Description
About Alvarez & Marsal
Alvarez & Marsal (A&M) is a global consulting firm with over 10,000 entrepreneurial, action and results-oriented professionals in over 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.
The Team
Alvarez & Marsal's Energy team works with global companies across Oil & Gas, Renewables, Mining, Power & Utilities and Chemical sub-sectors to provide independent analysis and end-to-end support across business transformation programs. Pulling from Alvarez & Marsal's restructuring heritage, A&M's Energy Group combines the best of A&M's bias toward action and practicality with deep industry experience as both consultants and operators. Our Business Transformation practice is rapidly expanding in the GCC, and we are looking for a Director to join our Gurgaon/Bangalore team. This role offers the opportunity to leverage your business insight, analytical skills, and problem-solving abilities as part of a hands-on, high-impact team. You will work on projects across A&M's global offices, covering the full project lifecycle, including market analysis, growth strategy development, operational improvement, and financial performance enhancement, to deliver measurable results for our clients.
How You Will Contribute
As a member of the Energy team, you will play a senior role in client delivery, team leadership, and practice growth.
Key Responsibilities
- Client Engagement & Account Management
- Lead and oversee client engagements across Energy sub-sectors, serving as the primary engagement leader and trusted advisor to C-suite and senior stakeholders
- Build, maintain, and expand trusted relationships with senior client stakeholders and key decision-makers in the Energy industry
- Drive account planning, repeat engagements, and long-term client development strategies
- Represent A&M in industry forums, conferences, and business development activities to enhance the firm's profile in the Energy sector
- Work closely with Managing Directors and Partners in a collaborative team model, coordinating regional and global network teams on cross-border engagements
- Project Execution & Delivery
- Lead the design and execution of large-scale business transformation initiatives, providing hands-on learning opportunities while leveraging deep expertise to address complex, operations-focused challenges across projects focused on O&G, Chemicals, and Power & Utilities
- Structure complex client problems and translate them into executable workplans, oversee operational, commercial, and financial workstreams to ensure integrated solutions
- Review and develop high-quality, client-ready deliverables, ensuring insights are practical, implementable, and aligned with client objectives, timelines, and budgets,
- Apply robust project governance, risk management, and quality assurance practices
- People Leadership & Capability Development
- Apply deep Energy sector knowledge to develop hypothesis-driven, data-intensive analyses addressing complex operational and strategic challenges
- Lead, mentor, and coach engagement teams across multiple projects including guiding teams in leveraging advanced analytical tools (Excel, PowerPoint, Tableau/Power BI, Alteryx/Python) to deliver high-impact insights
- Manage resource allocation, performance feedback, and team development including setting up procedures to monitor work progress, quality, and cost against budget, while consulting widely on engagements and other matters
- Support recruitment, training, and knowledge development initiatives
- Firm and Practice Growth
- Actively contribute to the growth of the A&M GCC and the Energy practice by developing, pursuing, and executing initiatives that expand the Firm's market presence, strengthen client relationships, and generate new revenue opportunities
- Lead or support proposals, RFP responses, and client pitches
- Contribute to development of new offerings, methodologies, and thought leadership
- Considering the pace of targeted growth, we are keen to find people who are entrepreneurial, driven by a passion to drive significant growth (people who can think in multiples of growth rather
Qualifications
- 14+ years of experience in top-tier consulting/ advisory firms or relevant industry roles (strategy, restructuring, performance improvement, analytics, or operational consulting)
- Deep expertise in at least one Energy sub-sector (O&G Upstream/Downstream, Chemicals, Mining, or Power & Utilities), with the ability to rapidly apply insights across adjacent sub-sectors
- Demonstrated leadership in managing engagements end-to-end, including scoping, workplan design, team management, and client communication
- Advanced hypothesis-driven problem solving and analytical skills, with the ability to frame ambiguous client issues, translate them into structured analyses, and drive clear executive-level outcomes.
- Strong financial and operational modelling expertise, supporting business cases and executive decision-making
- Exceptional executive communication and presence, including facilitation of senior-level discussions, negotiation of scope and recommendations, and development of high-impact, client-ready presentation
- Demonstrated ability to manage multiple engagements concurrently, prioritize effectively, and deliver under tight deadlines and evolving client expectations
- High standards of professional integrity, judgment, and discretion, with the confidence to challenge clients constructively and communicate difficult messages clearly
Your journey at A&M
We recognize that our people are the driving force behind our success, which is why we prioritize an employee experience that fosters each person's unique professional and personal development. Our robust performance development process promotes continuous learning, rewards your contributions, and fosters a culture of meritocracy. With top-notch training and on-the-job learning opportunities, you can acquire new skills and advance your career. We prioritize your well-being, providing benefits and resources to support you on your personal journey. Our people consistently highlight the growth opportunities, our unique, entrepreneurial culture, and the fun we have together as their favorite aspects of working at A&M. The possibilities are endless for high-performing and passionate professionals.
Inclusive Diversity
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, encouraging everyone to bring their whole self to work each day. It runs through how we recruit, develop employees, conduct business, support clients, and partner with vendors. It is the A&M way.
Equal Opportunity Employer
It is Alvarez & Marsal's practice to provide and promote equal opportunity in employment, compensation, and other terms and conditions of employment without discrimination because of race, color, creed, religion, national origin, ancestry, citizenship status, sex or gender, gender identity or gender expression (including transgender status), sexual orientation, marital status, military service and veteran status, physical or mental disability, family medical history, genetic information or other protected medical condition, political affiliation, or any other characteristic protected by and in accordance with applicable laws. Employees and Applicants can find A&M policy statements and additional information by region here.
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