Restructuring, Assistant Manager

Grant Thornton UK; Cardiff; Hybrid; GBP 60,000 - 80,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading independent audit and advisory firm in Cardiff is seeking an Assistant Manager to support their restructuring team. You will be involved in client negotiations, presentations, and managing junior staff while leveraging your expertise as a qualified accountant. The firm offers flexible working arrangements to maintain work-life balance and values inclusivity in its culture.

Benefits

Flexible working options

Career development support

Open culture with leaders

Qualifications

• You must be a qualified accountant (ACA/ACCA).
• Good level of proficiency in using MS Excel and PowerPoint.

Responsibilities

• Understand and demonstrate market developments.
• Provide recommendations for negotiations and sales pitches.
• Contribute to internal and external presentations.
• Build and nurture your network.
• Partake in training and marketing activities.
• Apply technical knowledge to resolve client problems.
• Make clear recommendations to managers.
• Balance client needs and data requirements.
• Manage junior staff and provide coaching.

Skills

Qualified accountant (ACA/ACCA)

Proficiency in MS Excel

Proficiency in PowerPoint

Job description

Overview

More than you expected

The UK member firms of Grant Thornton are part of a global network of independent audit, tax and advisory firms, made up of some 76,000 people in over 150 countries. We’re a team of independent thinkers who put quality, inclusion and integrity first. All around the world we bring a different experience to our clients — a better experience that’s personal, proactive and agile. That’s Grant Thornton.

Every day our teams help people in businesses and communities to do what is right and achieve their goals.

Grant Thornton’s well established Restructuring Team supports companies and their stakeholders to successfully navigate periods of stress and distress by providing restructuring services that deliver thoughtful, innovative and pragmatic solutions.

As part of an international network, we work alongside colleagues across the globe and have access to expertise across our full‑service practice, including colleagues with deep sector experience. This breadth and depth means we have the reach and flexibility to support lenders, investors and management teams with challenging situations, whether arising from financial and/or operational issues. Our expertise across creditor and company advisory includes turnaround services, restructuring solutions, options assessment and contingency planning, and independent business reviews, alongside delivering formal insolvency appointments and acting as expert witness.

Our clients range from international, listed groups to mid‑market OMBs and their stakeholders, across sectors including real estate, construction, healthcare, energy and natural resources, industrials, manufacturing and automotive and consumer finance. In recent years, our team has worked on some of the largest and high-profile assignments, including Ambatovy, McDermott, River Island, Buckingham Group and Royale Resorts, as well as a large number of challenging but rewarding confidential engagements across the UK and beyond.

Role you will perform

You will work as part of our growing and diverse team which is passionate about understanding the issues that are important to our clients. Being part of a national team based in London presents an opportunity to work across the UK as well as further afield, and you’ll be supported to develop your career. The constantly evolving restructuring landscape calls for a proactive approach, so you will need to push ideas harder and ask the difficult questions to give clients the assurance they need to support them through challenging periods of their lifecycle.

We’re happy to discuss flexible working and consider reduced hours and job shares, and we’ll support you to balance your work and life.

As an Assistant Manager in the team, you will

• Begin to understand and demonstrate the market and current developments (both work givers and competitors).
• Provide recommendations to ongoing negotiations and sales pitches including origination activities.
• Contribute to internal and external presentations for both the department and the firm.
• Build and nurture your own network both internally and external to the firm.
• Take part in internal and external events on training, marketing and assignment related subjects to promote recovery services.
• Apply technical knowledge appropriately in the context of individual clients; demonstrate skill and speed in resolving client problems.
• Make quick, clear and unequivocal recommendations to managers about client issues and generate a range of options and choices, narrowing these down appropriately.
• Begin to understand and demonstrate the balance between the need for information and data and the client requirement for quick decisions and recommendations.
• Manage junior staff working on assignments, including coaching, identifying and addressing performance issues in a timely manner, and ensuring regular feedback and opportunities to develop.

Knowing you’re right for us

Joining us as an Assistant Manager, the minimum criteria you’ll need is to have:

• You must be a qualified accountant (ACA/ACCA).
• Good level of proficiency in using MS Excel and PowerPoint.

Knowing we’re right for you

Embracing uniqueness, the culture at Grant Thornton thrives on the contributions of all our people. We never settle for what is easy; we look beyond to deliver the right thing for everyone. Building an inclusive culture, where we value difference and respect our colleagues helps our people perform at the best of their ability and realise their potential.

Our open and accessible culture means you’ll interact with leaders who are interested in you and everything you bring to our firm. The things that set you apart, we value them. That’s why we give you the freedom to bring your whole self to work and pursue your passions inside and outside of work.

Beyond the job

Life is more than work. The things you do, and the people you’re with outside of work matter, so we’re happy to look at flexible working options for all our roles and we’ll always do our best to keep your work and life in balance.

The impact you can make here will go far beyond your day job. From secondments to fundraising for local charities, or investing in entrepreneurs in the developing world, you’ll be giving back to society. It’s that drive to do the right thing that runs through our every move, grounded in our firm’s values — purposefully driven, actively curious and candid but kind.

We’re looking for people who want to contribute, spark fresh ideas and go beyond expectations. People who want to be able to proudly do what’s right, for the firm, our clients, our people and themselves. It’s how it should be.

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