Assistant Director, EY Parthenon, Strategy & Execution, Financial Restructuring, London & Regional

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EY’s Financial Restructuring (FR) team is one of the leading teams of its kind in the market, working with stressed and challenged businesses. FR is part of EY’s Strategy & Transactions business, working with companies and stakeholders at times of change, and often at an exciting pace. Our clients can be companies, boards of directors, government bodies or financial stakeholders like lenders or shareholders. They might be on the brink of a crisis, or simply looking to build greater resilience into their business. In FR we work closely with our clients to deliver the financial and organisational solutions that enable them to adapt and succeed or minimise the downside risks that they are facing.

Your Key Responsibilities:

• Manage the restructuring engagement by defining the engagement scope, in consultation with the Director / Partner, and executing it in compliance with our policies and protocols.
• Lead engagements, reporting to the engagement Partner or Director, project managing the rest of the team, coordinating deliverables from teams tasked to deal with discreet aspects of assignments.
• Establish and nurture relationships – both inside EY with different specialist teams across the firm, and externally with client staff or business intermediaries.
• Fit into our positive learning culture from day one, bringing your existing skills/knowledge and coaching people where relevant.

Skills and Attributes for Success:

• Financial analysis and scenario modelling to support decision making and awareness of the key drivers of corporate failure or underperformance.
• Commercial acumen – using knowledge and insight gained from client work and applying your understanding of the wider business environment.
• Able to identify key issues on assignments and suggest workable solutions.
• Experienced in presenting findings clearly in reports and other deliverables to clients.
• Good project management skills, with the ability to manage more than one assignment at a time while demonstrating quality and consistency of performance.
• Desire to support the people development of FR – contributing to or leading training courses, recruitment, and team/wellbeing activities.

To qualify for the role you must have:

• Track record within a recognised Restructuring or Transactions team for a minimum of 7 years.
• Experience of leading business reviews/diligence projects and formal corporate insolvencies.
• Professional accountancy qualification (ACA/ACCA or equivalent) and potentially a pass in the JIEB corporate exam paper.
• Good personal network and the ability to build strong external relationships within the market.

What we look for:

We are looking for candidates who are highly motivated, ambitious, and have a passion to be part of a fast-paced, successful transaction team where we encourage everyone to bring their whole self to work. Being a collaborative team player is important as well as someone who is happy to work flexibly throughout a period of growth within FR.

What we offer:

We offer a competitive remuneration package where you’ll be rewarded for your individual and team performance. Our comprehensive Total Rewards package includes support for flexible working and career development, and with FlexEY you can select benefits that suit your needs, covering holidays, health and well-being, insurance, savings and a wide range of discounts, offers and promotions.