PEPI Senior Associate - IT M&A

Description

The role is within the Private Equity Performance Improvement (PEPI) – Information Technology & Merger Integration team at Alvarez & Marsal Private Equity. This team serves upper middle market and large cap private equity firms to help improve operating results at their portfolio companies.

About the role

We are looking for individuals with 3-6 years of professional consulting or relevant industry experience, with a minimum of three years specializing in systems implementations, merger integration, business transformation, and change management. Deep functional expertise in IT pre-acquisition diligence, merger integration and carve-out, business/IT transformation program/project management, supply chain and/or finance/accounting, IT operations, solution architecture, enterprise architecture and infrastructure, IT assessment and strategy development, IT performance improvement and cost reduction, and proven writing skills with a desire to produce polished client-facing documents are required.

Responsibilities

• Conduct pre-acquisition IT diligence assignments focusing on ERP, WMS, CRM, IT Infrastructure, Enterprise Architecture, Software Development Lifecycle, budgetary analysis, and organizational/personnel assessment.
• Execute merger integration and carve-out activities.
• Drive performance improvement in key areas such as ERP, back office, supply chain, BI/reporting integration, customer and channel management, and track progress against Day-1 and Day-100 objectives.
• Manage the day-to-day relationships to ensure exceptional performance and implement quality of deliverables.

Requirements

• Deep functional expertise in one or more of the following areas: IT pre-acquisition diligence, IT merger integration and carve-out, business/IT transformation program/project management (e.g., ERP), collaboration and leading change to improve key business functions, IT operations, solution architecture, enterprise architecture and infrastructure, IT assessment and strategy development, IT performance improvement and cost reduction.
• Proven writing skills with a desire to produce polished client-facing documents.
• Excellent fact-gathering and analytical skills, including business process mapping and quantitative analysis.
• Specific experience designing and supervising the execution of internally-focused and externally-focused change/communications strategy.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree required.
• Flexibility to travel at least 75% of time.

Skills

Our team values a structured and disciplined approach to create and capture value. We provide private equity buyers with a broad continuum of knowledge and tools for mergers, acquisitions, carve-outs, joint ventures and alliances. The team works across the full spectrum of the deal lifecycle from pre-deal technology, operational and synergy reviews, through 'Day-1' planning, to post-deal implementations.

Benefits

The salary range is $100,000 - $150,000 annually, dependent on several variables including but not limited to education, experience, skills, and geography. In addition, A&M offers a discretionary bonus program which is based on a number of factors, including individual and firm performance. Please ask your recruiter for details.

Pay

The salary range is $100,000 - $150,000 annually, dependent on several variables including but not limited to education, experience, skills, and geography.

Schedule

Full-time Positions and Part-time Positions Over 30 hours Regular employees working 30 or more hours per week are also entitled to participate in Alvarez & Marsal Holdings’ fringe benefits consisting of healthcare plans, flexible spending and savings accounts, life, AD&D, and disability coverages at rates determined from time to time as well as a 401(k) retirement plan. Provided the eligibility requirements are met, employees will also receive a discretionary contribution to their 401(k) from Alvarez & Marsal. 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.