PEPI, Senior Associate - M&A and Performance Improvement – Sports, Media, and Entertainment

About the role

This role is within the Sports, Media, and Entertainment (SM&E) team within Alvarez & Marsal's Private Equity Performance Improvement (PEPI) practice. The team supports private equity and corporate clients through complex transactions, focusing on upper middle market companies in the $50M to $1B+ range.

Responsibilities

• Identify key client business issues and own key client deliverables
• Oversee workstreams and drive cross-functional collaboration
• Support client needs with innovative approaches and expert Excel skills
• Provide informal leadership by coordinating across workstreams and supporting team development
• Develop and present synergy and performance improvement models, separation and one-time cost models, integration and carveout trackers, and other workstream outputs
• Contribute to high-profile deals shaping the future of the SM&E industry

Requirements

• 4-6+ years of professional experience in management consulting, investment banking, private equity, corporate development, with a demonstrated track record of M&A, preferably in the SM&E space
• Experience in integration/separation planning and execution a plus
• MBA preferred
• Eager to learn about core operations of SM&E
• Initiative and drive
• Critical thinking skills
• Flexibility to travel at least 75% of time

Qualifications

• Strong technical and analytical toolkit, including advanced financial modeling
• Expert Excel skills for structuring and analyzing large, complex datasets
• Strong oral and written communication skills for leading client interactions, facilitating working sessions, presenting findings, and translating complex analytical outputs into clear, actionable insights
• Initiative and drive
• Critical thinking skills
• Flexibility to travel at least 75% of time

Benefits

The benefits package includes healthcare plans, flexible spending and savings accounts, life, AD&D, and disability coverages, a 401(k) retirement savings plan, and paid time off including vacation, personal days, sick time, federal holidays, and parental leave. The salary range is $100,000 - $170,000 annually, with a discretionary bonus program based on individual and firm performance.