Director, Restructuring

Teneo is the global CEO advisory firm. We partner with our clients globally to do great things for a better future.

Drawing upon our global team and expansive network of senior advisors, we provide advisory services across our five business segments on a stand-alone or fully integrated basis to help our clients solve complex business challenges. Our clients include a significant number of the Fortune 100 and FTSE 100, as well as other corporations, financial institutions, and organizations.

Our full range of advisory services includes strategic communications, investor relations, financial transactions and restructuring and interim management, management consulting, physical and cyber risk, organizational design, board and executive search, geopolitics and government affairs, corporate governance, ESG and DE&I.

The firm has more than 1,700 employees located in 40 offices around the world.

 

About Teneo Financial Advisory

Teneo’s Financial Advisory business has more than 450 professionals globally, with on the ground teams in the US, UK, Europe, the Middle East, Asia Pacific, the Caribbean, and Bermuda. We partner directly with management teams of or lenders to stressed/distressed companies to develop financial and operational strategies that aim to preserve stakeholder value and position the business for long term success. Our professionals form seamless global teams to deliver the right expertise in the right places which enables us to create and deliver strategies and solutions that will protect and enhance value for our clients and help them to realize their defined success. Our services include turnaround and restructuring, interim management, business transformation, litigation support, capital raising, M&A and transaction services.

 

Description

We are seeking a professional with a minimum of 8 years of relevant work experience (professional services, corporate finance, investment banking or audit) to join our growing restructuring advisory team. We offer a unique entrepreneurial environment and the opportunity to work directly with distressed companies, financial sponsors, creditors, shareholders, and other stakeholders on situations both in- and out-of-court. The candidate we seek should have the ability to hit the ground running. Our highly entrepreneurial culture provides for a broad range of responsibilities as well as strong potential for professional growth.

 

Responsibilities

• Support project team in its day-to-day tasks and workstreams, delivering value to our clients and serving as a trusted advisor
• Independently apply and clearly articulate financial/operational restructurings and valuation concepts (including bankruptcy process) to clients and other team members
• Independently lead, review, and provide guidance on complex analyses
• Take ownership of assigned workstreams with ability to manage both up and down, and escalate appropriate critical items / questions to senior team members
• Supervise junior team members, acts as a positive role model and is seen as motivating to others, gives clear direction to the team and execute projects; coaches and develops direct reports.
• Continue to build relationships with peers on engagements including clients, attorneys, and investment bankers
• Lay out an effective approach to a presentation with guidance from more senior team members
• Conduct discussions with clients about status and results of work performed with minimal oversight
• Identify key milestones and manage accordingly
• Help resolve analytical and technical problems as they arise
• Effectively communicate with both clients and senior leadership
• Develop and review research and pitch decks with various team members

 

Qualifications

• BA/BS degree in Accounting, Finance, Economics, or other related analytical and quantitative fields, preferred
• Minimum of 8 years of relevant experience in turnaround management, restructuring, performance improvement investment or commercial banking, audit, FP&A and/or corporate advisory services or 6 years of work experience and an MBA
• Acquired professional certifications (Certified Turnaround Professional (CTP), Certified Insolvency and Restructuring Advisor (CIRA), Certified Public Accountant (CPA), Chartered Financial Analyst (CFA), etc.), preferred
• Energetic, hardworking, creative team player who can excel in a fast-paced, entrepreneurial, challenging work environment
• Ability to develop realistic recommendations under shortened time constraints and imperfect information
• Ability to establish credibility and influence clients
• Experience working on and managing junior resources through complex work streams or projects