MERU

Associate

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San Francisco, CA

Hybrid

Professional Services

The Role

Meet the Company:

We are MERU. A values-driven, impact-oriented team dedicated to fixing companies. We provide advisory services and data analytics support to middle-market companies ($50M - $2B in annual sales), and our clients include private equity firms, credit funds, investment banks, and law firms. We bring deep turnaround experience, a group of veteran operators, and an incentive-aligned approach to any situation. MERU was founded by professionals from Alvarez & Marsal and McKinsey and has seen rapid growth in the five-plus years since its founding.

The MERU Way & Valuing Our Team:

We're Partners, not consultants. When you join MERU, you will help our clients solve their most pressing problems, supported by a team of people who will challenge you, support you, and inspire you.

In order to be Partners, we don't silo people into just one functional area of the business, instead advancing our team's capabilities by providing training for every service that MERU offers. Additionally, we don't just focus on technical skills but also leadership style and soft skills, so MERU team members not only know what it means to manage a client engagement but to lead a team to success. In training team members to be well-rounded individuals, we can deliver an overall higher impact to clients, allowing the ability to gain experience in diligence, turnarounds, interim management, data science, and more.

To aid this career advancement and development, MERU provides an internal Coach to each team member in order to guide and maintain their professional development plan goals. Unlike most Firms, we actually focus on the achievement of those goals for each individual team member, providing opportunities that would not usually be offered.

Finally, MERU values personal time, only traveling when necessary in order to celebrate and respect your personal life. We believe that by encouraging and mandating balance, it will lead to happier and longer-tenured team members.

When you come to MERU, you come to further your career and maintain your entrepreneurial spirit, never losing sight of the desire to provide meaningful impact, solutions, and value to clients. Learn more about our colleagues’ core characteristics and culture here: https://wearemeru.com/meru-way/

Associate Role Responsibilities:

Creates high-quality analytical models (e.g., 3-statement and 13-week forecasts, EBITDA opportunity assessments) with coaching and direction from senior team members (required)
Validates all data used in calculations, reconciles models and reports
Thinks critically and applies rules to produce accurate and reliable analyses independently
Quality check one’s own work product to ensure that it addresses the subject question, flows logically, and is free from error
Proactively communicates progress and roadblocks to senior team members on an ongoing basis; proactively develops solutions to the roadblocks
Develops high-quality presentation materials with coaching and direction from senior team members
Thinks critically about the information provided by clients and anticipates questions
Assist in the proposal preparation process by performing company and industry research and drafting situational overviews
Supports in developing Firm Contribution areas, such as Recruiting, Professional Development, Marketing, etc.

Associate Role Qualifications:

2-4 years of work experience in corporate restructuring or management consulting positions with a financial or accounting focus (required)
MUST be familiar with and have the ability to develop and maintain financial modeling needs (e.g., 3-statement models, 13-week forecasts, EBITDA opportunity assessments)
Bachelor’s degree from a top undergraduate business program; MBA, CFA, or CPA preferred but not required
Ability to develop and analyze business plans and pro-forma financial models to identify key assumptions and value drivers
Conduct analyses from large sets of data to support strategic recommendations
Team player who can excel in a fast-paced, challenging work environment
Confident and efficient speaker, presenter, and business writer
Support internal firm initiatives (e.g., marketing, recruiting, client pitches)
Highly proficient in Microsoft Office (specifically Excel and PowerPoint)
Ability to work collaboratively in a team with people at all levels of an organization
Ability to travel (<10-30%) based on client and business needs
Ability to work full time in an office and remote environment; physically able to sit/stand at a computer and work in front of a computer screen for significant portions of the workday
Authorization to work in the United States
Commitment to living MERU’s values and core characteristics

$150,000 base salary

In addition to benefits, MERU also offers an extremely competitive bonus program that is based on firm contribution efforts, adherence to our core values, and performance.

Overview of MERU Service Offerings:

Performance Improvement:

Help companies identify and achieve their full potential by leveraging a value-focused approach to driving sustainable margin expansion impact. Services include MERU 360° Assessment, Transformation Plan Development, Chief Transformation Officer placement, Cash Cycle and Working Capital Optimization, and Implementation Performance Management.

Turnaround & Restructuring:

Partner with clients during uncertain times to help stabilize operations and rapidly triage the causes of financial distress, charting a path back to long-term sustainability. Services include Interim Management, Turnaround Plan Development and Execution, Liquidity Management, Stakeholder Negotiations, Strategic Alternatives Assessment, Bankruptcy, Insolvency, and Case Management.

Transaction Services:

Partner with private equity firms across the investment lifecycle, from due diligence to portfolio value creation and exit planning. Services include Due Diligence, Pre-Close Planning, Post-Close Implementation, and Exit Planning.

Data Insights:

Work with companies at all stages of their digital transformation journey to automate reporting processes, build scalable data platforms, and leverage predictive analytics to transform data from a liability into an asset. Services include Data Discovery and Analysis, Data Prep and Integration, Self-Service Analytics, Data Visualization and Reporting, Data Science and Advanced Analytics, and Strategy Enablement.

Voluntary Inclusion:

It is MERU’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, 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 we do not accept unsolicited resumes from third-party recruiters unless such recruiters are 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 MERU will have the right to hire that applicant at its discretion without any fee owed to the submitting employment agency, person, or entity.

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We are MERU. An operationally focused professional services firm with a different point of view.

We are a values-driven, impact-oriented team dedicated to helping companies. We work collaboratively with management and sponsors, use subject matter experts throughout the process, and structure our fees around successful outcomes. We believe our focused and agile approach, along with our experience working in complex situations, allows us to deliver superior results for our clients.

VALUE PROPOSITION
Experience: Senior leaders from the world’s top professional services organizations who know how to deliver successful outcomes in highly complex situations

Deep bench: 150+ specialized subject matter experts with operator backgrounds who uncover hidden value and get things done

Alignment: Highly flexible performance-based fee model that is aligned with successful outcomes

Operator Mindset: Deep experience serving in interim executive roles and working hand-in-hand with management teams to get things done

SERVICE OFFERING
Transaction Services:
Operational diligence
Finance function assessment (processes, systems)
Reporting package development (dashboards, KPIs)
Initiative identification and implementation
First 100-day planning

Performance Improvement:
360 Assessment - EBITDA & balance sheet potential
Transformation plan development
Chief Transformation Officer
Cash cycle and working capital optimization
Implementation performance management

Turnaround and Restructuring:
Liquidity & liability management
Diligence strategic options
Turnaround plan development
Capital Advisory
Stakeholder comms / negotiations
Chief Restructuring Officer
Contingency planning
Chapter 11 administration
Debt restructuring

Data Insights:
Data Discovery and Analysis
Data Strategy and Enablement
Solution Development: Data integration, Data visualization, Predictive analytics (AI/ML)

CLIENT BASE
Middle market ($100M-$2B Revenue)