Intern - Private Equity Performance Improvement - Madrid

Internship Program – Private Equity Performance Improvement (PEPI)

January 2025 start for 6 months

Alvarez & Marsal, Madrid

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 providing services 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 is really needed for turning change into a strategic business asset, managing risk and unlocking value at every stage of growth.

Alvarez and Marsal's dedicated PEPI professionals work with Investors and their portfolio companies to provide independent analysis and end to end services across the investment life cycle that deliver results in every economic cycle.

Through our PEPI practice, Alvarez & Marsal (A&M) offers assistance to private equity owned portfolio companies that are under-performing or with a need of re-organisation and re-positioning. Working directly with company management, A&M's involvement reassures all stakeholders that the company is taking important steps to address its problems and maximise its value.

Purpose of the role:

Alvarez & Marsal's Private Equity Performance Improvement (PEPI) business is a rapidly growing its high performance European team. We are currently looking for an Intern to join our Paris team.

You will have the opportunity of working across the entire private equity life cycle, from pre-acquisition support (operational due diligence, carve-out, merger integration), to transformation, performance improvement and operational turnaround/restructuring through to supporting the exit.

A&M PEPI have a unique delivery model that enables junior members of the team to gain extensive exposure to Managing Directors and Senior Directors thus empowering individuals to fast track their careers and development. As an Intern, you will be working closely with the rest of the team and gain 'on-the-job' learning and development, leveraging on their substantial experience.

The main tasks will include:

• Being an active part of the teams supporting private equity firms and their portfolio companies in their pre-acquisition and performance improvement activities;
• Assisting on producing financial modelling and analysis including cash flow models and projections;
• Assisting on synthesising information after research and analysis into high quality client reports and recommendations;
• Help to produce integrated models with balance sheet, P&L and cash flow, identifying key trends and red flags;
• Supporting Managing Directors and other senior members of the team with client pitch production;
• Find key information on companies reporting, know what to look for to understand company business performance and key information.

Requirements:

• Studying at a leading universities in Business Administration and / or Engineering, or equivalent;
• Excellent analytical and problem-solving skills;
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills;
• Ability to prioritise – especially in highly pressured situations;
• Some Excel modelling skills;
• Fluent business level English and Spanish is essential. Additional European language skills including Dutch, German, Italian or Spanish are highly desirable;
• Strong interest in a career within Consulting.