Intern - Global Transaction Analytics (GTA) at Alvarez & Marsal Transaction Advisory Group, LLC in Chicago, Illinois

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About A&M

Companies, investors and government entities around the world turn to Alvarez & Marsal (A&M) for leadership, action and results. Privately held since its founding in 1983, A&M is a leading global professional services firm that provides advisory, business performance improvement and turnaround management services. When conventional approaches are not enough to create transformation and drive change, clients seek our deep expertise and ability to deliver practical solutions to their unique problems.

With over 10,000 people across six continents, we deliver tangible results for corporates, boards, private equity firms, law firms and government agencies facing complex challenges. Our senior leaders, and their teams, leverage A&M's restructuring heritage to help companies act decisively, catapult growth and accelerate results. We are experienced operators, world-class consultants, former regulators and industry authorities with a shared commitment to telling clients what's really needed for turning change into a strategic business asset, managing risk and unlocking value at every stage of growth.

For more information on our firm and practice, please visit www.alvarezandmarsal.com and www.am-globaltag.com.

Global Transaction Advisory Group (TAG)

TAG is a subsidiary of A&M, an established leader in providing global leadership and advisory services to a variety of diverse industries. TAG professionals specialize largely in providing financial and accounting buy-side and sell-side due diligence, capital markets and accounting advisory, global transaction analytics, ESG advisory and other related M&A services for private equity, hedge funds, sovereign wealth, family office and corporate clients around the world.

Global Transaction Analytics (GTA)

A&M's Global Transaction Analytics (GTA) practice, within our Transaction Advisory Group, has an exciting opportunity to join a fast-growing team in New York, Atlanta, Boston, Chicago, Dallas, Denver, Houston, Miami, Nashville, Los Angeles and San Francisco. We are seeking an Intern to bring their energy, passion, and expertise to help our clients get the answers they need to get the deal done across the investment lifecycle from pre-deal to post-deal analysis.

A&M GTA provides data analytics services to clients to uncover maximum actionable insights to support their M&A, divestment and investment strategy. GTA is a global team which leverages market leading technology, advanced analytics capabilities, and A&M's operational, functional and industry expertise to drive relevant business insights. Our global team provides analytics as a service to private equity and corporates across the transaction lifecycle.

What will you be doing?
As an Intern, you will have the opportunity to work with our highly motivated and effective team of professionals on a variety of interesting projects across different industries including but not limited to manufacturing, distribution, consumer, retail, restaurants, business and industrial services as well as healthcare, software & technology, energy and financial services. You will gain exposure to our integrated due diligence approach that goes beyond traditional quality of earning analyses and focus on key value drivers for sponsors and lenders. Our integrated due diligence approach combines our deep operational, functional and industry expertise to drive value throughout the investment lifecycle.

Responsibilities include:

• Assist with core transaction analytics, helping to identify key financial performance and operating trends as well as insights thru applied data analytics.


• Analyze underlying financial statement performance drivers via key transactional and operational data. Clean, transform, and model data into meaningful information used to drive discussions with target management through observations to insights and conclusions.


• Assess the quality of the target company's financial and operational datasets.


• After an investigative analysis, assist in the construction of deal-oriented reports and dashboards for clients that highlight the key findings and the drivers behind maintainable profits and cash flows.


• Participate in meetings and conference calls with target company management and with client personnel.

Who will you be working with?

We are not a typical consulting firm. We are a group of entrepreneurial professionals who embody the A&M Core Values - integrity, quality, objectivity, fun, personal reward and inclusive diversity while delivering a tailored and scalable approach to working with private equity, hedge fund, and corporate clients. We present you with opportunities, not a playbook, and we reward you based on performance, not your tenure.

How will you grow and be supported?

As a demonstration of A&M's strong commitment to its people, we offer benefits to support your career, personal and professional developments. This includes performance-based career progression and promotion process, high quality practice-wide training programs, a global mobility program, rotation opportunities in other practice areas, employee resource groups, and a health and wellness program. A&M recognizes that our people fuel our growth, and you and your team will be provided with the best available training and development resources, as well as networking opportunities.

Preferred Qualifications:

• Experience using large data sets, along with analytical scripting and visualization platforms to produce actionable insights for clients


• An interest in data analytics, finance, accounting, and consulting


• Eligible students should be in the 3rd year of a 4-year degree program or in the 4th year of a 5-year program


• A willingness to learn, or familiarity with, tools for work across data management, visualization, and analytics, including:
  
  
  • Alteryx, SQL, Azure, etc.
  
  
  • Excel, PowerPivot, PowerQuery, VBA, etc.
  
  
  • Tableau, Power BI, etc.
  
  
  • Python, R, etc.
  
  
  
  


• Experience with data science and machine learning algorithms


• Excellent interpersonal and communication skills


• Strong project management skills


• Flexibility to work as both a team member and as an individual contributor


• Ability to thrive and be effective in fast-paced settings


• Ability to travel

Interns are not eligible to participate in Alvarez & Marsal's fringe benefits programs. Click here for more information regarding A&M's benefits programs.

Alvarez & Marsal recruits on an ongoing basis. Candidates are considered as they apply, until the opportunity is filled. Candidates are encouraged to apply expeditiously to any role(s) that they are qualified for and that are of interest to them.