Director, CFO Services at Alvarez & Marsal Holdings, LLC in Chicago, Illinois

Job Description:

PEPI - CFO Services - Director

OVERVIEW:

A&M CFO Services work with private equity held portfolio companies and provide our clients with solutions to preserve and generate value for their businesses. Our goal is to improve transparency to key drivers and business performance, to support increasing cash and EBITDA, and to provide benefits through hands-on involvement in our clients' operations. Our job is to support PE firms to ensure their portfolio companies have credible plans and the ability to execute and deliver financial outcomes.

CFO Services Provides the following pillar of services:

• Liquidity & Working Capital Optimization


• Strategic Analytics & Planning


• Performance Measurement & Management


• Business Transformation


• Auxiliary Services: Accounting Remediation

PROFESSIONAL EXPECTATIONS:

Hypothesis / Scope Development

• Connect with client to facilitate information gathering


• Guide and facilitate client interviews and ensure all relevant data are considered and pursued


• Define type of analyses needed to prove or disprove assumptions, ensure complete, accurate and timely execution


• Apply industry and functional knowledge identify business drivers and issues


• Understand and develop framework given project parameters


• Develop actionable conclusions from analyses

• Ability to lead components of projects with multiple service lines and ability to lead smaller projects independently


• Proactively manage client's expectations and minimize risks and negative impacts on project


• Develop straightforward actionable plans and lead individual workstreams independently


• Design cash generating initiatives, EBITDA improvements, optimal organizational structure to drive client's value


• Anticipate risks and obstacles early on, create contingency plans and communicating timely with client


• Engage and work collaboratively with senior management; ability to obtain buy-in from senior management / board members on actionable plans

• Leverage industry expertise, prior professional services experience to guide team and promote innovative and analytical thinking


• Take accountability for both client and team identified issues


• Build complimentary teams using individuals' talents and capabilities

• Complete proficiency in financial modeling and financial statements analysis and accounting treatments


• Identify and drive P&L and B/S accountability


• Utilize tools and resources to drive change management


• Interpreting financial statements and understanding how info gets captured and used, understand how to streamline the processes


• Experience in the role of Controllership, Finance and Accounting Advisory Services

ACCREDITION/EXPERIENCE:

• Graduate of accredited 4-year college / university with educational concentration in relevant areas (accounting, finance, economics) preferred but not required


• Over 12 years of experience related to: Accounting / Finance, Financial Due Diligence, Restructuring, Investment Banking or Private Equity


• Complete proficiency in understanding financial models, data analytics, and presentation skills


• CPA, CFA, MBA, or Master's Degree Preferred but not Required

Diversity & Inclusion

A&M's entrepreneurial culture celebrates independent thinkers and doers who can 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 the main reasons our people love working at A&M. Inclusive Diversity means we embrace diversity and we foster inclusiveness. It runs through how we recruit, develop employees, conduct business, support clients, and partner with vendors. It is the A&M way.

Voluntary Inclusion

It is Alvarez & Marsal's policy to provide and promote equal opportunity in employment, compensation, and other terms and conditions of employment without discrimination because of race, color, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, family medical history or genetic information, political affiliation, military service, pregnancy, marital status, family status, religion, national origin, age or disability or any other non-merit based factor in accordance with all applicable laws and regulations.

Unsolicited Resumes from Third-Party Recruiters

Please note that as per A&M policy, we do not accept unsolicited resumes from third-party recruiters unless such recruiters were engaged to provide candidates for a specified opening. Any employment agency, person or entity that submits an unsolicited resume does so with the understanding that A&M will have the right to hire that applicant at its discretion without any fee owed to the submitting employment agency, person or entity.