Manager, Global Transaction Advisory Group

Job Description

Manager – Transaction Advisory Group (TAG) | Alvarez & Marsal

The Tone:
This is a full-time role at Alvarez & Marsal, located in Singapore. Alvarez & Marsal is a global consulting firm with a hands-on approach, assisting clients in reaching their potential through entrepreneurial, action, and results-oriented professionals. This role contributes to the Global Transaction Advisory Group (GTAG), a team providing critical buy-side and sell-side financial accounting due diligence to private equity and corporate clients. As a Manager, you will be instrumental in analyzing financial data, identifying key risks, and delivering insights that directly inform significant client investment decisions.

The TL;DR
• Role: Full Time
• Type: Full-time
• Location: In-person, Singapore, Singapore

• Team: Global Transaction Advisory Group (GTAG) provides financial accounting due diligence and works with operational, tax, commercial, and IT professionals.
• Mission: This person solves the problem of assessing target company financial health, identifying risks, and evaluating transactions for clients during mergers and acquisitions.
• Tech Stack: Excel, PowerPoint, Alteryx, Power BI, Tableau

What You’ll Actually Do
• Financial Due Diligence: Assist with core financial due diligence, helping to identify key risks and potential deal breakers, assess business strengths and weaknesses, and evaluate transactions.
• Data Analysis & Assessment: Analyze detailed financial statement information, synthesize data into meaningful insights, and assess the quality of target company earnings, net assets, and cash flows.
• Reporting & Articulation: Assist in constructing deal-oriented reports and presentations for clients, highlighting key financial findings and articulating how these should be incorporated into client valuation and agreements.
• Client Engagement: Participate in meetings and calls with target company management and client personnel, serving as a secondary point of contact for day-to-day execution matters.
• Team & Firm Support: Assist Managing Directors and Senior Directors with non-project tasks including mentoring junior staff, budget analysis, recruitment, engagement management, and sales efforts.

The Must-Haves
• Background: Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in accounting and/or related major, at Manager level.
• Experience: At least 2 years of audit experience at a Big Four accounting firm, with a preferred minimum of 3 years of experience in a financial accounting due diligence group.
• Skills: Deep accounting skills including a working knowledge of IFRS, strong Excel and PowerPoint skills, highly analytical mindset, strong project management skills, and excellent verbal and written communication skills.
• Bonus: CPA or CA certification, fluency in Mandarin Chinese, Bahasa Melayu, Bahasa Indonesia, Tagalog or Vietnamese, experience with data analytics and visualization software (Alteryx, Power BI, Tableau), and solid hands-on experience working in Singapore, Indonesia, Malaysia, the Philippines, or Vietnam (in country).