Performance & Restructuring Manager

PwC Canada; Toronto; On-site; CAD 88,000 - 138,000; Full time

Job summary

PwC Canada is seeking a Performance & Restructuring Manager in Toronto to lead project work, deliver strategic financial insights, and support clients through distress scenarios and restructurings.

You will mentor junior staff, analyze complex data, and coordinate with lenders and other stakeholders to drive outcomes. Occasional travel and a focus on collaboration are essential to succeed in this role.

Qualifications

• Strong accounting and financial analysis and modeling skills.
• Ability to work independently or as part of a team on multiple projects.
• Willingness to travel occasionally and engage with clients.
• CPA and CIRP designations preferred or in progress.

Responsibilities

• Lead sections of project work with junior staff.
• Analyze and summarize financial/operational data for clients.
• Review forecasts including cash flows and three-way models.
• Support negotiations for refinancings or sales of businesses.
• Coordinate communications with lenders, regulators or creditors.

Skills

Financial analysis

Financial modeling

Problem solving

Stakeholder communication

Team leadership

Business development

Adaptability

Client management

Education

CPA designation

CIRP program

Job description

At PwC, our people in deals focus on providing strategic advice and support to clients in areas such as mergers and acquisitions, divestitures, and restructuring. They help clients navigate complex transactions and maximise value in their business deals. In deal recovery management at PwC, you will focus on helping clients navigate financial distress and recover from challenging business situations. You will be responsible for providing strategic advice and solutions to optimise recovery outcomes.

A career in Deals Performance & Restructuring services will provide you with the opportunity to support our clients to navigate a range of complex financial or operational issues facing their business. This could cause cash shortages, liquidity issues, balance sheet stress, increased cost base, shareholder disputes or a formal insolvency proceeding. Whatever the solution, we help them manage these challenges to a resolution.

The Opportunity

As a Performance & Restructuring Manager, you will work as part of a team of problem solvers, working on complex issues and executing strategies. Responsibilities include, but are not limited to:

• Managing sections of project work with a team of junior staff
• Problem solving day-to-day challenges with clients
• Completing financial or operational analysis and summarizing work
• Reviewing or building company forecasts including short-term cash flows and longer-term three-way models
• Working on independent business reviews for lenders
• Preparing memos or documents for clients or other stakeholders (such as banks, regulators or creditors)
• Managing communications with stakeholders of an entity
• Visiting client sites for review purposes or to support operations during an insolvency process
• Supporting negotiations for refinancings or sales of businesses
• Managing insolvency tasks such as creditor or inspector meetings, reporting requirements or court reports
• Being part of strategic discussions with clients and stakeholders
• Reviewing and coaching associates and senior associates.
• Being part of the Toronto insolvency and restructuring network, attending events and networking with lenders and lawyers in the space

What You’ll Bring

• Ideally the candidate has a professional designation in accounting such as the CPA. The candidate is also already enrolled in the Chartered Insolvency and Restructuring Professional (CIRP) program
• Strong accounting and financial analysis and modeling skills
• Strong initiative and a willingness to constantly expand knowledge and business acumen
• Adaptable to the uncertain, time restrictive and changing nature of the job; and to work independently or as part of a team on multiple projects at the same time
• Ability to handle a range of personalities and to be able to think on your feet in a fast-paced environment.
• Strong customer relationship and business development skills
• Curiosity to learn about the impacts on a business including the macro-economic factors
• A demonstrated commitment to valuing differences and working alongside diverse people and perspectives
• Occasional travel required

This position ensures continuity and upholds our standards of excellence following the departure of a valued team member.

The salary range for this position is $87,700 - $137,700. The posted salary range represents the expected hiring range for PwC locations in major city centers. Given our national recruiting approach, ranges may vary for positions in other locations. At PwC Canada, base salary is determined by your skills, experience, qualifications and work location. In addition to base salary, eligible employees may have opportunities to participate in variable incentive pay programs which are designed to reward individual and firm-wide achievements. We are committed to offering competitive compensation and adhere to all relevant pay transparency legislation. During the hiring process, our Talent Acquisition team will provide details about our comprehensive total rewards package.

Why you’ll love PwC

We’re inspiring and empowering our people to change the world. Powered by the latest technology, you’ll be a part of diverse teams helping public and private clients build trust and deliver sustained outcomes. This meaningful work, and our continuous development environment, will take your career to the next level.

We reward your impact, and support your wellbeing, through a competitive compensation package, inclusive benefits and flexibility programs that will help you thrive in work and life. Learn more about our Application Process and Total Rewards Package at: https://jobs-ca.pwc.com/ca/en/life-at-pwc

PwC Canada acknowledges that we work and live across Turtle Island, on the land that is now known as Canada, which are the lands of the ancestral, treaty and unceded territories of the First Nations, Métis and Inuit Peoples. We recognize the systemic racism, colonialism and oppression that Indigenous Peoples have experienced and still go through, and we commit to allyship and solidarity.

We’re committed to providing accommodation throughout the application, interview, and employment process. If you require accommodation to be at your best, please let us know during the application process.

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