Manager, Private Equity Performance Improvement - CFO Services, Finance Transformation

About the Role: A&M's PEPI CFO Services practice is seeking a Director with deep expertise in Finance Transformation to lead complex engagements and help clients improve the effectiveness, efficiency, and performance of their finance organizations. Our team works with CFOs and finance leadership teams to address challenges related to finance operating models, organizational effectiveness, cost optimization, process improvement, technology enablement, and management reporting. We bring a practical, execution-focused approach to designing and implementing sustainable improvements. As a Director, you will serve as a trusted advisor to senior client stakeholders, lead engagement teams and workstreams, and play an active role in developing our people, capabilities, and client relationships. What You'll DoClient Engagement & Delivery Lead Finance Transformation engagements and workstreams focused on improving finance function performance, reducing costs, enhancing service delivery, and driving operational efficiency. Assess current-state finance organizations, processes, systems, and operating models to identify opportunities for improvement. Design and implement future-state finance operating models, organizational structures, and transformation initiatives. Lead initiatives involving finance process optimization, automation, digitization, financial close improvement, and management reporting enhancement. Develop actionable transformation roadmaps, business cases, financial analyses, and implementation plans. Lead Global Business Services (GBS), Shared Services, and Business Process Outsourcing (BPO) initiatives, including feasibility assessments, operating model design, implementation, and optimization. Develop high-quality client deliverables, facilitate alignment with senior stakeholders, and drive adoption of recommended solutions. Manage engagement execution, deliverable quality, project timelines, and workstream coordination.

Client Relationship Management & Business Development: Build and maintain strong relationships with CFOs, finance executives, and other senior client stakeholders. Serve as a day-to-day client leader, communicating findings, recommendations, risks, and progress. Support business development activities, including proposal development, sales pursuits, and identification of new client opportunities. Contribute to the development of methodologies, tools, intellectual capital, and market-facing materials.

Team Leadership & Development: Lead, coach, and develop consulting teams, fostering collaboration, accountability, and high-quality execution. Provide guidance and oversight to team members while supporting their professional development. Manage multiple priorities and workstreams in a fast-paced, client-facing environment. Contribute to practice development, recruiting, and knowledge-sharing initiatives.

Qualifications: Required 9-11+ years of relevant consulting and/or industry experience, including significant experience in Finance Transformation. Demonstrated expertise in one or more of the following areas:

• Finance transformation strategy and functional assessments
• Finance operating model and organizational design
• Finance cost reduction and operational efficiency
• Process improvement, intelligent automation and digitization
• Financial close optimization and management reporting enhancementGBS, Shared Services, and BPO strategy, design, implementation, and optimization
• Strong understanding of core finance and accounting processes, including Record-to-Report (R2R), Order-to-Cash (O2C), Procure-to-Pay (P2P), Treasury, and Financial Planning & Analysis (FP&A)

Preferred: Prior management consulting experience, particularly in Finance Transformation, CFO advisory, or operational improvement. Experience leading engagements and managing day-to-day client relationships, project economics, deliverables, and multiple workstreams. Practical experience across the full lifecycle of GBS, Shared Services, or BPO programs, including strategy, assessment, design, build, implementation, and optimization. Experience working with private equity-backed companies or in complex transformation environments. Advanced proficiency in PowerPoint, Excel, and other relevant business analysis and presentation tools. The salary range is $200,000-$225,000 annually, dependent on several variables including but not limited to education, experience, skills, and geography. In addition, A&M offers a discretionary bonus program which is based on a number of factors, including individual and firm performance. Please ask your recruiter for details. Culture & ValuesAt Alvarez & Marsal, our core values of Integrity, Quality, Objectivity, Fun, Personal Reward, and Inclusive Diversity guide everything we do, shaping a culture rooted in entrepreneurship, impact, and integrity. We trust our people to take ownership early, contribute to meaningful challenges, and drive results that matter. We empower growth and champion diverse perspectives. Above all, we value doing the right thing. For those ready to roll up their sleeves, lead with integrity, and be difference makers, this is where it starts.

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