Senior Consultant / Manager, Financial Advisory

Teneo; Toronto; On-site; CAD 60,000 - 140,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Flexible time off

Medical coverage

Dental coverage

Vision coverage

Long-term disability

Life insurance

RRSP matching

Team events

Snacks

Job summary

Teneo is expanding its global Financial Advisory footprint into Canada, hiring Senior Consultant / Manager in Toronto. You will advise boards, management teams, lenders and shareholders of underperforming companies, applying your restructuring expertise and CPA credentials to deliver value.

Join a team that partners with clients to create certainty from distress, with opportunities to lead engagements, develop people, and drive business development in a fast-growing market.

Qualifications

• Qualified accountant (CPA or equivalent) with time and exam qualifications.
• Analytical with strong IT skills and experience in restructuring or corporate audit.
• Strong communication and interpersonal skills for high-performance teams.
• Ability to work under pressure and long hours when required.

Responsibilities

• Manage junior staff on financial restructuring engagements.
• Produce high-quality deliverables within planned timescales.
• Develop distinctive client relationships.
• Support and contribute to client presentations.
• Help meet team performance targets.
• Apply understanding of engagement economics and risk.
• Apply knowledge of the Canadian Bankruptcy and Insolvency Act.

Education

CPA designation

Tools

Microsoft Word

PowerPoint

Excel

Outlook

Job description

Teneo’s global Financial Advisory business advises corporates, creditors and other financial stakeholders in situations of financial stress and distress. No two situations are the same. Our advice and approach is tailored to each situation and each client. At Teneo, we believe such occurrences present new opportunities for our clients. Opportunities to restore value, raise new capital, pivot in a new direction and ultimately, identify certainty amidst chaos. Teneo partners with clients to find viable opportunities that will protect and enhance value and help them to build strategies that will most benefittheir business and/or investment goals.

Integrating the disciplines of financial advisory, management consulting, investor relations, strategic communications, government affairs, risk analysis and talent advisory, Teneo’s global Financial Advisory team guides companies and their stakeholders through periods of uncertainty and stress. We help address the challenges a business faces, whether that is targeted performance improvement to Financial Advisory, or delivering a route to recover value, our focus is delivering certainty from uncertainty.

Teneo is expanding its already established global Financial Advisory footprint, now in Canada. The Canadian Financial Advisory team will join forces with the already established Strategy and Communications platform which has offices in Toronto, Montreal and Calgary. We are hiring at several levels.

The Role – Senior Consultant / Manager, Toronto

This is an excellent opportunity to work alongside our established team who will support you to utilize and enhance your advisory skills and experience. You will work alongside some of the most experienced practitioners in the field advising the boards, management teams, lenders and shareholders of companies which are underperforming and/or facing any financial stress.

As a Senior Consultant / Manager you will have the opportunity to use your commercial awareness and professional expertise, along with leveraging the skills and expertise of others, to deliver the best possible experience and outcomes for our clients.

Key Responsibilities

Client Service

• Working as a key team member on financial restructuring engagements on a day-to-day basis, including managing junior staff.
• Produceing high-quality deliverables within planned timescales.
• Develop ‘distinctive’ client relationships.
• Support and contribute to client presentations.
• Help to meet team specific performance targets.
• Apply understanding of financial engagement economics and engagement risk and quality management.
• Apply knowledge of the Canadian Bankruptcy and Insolvency Act to matters as applicable.

Knowledge Acquisition

• Build client relationship skills, sector knowledge and continues to develop leadership skills.
• Continue to build technical expertise, broader business advisory and people management skills.
• Develop an understanding the market, topical issues and our Restructuring propositions.

People and Leadership

• Support leadership in creating an inclusive environment.
• Proactively support the development of colleagues by providing timely feedback and identifying development opportunities e.g. mentoring/ buddying, supervising less experienced colleagues.

Business Development

• Start to own elements of and proactively contribute to business development.
• Demonstrate an expanding network of external and internal peer level contacts which provide opportunities to meet and share ideas on initiatives.
• Assist in the running of a sector or marketing key account team, including participating in, and organising, marketing events.
• Assist in preparing research documents, pitches and client presentations.

Key Skills & Experience

Basic Qualifications

• Strong academic background at degree level.
• Qualified accountant (CPA or equivalent), both time and exam qualified.
• Analytical with strong IT skills e.g., Microsoft Word, PowerPoint, Excel and Outlook packages. AI acumen is an asset.
• Demonstrates knowledge of Restructuring Services/Insolvency or strong transferrable skills gained in a client facing role within a professional services company (e.g., corporate audit).Strong communication and interpersonal skills to support working in a high-performance team.
• Commitment and willingness to work under pressure, sometimes long hours, always putting the client at the centre.
• Ambition to learn and develop further.

Preferred Qualifications

• Direct relevant experience of Restructuring Services/Insolvency gained within a professional services company or a Financial Advisory boutique. Working towards a Licenced Insolvency Trustee designation is an asset.
• Flexibility to transfer skills into complementary offerings such as Debt Advisory or Performance Improvement if market conditions change.

What We Offer

• flexible time off policy;
• medical, dental, and vision coverage;
• long-term disability, and life insurance;
• RRSP plan with corporate matching;
• team events;
• snacks;
• and other perks .
• RRSP match, healthcare coverage and a broad range of additional benefits and perks .

Our Commitment to Diversity and Inclusion

Teneo is an equal opportunity employer and promotes a diverse and inclusive workplace. Teneo considers all applicants without regard to race, color, religion, creed, national origin, age, sex, marital status, ancestry, disability, veteran status, gender identity, genetic information, or sexual orientation or any other status protected by applicable law.

Total Compensation Package

Expected compensation for Senior Consultant is CAD60,000 - CAD100,000 plus annualized bonus. Expected compensation for Manager level is CAD90,000 - CAD140,000 plus annualized bonus.

RRSP match, healthcare coverage and a broad range of additional benefits and perks .

About Teneo

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, 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 1,800 employees located in 40+ offices around the world.