Associate Manager - Financial Restructuring and Performance Improvement

Ernst & Young LLP ( EY India ); Bengaluru; On-site; INR 2,500,000 - 4,000,000; Full time

Job summary

EY India is seeking an Associate Manager in Restructuring to lead complex engagements, drive strategic execution, and deliver high-quality financial analysis. You will assess liquidity, identify distressed opportunities, and craft actionable recommendations for clients and senior leadership.

The role offers exposure to global EY teams, mentoring, and development within a fast-moving environment, with a focus on delivering value across restructuring and performance improvement initiatives.

Qualifications

• CA/MBA in Finance from a premiere institute.
• 5-7 years of PQE in financial diligence or independent business review.

Responsibilities

• Drive and manage restructuring projects with strategic execution and quality outcomes.
• Analyze financial statements and operations to identify trends and insights.
• Assess financial data and contribute to EY’s stakeholder perspectives.
• Identify liquidity issues and opportunities for working capital improvements.
• Understand revenue and cost drivers and suggest performance improvements.
• Conduct qualitative and quantitative research on markets/target companies.
• Prepare concise reports and presentations for clients and internal use.
• Guide team members to monitor and improve client service quality.

Skills

Restructuring

Financial analysis

Stakeholder management

Project management

Education

Chartered Accountancy/MBA in Finance

Tools

Financial modelling

Job description

EYP - Restructuring - Associate Manager

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.

EY-P GDS - Restructuring

Within EY-P, the Restructuring services helps clients deal with different forms of threats including economic change, competitor innovation, capital constraints, operational challenges, etc. The EY global network of restructuring professionals, along with our transaction and sector professionals, have experience with some of the largest and most complex in and out-of-court restructuring situations. We work with a variety of stakeholders to provide leadership and actionable advice to identify financial and operational strategies to generate liquidity, improve earnings and extract value across underperforming, stressed and distressed businesses.

The opportunity

We are looking for Associate Manager with expertise in financial restructuring services, performance improvement, insolvency and bankruptcy, distressed M&A etc. to join Restructuring team. This is a fantastic opportunity to be part of a leading firm and develop your career through a broad scope of engagements, mentoring, and learning & development.

Your key responsibilities

• Drive and manage restructuring projects, ensuring strategic execution and high-quality outcomes.
• Conduct in-depth analysis of financial statements and operational performance to identify key trends and insights.
• Assess financial information and contribute to preparing EY’s perspective on stated financial data for stakeholders.
• Identify liquidity issues and areas of distress, identifying opportunity areas for working capital improvements, preparation/ review of cash flow projection models, business plans etc.
• Understand revenue and cost drivers and suggest performance improvement measures
• Perform qualitative and quantitative research on the markets and/or target companies
• Synthesize findings into clear, concise reports and presentations for internal and client use.
• Measure, monitor and improve client service by guiding team members and driving excellence in service delivery

Skills and attributes for success

• Transaction environment: candidates with hands on experience of restructuring services, transactional/deal understanding, performance improvement, distressed M&A, insolvency and bankruptcy with aptitude for quantitative and qualitative analysis will be preferred
• Excellent understanding of company, industry, economic research, financial statements
• Experience of working with clients in global landscape
• Ability to determine risks and opportunity areas, assess findings and communicate insights
• Proven experience in interacting with senior management of clients
• Excellent problem solving, project management, facilitation skills
• Excellent people management and interpersonal skills
• Strong written and verbal communication skills with experience in developing final presentations

To qualify for the role, you must have

• Chartered Accountancy/ MBA in Finance from a premiere institute
• 5-7 years of PQE in: Financial Diligence or Independent Business Review, preferably Big 4 Management Consultancy firms, preferably Big 4 Large Indian corporates with exposure in restructuring activities, analytics, financial modelling and corporate finance role

What you can look at

• A Team of people with commercial acumen, technical experience and enthusiasm to learn new things in this fast-moving environment
• An opportunity to be a part of market-leading, multi-disciplinary team of 3,400 + professionals, in the only integrated global transaction business worldwide.
• Opportunities to work with EY SaT practices globally with leading businesses across a range of industries

What working at EY offers

• EY Global Delivery Services (GDS) is a dynamic and truly global delivery network. We work across six locations – Argentina, China, India, the Philippines, Poland and the UK – and with teams from all EY service lines, geographies and sectors, playing a vital role in the delivery of the EY growth strategy.
• From accountants to coders to advisory consultants, we offer a wide variety of fulfilling career opportunities that span all business disciplines.
• In GDS, you will collaborate with EY teams on exciting projects and work with well-known brands from across the globe. We’ll introduce you to an ever-expanding ecosystem of people, learning, skills and insights that will stay with you throughout your career.
• EY is committed to being inclusive in all dimensions of diversity to ensure every employee is able to be and bring their authentic self to work, every day.

EY | Building a better working world

EY exists to build a better working world, helping to create long-term value for clients, people and society and build trust in the capital markets. Enabled by data and technology, diverse EY teams in over 150 countries provide trust through assurance and help clients grow, transform and operate. Working across assurance, consulting, law, strategy, tax and transactions, EY teams ask better questions to find new answers for the complex issues facing our world today.