Senior Associate in Birmingham

Interpath is an international and fast‑growing advisory business with deep expertise in a broad range of specialisms spanning deals, advisory and restructuring capabilities. We deliver tangible results for global businesses, their investors, and stakeholders when complex problems arise, and critical decisions need to be made. Interpath is agile, independent, and conflict‑free, and our passion for doing what’s right, every time, sets us apart. Our diverse teams provide specialist technical knowledge combined with deep sector experience across our service line specialisms. Since our foundation in 2021, Interpath has grown rapidly, and we now have a presence across the UK, Ireland, France, Germany, Austria, Spain, BVI, Cayman Islands, Bermuda, Barbados, and Hong Kong. By 2030 we aim to be one of the world’s leading advisory firms with a truly global footprint.

This role is in a team dedicated to delivering corporate insolvency engagements, with a focus on statutory and reporting aspects of insolvency case work. As a Senior Associate in this team, you will be responsible for a portfolio of corporate cases dealing predominantly with statutory and technical aspects of the insolvency process from appointment through to closure. This role is aimed at individuals with existing experience in insolvency case work who are eager to progress their career in a lively, stimulating and busy environment working under pressure and to deadlines.

The restructuring practice has over 500 staff in 11 offices around the UK. We work with businesses in financial stress, distress and in insolvency across all sectors and in all locations across the UK. We provide a number of service lines, including:

• Restructuring advice to companies who are under performing or experiencing liquidity problems, and/or to their key stakeholders.
• Accelerated M&A advice through the acquisition or sale of companies with a need for turnaround.
• Turnaround support (including cost reduction and working capital improvement).
• Options reviews to help businesses and/or their stakeholders take the correct action.
• Cash forecasting & management.
• Advice to trustees of defined benefit pension schemes, where a funding deficit requires to be met by the sponsoring employer and all forms of corporate insolvency appointments to entities from sole traders to partnerships, limited companies and PLCs.

There will also be the opportunity to work with our wider UK team on insolvency assignments, often on some of the highest profile businesses in the UK. The successful candidate will work with the Interpath restructuring colleagues and assist senior team members in delivering corporate insolvency engagements from appointment through to closure.

Responsibilities

• Work alongside case managers and engagement leaders to provide support on corporate insolvency engagements.
• Have ownership of a portfolio of cases, with responsibility for proactive case progression and statutory compliance.
• Ensure all correspondence is responded to and queries dealt with effectively.
• Prepare correspondence, minutes, file notes, emails, letters, schedules and analysis.
• Prepare budgets for an engagement or aspect of an engagement for case manager review.
• Prepare VAT returns and supporting analysis.
• Assist the case manager by drafting statutory and other reports.
• Assist with on‑the‑job training and development of less experienced case administrators.
• Explain routine technical matters to other colleagues, including senior staff or clients.
• Process receipts, arrange payment of invoices and complete any journals needed.
• Interact with the appointees, appointers, directors, creditors, employees, and other relevant stakeholders.
• Ensure all statutory and Interpath best practice requirements are adhered to and compliance deadlines are achieved.
• Participate in discussions on development and improving our business.
• Participate in occasional marketing events to develop an internal and external network of contacts.
• Attend to any other administrative tasks required by the role.

Requirements

• 3 A levels (C grades or above) with GCSE Maths and English.
• A university degree is preferable, but not a requirement.
• You will be interested in progressing a career in insolvency with existing case administrator experience, ideally with a statutory and technical background.
• You will have a willingness to learn quickly and operate as part of a team.
• You have an interest in commercial and financial matters and be able to demonstrate practical common sense and commercial awareness.
• You will have good time management and organisational skills.
• You will be able to prioritise tasks effectively and manage multiple assignments simultaneously whilst ensuring that deadlines are met.
• You are committed, enthusiastic, proactive and conscientious in all aspects of your work and able to produce high quality, detailed and accurate work.
• You will possess strong interpersonal and communication skills, able to confidently and articulately deal with all parties in what can sometimes be difficult situations.
• You will have the ability to work innovatively and “self‑start”, either individually or as part of a team.
• You will consistently demonstrate a professional manner.
• You will have the ability to assess the various alternatives for dealing with specific case issues and present suggestions to the case manager and team members.
• You will be willing to participate in business development.
• You will have a good knowledge of Microsoft Office applications (including Outlook, Excel, Word and PowerPoint) and ideally be an experienced user of IPS.
• We would welcome applicants with existing insolvency case administrator experience.
• Additionally, Interpath supports flexible working, and we would therefore welcome applications from candidates who wish to work flexibly or part‑time.

At Interpath, our people lie at the heart of our business. That’s why we provide employees with a competitive and comprehensive reward package including compelling salaries and a range of core and optional benefits.