Assistant Director Senior Manager

EY Studio+ Nederland; Manchester; Hybrid; GBP 80,000 - 110,000; Full time

Job summary

A global professional services firm in Manchester seeks a Financial Restructuring Assistant Director to manage restructuring engagements and lead a team. This role requires a minimum of five years' experience within a recognized Restructuring or Transactions team and a professional accountancy qualification. Responsibilities include defining engagement scope, leading projects, and fostering internal and external relationships. The firm emphasizes a diverse and inclusive culture, offering continuous learning and the opportunity to make a meaningful impact.

Benefits

Continuous learning

Diverse and inclusive culture

Transformative leadership

Success defined by you

Qualifications

• Minimum of 5 years track record in a recognized Restructuring or Transactions team.
• Experience leading business reviews and corporate insolvencies.
• Ability to build strong relationships and network within the market.

Responsibilities

• Manage restructuring engagements, defining scope and executing compliance.
• Lead engagements, report to Partner/Director, project-manage team.
• Nurture relationships internally and externally.

Skills

Financial analysis

Commercial acumen

Project-management skills

Personal networking

Risk management

Ability to identify key issues

Education

Professional accountancy qualification

Job description

At EY, we’re all in to shape your future with confidence. We’ll help you succeed in a globally connected powerhouse of diverse teams and take your career wherever you want it to go. Join EY and help build a better working world.

EY’s Financial Restructuring (FR) team is one of the leading teams of its kind in the market. Working within EY’s Strategy & Transactions business, we support companies and stakeholders at times of change in the UK and across a number of sub‑business units and geographies. Our clients include boards of directors, government bodies and financial stakeholders such as lenders and shareholders. We help them adapt, succeed, and minimise downside risks.

The work involves understanding the drivers of value in a business and problem‑solving to manage the priorities of competing stakeholders. People who flourish in FR think broadly about what drives value and the factors that can lead to underperformance or failure. Many of our strong performers come from other disciplines (Audit, Tax, Forensics) or wider SaT and bring varied experience that can be applied to a range of project situations.

While we work at pace at times, the team is welcoming and inclusive, with a good balance of hybrid working and an enjoyable team environment where you can bring your whole self to work.

Your Key Responsibilities

As a Financial Restructuring Assistant Director you’ll manage the restructuring engagement by defining the engagement scope in consultation with the Director/Partner and executing it in compliance with our policies and protocols. You will lead engagements, report to the engagement Partner or Director, project‑manage the rest of the team, coordinate deliverables, communicate issues to the Partner/Director, and drive the project to completion with limited supervision.

We want you to be active in establishing and nurturing relationships both inside EY—with specialist teams across the firm—and externally, for example with client staff or business intermediaries. Relationship‑building and having a positive visibility in the market is an important and valued skill in FR.

You will also fit into our positive learning culture from day one. You will bring your existing skills and knowledge, coach people where that is relevant, and you will be valued for your efforts to coach and counsel team members to help them develop.

Skills and Attributes for Success

• Financial analysis and scenario modelling to support decision‑making and awareness of the key drivers of corporate failure or underperformance.
• Commercial acumen using knowledge and insight gained from client work and applying your understanding of the wider business environment.
• Ability to identify key issues on assignments and suggest workable solutions.
• Experienced in presenting findings clearly in reports and other deliverables to clients.
• Ability to share technical and other knowledge with the team drawing on previous experience and current learning.
• Demonstrate professionalism and confidence to deal with a range of stakeholder groups and management teams.
• Good project‑management skills with the ability to manage more than one assignment at a time while maintaining quality and consistency in every task.
• Adapt well to change and have a flexible and positive approach.
• Desire to support the people development of FR, contributing to or leading training courses, recruitment and team/wellbeing activities.
• Strong appreciation of risk management.
• Good market presence and personal network.

To qualify for the role you must have

• Track record within a recognised Restructuring or Transactions team for a minimum of 5 years.
• Experience of leading business reviews / diligence projects and formal corporate insolvencies.
• Professional accountancy qualification.
• Good personal network and the ability to build strong external relationships within the market and across other services, and can actively participate in business development.
• Appreciation of the risks inherent in advising stressed and distressed businesses and their stakeholders.

Ideally you’ll also have

• People development experience and ability to effectively supervise, coach and mentor staff.
• Own network of contacts with work providers.

What we look for

We are looking for candidates who are highly motivated, ambitious, and have a passion to be part of a fast‑paced, successful transaction team. We encourage everyone to bring their whole self to work. Being a collaborative team player is important, as is someone who is happy to work flexibly throughout a period of growth within FR.

What we offer

• Continuous learning: You’ll develop the mindset and skills to navigate whatever comes next.
• Success as defined by you: We provide the tools and flexibility so you can make a meaningful impact your way.
• Transformative leadership: We give you the insights, coaching and confidence to be the leader the world needs.
• Diverse and inclusive culture: You’ll be embraced for who you are and empowered to use your voice to help others find theirs.

Required Experience

Director

Key Skills

• Fiscal Management
• Organizational skills
• Fundraising
• Communication skills
• Management Experience
• Teaching
• Administrative Experience
• Budgeting
• Leadership Experience
• Program Development
• Supervising Experience
• Attention to detail

Employment Type

Full Time

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