Senior Manager, Restructuring (m/f/d)

Interpath; Düsseldorf; On-site; EUR 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Job summary

Interpath is expanding its Restructuring & Advisory team in Germany. We seek a Senior Manager to lead multi-stakeholder engagements, guiding turnaround and transformation projects for companies facing liquidity pressures.

The role combines client-facing leadership with hands-on financial analysis, model-building, and cross-functional collaboration to stabilise performance and unlock value across markets.

Qualifications

• Significant experience in a Restructuring team at a leading consultancy or Big Four.
• Urgent restructuring/turnaround, IBRs, liquidity analysis, market assessment, capital structure analysis, options review and negotiation.
• Strong financial analysis skills; able to review and present 3-statement models.
• Excellent client communication and influencing abilities.
• Well connected with Private Equity and Corporate communities.
• Fluency in German and English (C1).

Responsibilities

• Lead multiple workstreams to stabilise a client's financial and operational performance.
• Develop diagnostic assessments of key business and market issues and liquidity forecasting.
• Assess business plans and projections; identify risks and opportunities.
• Identify robust alternative solutions for stakeholders.
• Guide clients through processes including working capital improvement and cost reduction.
• Create and implement restructuring plans with financial models and cash flow tools.
• Negotiate with stakeholders including corporates, banks and lenders.
• Build a strong network across PE and Corporate clients to find opportunities.
• Coach and mentor junior colleagues.

Skills

German & English (C1)

Financial analysis

3-statement financial models

Team management & coaching

Client communication & influencing

Stakeholder negotiation

Networking with PE & corporate

Education

Strong academic background in Restructuring

Job description

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, Switzerland, Spain, BVI, Cayman Islands, Bermuda, Barbados, Hong Kong, Singapore, India and South Africa. By 2030 we aim to be one of the world’s leading advisory firms with a truly global footprint.

Interpath launched in Germany in January 2025, so this is a unique opportunity to be part of a new business within an established international company. Our German business is led by a team of highly experienced MDs focused on delivering advisory services across Restructuring, Debt Advisory and Value Creation.

As a Senior Manager in the Restructuring & Advisory team, you will work with experienced colleagues to deliver multi-stakeholder, international and domestic restructuring & advisory engagements while also raising the profile of Interpath as a premier provider of Restructuring and Deals advisory services.

The successful candidate will perform a senior role in client facing teams and oversee a diverse range of projects involving Turnaround management, Restructuring & Transformation. They will offer direct assistance to companies that are under-performing or experiencing a liquidity crisis directly impacting their survival.

Responsibilities will include:

• Leading a number of workstreams to stabilize a client’s financial and operational performance
• Developing a detailed understanding of a client’s current position & prospects including a diagnostic assessment of key business & market issues and liquidity forecasting
• Assessing current business plans & financial projections, identifying risks and opportunities
• Identifying robust alternative solutions for the businesses and its stakeholders
• Guiding clients through processes, including working capital improvement, cost reduction, possible bankruptcy preparation, liquidation analysis & credit agreement negotiations
• Creating & implementing restructuring plans, including integrated financial models and 13 week cash flow forecasting tools
• Negotiating with Stakeholders including Corporates, Investors, Banks and Lenders to gain support and consensus on restructuring initiatives
• Build and maintain a strong network across Private Equity and Corporates, identifying opportunities to assist clients and deliver tailored solutions
• Coach and mentor junior colleagues, contributing to their professional growth

Examples of projects include:

• Financial and Operational Restructuring
• Cash & liquidity management and forecasting
• Cross-border wind-downs & negotiations with Worker Councils
• Distressed M&A
• Preparation and validation of business plans
• Independent business reviews
• Short term cash flow forecasting
• Cost saving initiatives & Profit Improvement

Requirements

• Strong academic background with significant experience in a Restructuring team at a leading consultancy or Big Four
• Prior experience in some or all of the following; urgent Restructuring and Turnaround projects, Independent Business Reviews (IBRs), Liquidity analysis, Market assessment, Capital structure analysis, Options review and stakeholder negotiation
• Well-developed financial analysis skills and advanced experience in reviewing and presenting a range of financial and 3-statement financial models
• Well developed team management and coaching skills in often urgent situations combined with excellent client communication and influencing skills
• Well networked with a highly respected reputation for project delivery across the Private Equity and Corporate community
• Native or business fluent German & English (C1) is essential. Additional European languages including French and Spanish are advantageous
• Open to working on client site both within Germany and across the EU and internationally

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. Read more about our benefits;

Values

Our four core values are the cornerstones of culture at Interpath and steer everything from everyday decisions to larger strategic initiatives. Our Interpath Values are;

Do the right thing - Our comfort zone is uncomfortable. We always make the right decision, not simply what is easy or popular.

All hands on deck - stand shoulder-to-shoulder with colleagues and clients, be that physically or from afar. Our individual expertise may find the answers, but implementation happens though teamwork.

Passion drives success - The impossible is always possible. We push the boundaries of what is expected because we're never satisfied with the status quo. Our clients expect the right result when they engage with us, and it's only by delivering this that we win.

Embrace different - cultures to mindsets, we welcome all. We believe that people are equal, but not the same.