Executive - Restructuring and Insolvency - London, Birmingham, Leeds or Edinburgh

Ernst & Young Advisory Services Sdn Bhd; Birmingham; On-site; GBP 30,000 - 60,000; Full time

Job summary

Join a forward-thinking company where your unique voice and perspective can shine! As an Executive in the LASER practice, you'll play a key role in delivering exceptional service to clients while expanding the business. You'll work closely with a team of professionals, developing creative solutions in solvent restructuring scenarios. Your contributions will not only enhance your career but also help shape a better working world for all. With a focus on continuous learning and a diverse culture, this is an exciting opportunity to grow and make a meaningful impact in the industry.

Benefits

Continuous Learning Opportunities

Flexible Work Environment

Leadership Coaching

Diverse and Inclusive Culture

Qualifications

• Experience in restructuring and insolvency practices, especially voluntary liquidations.
• Ability to manage a portfolio of client engagements effectively.

Responsibilities

• Contribute to LASER engagements and deliver exceptional client service.
• Ensure progress of a portfolio of cases, focusing on voluntary liquidation.

Skills

Commercial Acumen

Problem Solving

Presentation Skills

Stakeholder Risk Awareness

Experience in Regulated Environment

Education

Professional Accountancy Qualification

CPCI or CPI Qualification

Job description

Location: London

Other locations: Anywhere in Region

Requisition ID: 1562310

At EY, you’ll have the chance to build a career as unique as you are, with the global scale, support, inclusive culture and technology to become the best version of you. And we’re counting on your unique voice and perspective to help EY become even better, too. Join us and build an exceptional experience for yourself, and a better working world for all.

About the Team

The LASER practice in EY is focused on developing creative solutions in a range of mainly solvent restructuring scenarios, working with clients to rationalise legal entity structures (UK and globally), return capital to shareholders of owner managed and private equity backed businesses, unwind investment trusts and private client structures as well as merging and demerging and restructuring groups and businesses across all sectors, including Financial Services. Many of our engagements have a pronounced cross-service line angle, working with colleagues across EY’s Assurance, Law but especially Tax practices.

At present the LASER team has over 45 client facing staff and the solvent restructuring market remains very active. We are, therefore, looking to grow the team, increasing our market share by working with more businesses.

The opportunity

As an Executive, you will make a significant contribution to LASER engagements, expanding our business and delivering exceptional service to our clients.

Working under the supervision of a Manager, Senior Manager, Director or Partner, you will contribute to delivering services across the UK practice. Within your role, you will actively establish, maintain and strengthen internal and external relationships.

Technical skills requirements

• Display a high level of commercial acumen, an awareness of the key drivers of group rationalisation projects and requirements when returning capital to shareholders
• Able to identify key issues on assignments and suggest workable solutions
• Experienced in presenting findings clearly in reports and other deliverables to clients
• Appreciation of the risks associated with all stakeholders which may be inherent in projects advising corporates and shareholders
• Experience of working in a regulated environment

Client responsibilities

• Key responsibility will be to ensure the progress of a portfolio of cases across a number of insolvency processes but with a major focus on members’ voluntary liquidation engagements
• Work effectively as a team member sharing responsibility, providing support, maintaining communication and updating senior team members on progress
• Prepare analysis as required in draft form to be delivered to clients and other parties
• Develop and maintain productive working relationships with management and/or shareholders and other key stakeholders, as required
• Build strong internal relationships within LASER, the wider Restructuring practice and across other service lines within EY
• Strong communication skills, building effective relationships at all levels

People responsibilities

• Develop people through effectively supervising, coaching and mentoring staff
• Contribute to people initiatives including recruiting, retaining and training Restructuring professionals
• Take responsibility for continual development through access to EY’s wide variety of professional and personal development courses

Requirements

• Experience in a restructuring and insolvency practice, with experience of including members’ voluntary liquidations
• Proven ability to work across a portfolio of client engagements on a regular basis
• Professional accountancy and/or tax qualification an advantage but not essential
• CPCI or CPI qualification an advantage otherwise a willingness to engage in these qualifications expected

What we offer

• Continuous learning: You’ll develop the mindset and skills to navigate whatever comes next.
• Success as defined by you: We’ll provide the tools and flexibility, so you can make a meaningful impact, your way.
• Transformative leadership: We’ll 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.

If you can demonstrate that you meet the criteria above, please contact us as soon as possible.

The exceptional EY experience. It’s yours to build.

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