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With offices in North America, Europe, the Middle East and Asia, AlixPartners is an international advisory firm that built its reputation through its work in corporate turnaround and restructuring. The firm is often associated with reversing the fortunes of companies in high-impact situations. The ideal hire is someone with around a decade of industry experience, who will be able to hit the ground running and immediately begin impacting a client's business.
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AlixPartners' business model, long dependent on the turnaround consulting for which it is best known, has been evolving in recent years to include services for healthy firms. As a result, the firm is positioned to take advantage of current market conditions the world over, whether times are good or bad. In Europe, where economic conditions are still somewhat in the doldrums, restructuring work continues to be in high demand, which bodes well for the firm, and accounts for the highly positive outlook shared by firm insiders.
That demand does translate to longer hours at times, which are tempered by a high degree of interaction with senior members of client organizations (which in turn translates to good...
About the Company
AlixPartners is an international business advisory firm that built its reputation through its work in corporate turnaround and restructuring. Now, with over 30 years of history behind it, the firm has diversified its business and provides services in four areas: Enterprise Improvement, Turnaround and Restructuring, Financial Advisory and Information Management. Although the firm is often associated with reversing the fortunes of companies in high-impact situations, it offers a broad range of consulting services for companies that are not in financial straits but are looking to improve operations and performance. Operating globally out of offices in North America, Europe, the Middle East and Asia, AlixPartners has been retained by at least half of the Fortune 100 and many of the world's other largest companies, as well as mid-sized public and pri...
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- "Very good experience, very good learning, high responsibility, very friendly but also challenging environment--great place to be."
- "Excellent work experience, challenging internal support network."
- "Very talented colleagues to work with."
- "The very best people with a unique DNA for challenging, urgent, critical situations."
- "Interesting work and fun, dynamic working environment."
- "Challenging operational consulting in first tier companies achieving tangible results."
- "Fantastic opportunities for personal and professional development."
- "Senior experienced people, sense of urgency, high impact work, fantastic reputation."
- "Hands on approach to urgent and important business situations, enabled by seniority and multicultural attitude of consulting team."
- "AlixPartners has developed an early focus on 100% operational roles—with strong involvement of our teams at the clients' office. AlixPartners also enjoys strong positions in turnaround and restructuring assignments (one of the most famous examples would be the restructuring of GM in the US)."
- "High quality people with very impressive educational and work backgrounds."
- "Team-based approach to marketing and delivery."
Getting Hired Here
- "Prior experience [is a] must. Languages [are a] bonus. Financial understanding [is] important. Self-motivator.""Strongly committed to hire the very best people. Individual follow up for exceptional, must-hire people. Ideal candidate: from 30 to 35-40 to over 45 talents, with exceptional track record, natural leadership, natural attitude to exceed expectations and overachievement. Self-conscious and psychologically strong people."
- "Intelligent and driven individuals."
- "Process is strict and requires a significant time, but is key to hire the right people. The ideal candidate has 4-5 Y of experience in some other consulting company (Bain, BCG, McK, Alvarez) and ideally also some experience in the industry."
- "Older people with a mix of consulting and industry experience."
- "We are highly selective. Very few people get through. The ideal candidate is highly intelligent, personable, articulate and speaks at least two languages."
- "Seeking extremely intelligent yet practical people with a wealth of business experience but also the basic consulting skill-sets."
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