Director, Restructuring (Advisory)

Kroll; Manchester; Hybrid; GBP 90,000 - 130,000; Full time

Job summary

Kroll is seeking a Senior Manager for the Restructuring practice in the United Kingdom. You will lead advisory cases from initial client meeting to final review, supervise financial analysis, and manage stakeholder relations across lenders, sponsors and creditors.

The role requires strong business development, mentoring, and the ability to produce tenders and market intelligence. A senior accounting qualification and insolvency experience are advantageous.

Qualifications

• Experience managing advisory cases from initial client meeting to final review.
• Quality control, recoveries, billings, career development and resource management experience.

Responsibilities

• Lead advisory projects in restructuring and provide reports to Managing Directors.
• Supervise detailed financial analysis of statutory accounts and forecast models.
• Manage stakeholder relations and liaise with clients, employees, agents and solicitors.
• Develop forecasts in Excel and other forecasting tools.
• Mentor and guide team members and participate in appraisals and training.
• Assist in tender preparation and lender panel presentations.
• Promote Kroll services through events and seminars.

Skills

Financial analysis

Stakeholder management

Leadership

Client relations

Education

Accounting qualification

Insolvency qualifications

Tools

Microsoft Excel

Job description

In a world of disruption and increasingly complex business challenges, our professionals bring truth into focus with the Kroll Lens. Our sharp analytical skills, paired with the latest technology, allow us to give our clients clarity—not just answers—in all areas of business. We embrace diverse backgrounds and global perspectives, and we cultivate diversity by respecting, including, and valuing one another. As part of One team, One Kroll, you’ll contribute to a supportive and collaborative work environment that empowers you to excel.

Our Restructuring practice serve as a financial advisor to companies, financial sponsors, lenders, creditors and other interested parties in distressed situations across virtually every industry and every situation.

At Kroll, your work will help deliver clarity to our clients’ most complex governance, risk, and transparency challenges.

RESPONSIBILITIES

As a Senior Manager you will be driven and take risks. You will solve problems, be a team player and influence others in our Restructuring business.

Work with the current management teams for London Advisory which focus upon non-formal restructuring and advisory assignments across The United Kingdom, including:

• Independent Business Reviews (“IBR’s”)
• Long-term integrated forecast appraisals
• Pre-lending reviews
• Options reviews
• HMRC Time To Pay Arrangements
• Accelerated M&A

Prepare and provide reports to Managing Directors where appropriate, delegating tasks as required to other members of the team and ensuring their timely completion.

Undertake the supervision of the detailed financial analysis of statutory accounts, management information, short term cash flow forecasts and longer term integrated forecast models, including the identification of key trends and performance drivers.

Assume responsibility for stakeholder management, client relations and liaise with clients, clients’ employees, agents and solicitors as necessary.

Ensure all timescales are met and dealt with as appropriate.

With the assistance of clients and historic financial information, create forecasts in Microsoft Excel and other financial forecast programs.

Provide guidance, motivation, mentoring and assistance to the team, assisting them with their training and progression in Kroll and undertake appraisals and other actions as required.

Assist in the preparation of tenders for new work and lender panels liaising with other offices and service lines as appropriate.

Review Information Memorandums, and liaise with potential purchasers in accelerated M&A transactions.

Promote the business and services of Kroll by developing, hosting and attending marketing events and seminars and presentations by other professionals and clients.

REQUIREMENTS

Experience assuming direct responsibility for advisory cases running the assignments from the initial client meeting through to final review stage.

Previous experience of being responsible for ensuring quality control, managing recoveries, billings, career development and resource management.

The successful candidate will be risk tolerant, driven, a team player and influential in motivating team members

The successful candidate will be an integral part of the firms continued growth and should therefore have strong business development skills and personal network. The successful candidate will also be required to assist in the production of tender documents, undertaking sector analysis and support and develop other marketing initiatives as applicable.

The ideal candidate will have experience in a senior managerial role within an advisory team at a top 20 UK accountancy practice or equivalent and will have a strong academic background, including relevant accounting qualification. Insolvency qualifications and experience would also be beneficial.

Kroll is committed to equal opportunity and diversity, and recruits people based on merit.