PEPI Manager - Merger Integration & Carve-outs; US locations

Alvarez & Marsal Private Equity Performance Improvement

Manager, Merger Integration & Carve‑Outs

Alvarez & Marsal (A&M) is a global consulting firm with over 10,000 entrepreneurial, action and results‑oriented professionals in more than 40 countries. We take a hands‑on approach to solving our clients’ problems and assisting them in reaching their potential. Our culture celebrates independent thinkers and doers who positively impact our clients and shape our industry. The collaborative environment and engaging work—guided by A&M’s core values of Integrity, Quality, Objectivity, Fun, Personal Reward, and Inclusive Diversity—are why our people love working at A&M.

A&M’s Private Equity Performance Improvement Services (PEPI) practice, with offices throughout the US, focuses on serving upper middle‑market and large‑cap private equity firms who have engaged A&M to help improve operating results at their portfolio companies. The companies we assess range from $50 million to over $1 billion.

• CDD/Strategy
• Interim Management
• Merger Integration & Carve‑outs
• IT
• Rapid Results
• Supply Chain
• CFO Services

This is your opportunity to join A&M PEPI’s MI&C team—a fast‑growing practice that gives you early client exposure and the chance to learn from top practitioners. You will be involved throughout the lifecycle of large, complex, high‑profile deals in the US. The MI&C service line provides a structured and disciplined approach to create and capture value across the full spectrum of the deal lifecycle, from pre‑deal operational and synergy reviews to Day 1 planning and post‑deal implementation.

Our services include due diligence (commercial, operational), Integration Management Office, synergy, TSA, integration planning, Day 1 Readiness, and post‑close execution.

• Provide service excellence by identifying key client business issues, determining client needs, supplementing standard assessment techniques with innovative approaches, evaluating and validating analysis, and developing recommendations in the overall engagement context.
• Depending on deal size, lead work streams or a focus area within the Integration Management Office (IMO) – Synergies, TSAs, Blueprinting, Day 1 Readiness, Executive Reporting, Integration Roadmap, Communications, Organizational Design.
• Directors will lead and deliver large, complex client engagements that identify, design, and implement creative business and technology solutions for PE clients and their portfolio companies.
• Day 1 and Day 100 Planning, execution, and driving performance improvement in key areas:
  • Strategic planning
  • Operational optimization / consolidation
  • Back office consolidation
  • Supply chain
  • IT / reporting integration
  • Customer and channel management
• Actively drive performance improvement assessments across an enterprise and oversee the implementation of recommendations.
• Track progress against Day 1 and Day 100 objectives, adjusting integration strategies or personnel as required.

• 5–8+ years of professional consulting experience, specializing in merger integration, business transformation, and change management
• Experience in integration planning and divestitures a plus, but not required
• Experience leading one or more work streams in a business transformation
• Deep functional expertise in one or more of the following areas:
  • Finance & Accounting operations
  • HR / Organizational design
  • Role and Job Analysis
  • Leadership and Stakeholder Involvement
  • Communications planning and management
  • Supply Chain / Operations
  • Salesforce effectiveness
  • Marketing optimization
  • Pricing/Margin/Mix optimization
  • Knowledge Management and Transfer
  • Success at planning revenue growth and profitability growth initiatives and driving them operationally
  • Program management and leadership experience
  • Specific experience designing and leading the execution of internally‑focused and externally‑focused change/communications strategies
  • MBA preferred
  • Excellent oral and written communication skills
  • Initiative and drive
  • Critical thinking skills
  • Flexibility to travel at least 75% of the time