Assistant Director (Senior Manager), EY-Parthenon, Restructuring, Leeds

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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.
• Take responsibility for leading 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, communicating issues to the Partner / Director and driving the project to completion with limited supervision from the Partner / Director.
• Establish and nurture relationships – both inside EY with different specialist teams across the firm, and externally – for example 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.
• Ability to share technical and other knowledge with the team drawing on previous experience and current learning.
• Demonstrate professionalism and confidence to deal with a range of stakeholder groups and management teams.
• Good project management skills, with the ability to manage more than one assignment at a time while demonstrating quality and consistency of performance.
• Adapt well to change and have a flexible and positive approach.
• Desire to support the people development of FR – contributing to or leading training courses, recruitment, and team / wellbeing activities.
• Strong appreciation of risk management.
• Good market presence and personal network.

To qualify for the role you must have:

• Track record within a recognised Restructuring or Transactions team for a minimum of 5 years.
• Experience of leading business reviews / diligence projects and formal corporate insolvencies.
• Professional accountancy qualification.
• Good personal network and the ability to build strong external relationships within the market and across other services.
• Appreciation of the risks inherent in advising stressed and distressed businesses and their stakeholders.

Ideally, you’ll also have:

• People development experience and can effectively supervise, coach and mentor staff.
• Own network of contacts with work providers.

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

• Continuous learning: You’ll develop the mindset and skills to navigate whatever comes next.
• Success as defined by you: We’ll provide the tools and flexibility, so you can make a meaningful impact, your way.
• Transformative leadership: We’ll give you the insights, coaching and confidence to be the leader the world needs.
• Diverse and inclusive culture: You’ll be embraced for who you are and empowered to use your voice to help others find theirs.