at Alvarez & Marsal Private Equity Performance Improvement Services (PEPI) focuses on helping private equity firms improve operating results at their portfolio companies. This role involves providing service excellence by identifying key client business issues, determining client needs, evaluating and validating analysis, and developing recommendations.

Responsibilities

• Provide service excellence by identifying key client business issues, determining client needs by supplementing the standard assessment techniques and tools with innovative approaches, evaluating and validating analysis, and developing recommendations for the client in the context of the overall engagement.
• Depending on the deal size, lead workstreams or a focus area within the Integration Management Office (IMO) – Synergies, TSAs, Blueprinting, Day 1 Readiness, Executive Reporting, Integration Roadmap, Communications, Organizational Design.
• Lead and deliver large, complex client engagements that identify, design, and implement creative business and technology solutions for PE clients and their portfolio companies.
• Drive performance improvement in key areas such as strategic planning, operational optimization, back office consolidation, supply chain, IT/reporting integration, customer and channel management.
• Track progress against Day 1 and Day 100 objectives and adjust integration strategies or personnel as required.

Requirements

• 5-8+ years of professional consulting experience, specializing in merger integration, business transformation, and change management.
• Experience in integration planning and divestitures a plus, but not required.
• 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 revenue growth and profitability growth initiatives and driving them, operationally, Program management and leadership experience.
• Specific experience designing and leading the execution of internally-focused and externally-focused change/communications strategies.
• MBA preferred.
• Excellent oral and written communications skills.
• Initiative and drive.
• Critical thinking skills.
• Flexibility to travel at least 75% of time.

Qualifications

• 5-8+ years of professional consulting experience, specializing in merger integration, business transformation, and change management.
• Experience in integration planning and divestitures a plus, but not required.
• 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 revenue growth and profitability growth initiatives and driving them, operationally, Program management and leadership experience.
• Specific experience designing and leading the execution of internally-focused and externally-focused change/communications strategies.
• MBA preferred.
• Excellent oral and written communications skills.
• Initiative and drive.
• Critical thinking skills.
• Flexibility to travel at least 75% of time.