Associate, Performance Improvement

Location: Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
Date Posted: Sep 25, 2025

**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**
The Performance Improvement Practice works with Private Equity and Corporate clients all over the world. We offer end-to-end services throughout the investment life cycle by furnishing transaction advisory, performance improvement, turnaround, interim and crisis management. Our areas of expertise include pre-M&A due diligence, merger integration, post-M&A growth strategy, corporate finance advisory, organizational and cost transformation, supply chain and manufacturing operational improvement, interim and crisis management, and CFO finance leadership. We differentiate ourselves by the result-driven approach, the hands-on mindset, and the ability to provide leadership amidst complex situations.

A&M is rapidly expanding in Southeast Asia and seeking to hire Associates who will be responsible for research, analytical / problem solving, modeling, and report / presentation preparation, to support various engagements of complex and high-profile situations. He/she is required to deliver rapid results with focus on bottom-line improvement.

**How you will contribute**

Independently contribute as a project team member and own specific project work modules, with tasks including:

- Conducting research and gather from all sources of information
- Using gathered information and expertise to craft proposals and projects for our clients
- Cooperating with the team leader to understand different stakeholders’ perspective
- Organizing and prioritizing tasks on hand to meet deadlines.
- Analyzing & presenting statistical & market data, and performing financial analysis

**Qualifications**
- Bachelor’s or Master’s degree holders from top global universities (fields of studies with quantitative focus will be preferred) with proven record of academic excellence; or students in their final year of study to graduate in 2026
- Excellent analytical skills, logical and structured thinking, creative in problem solving
- Ability to extract/infer useful information from large sets of unorganized or incomplete data
- Strong organizational skills, including ability to manage multiple tasks concurrently
- Superior interpersonal attributes including communication and soft skills, ability to work in a team, results/performance-oriented work style
- Ability to summarise complex numerical information for presentations
- Fluent in written and spoken English, fluency in other ASEAN languages (Bahasa Malaysia, Bahasa Indonesia, Vietnamese, Thai or Tagalog) a plus
- Malaysians / non-Malaysians permitted to work in Malaysia

**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**:
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