Managing Director, Operational Restructuring & Revitalization

G2 Capital Advisors; Boston (MA); Hybrid; USD 180,000 - 275,000; Full time

Job summary

G2 Capital Advisors is seeking an experienced restructuring advisor to lead market development and engagements for middle-market clients. You will drive interim leadership roles (CEO/CFO/COO/CRO) for distressed firms, coordinate with stakeholders, and execute complex restructurings across multiple industries.

The role requires 10–15 years of relevant experience, a strong MBA/CPA/CFA background, and the ability to manage multiple workstreams in a fast-paced environment.

Qualifications

• 10–15 years of direct operational and restructuring experience for middle market companies.
• Experience at a national restructuring firm, management consulting firm, professional services firm or similar institution performing audit, financial recovery or restructuring services.
• Familiarity with out-of-court wind downs and in-court restructuring processes including Chapter 11 or 7 bankruptcies, ABCs, and receiverships.
• Operational experience in Industrials & Manufacturing, Transportation & Logistics, Consumer & Retail and Technology & Business Services.
• Strong analytical skills in financial statements, collateral, liquidation analysis, cash management, and basic costing models.

Responsibilities

• Lead, participate in and contribute to market and business development activities including identifying, pursuing and converting restructuring advisory opportunities.
• Source and originate new clients across restructuring and other adjacent service offerings based on networking and proactive sales strategies.
• Source and originate engagements for interim CEOs, CFOs, COOs, and/or CROs for underperforming or distressed clients; perform interim leadership roles.
• Contribute to the growth and institutional knowledge of the Restructuring & Revitalization practice team.
• Collaborate with industry teams and stakeholders to define engagement scope and execution plan.
• Develop and manage restructuring plan execution with stakeholders including employees, board, investors, lenders, customers, and third parties.
• Lead the restructuring process, identify gating factors and mitigate risks to move the client forward.
• Oversee day-to-day restructuring engagements: timeline, resources, deliverables; address potential problems.
• Execute work streams such as liquidity management, reorganizations, supplier consolidation, cost reductions, and divestitures.
• Provide oversight to analyses: financial models, cash flow forecasts, liquidation analyses, and waterfalls.

Skills

Restructuring

Stakeholder management

Financial analysis

Interim leadership

Client development

Education

MBA

CPA

CFA

Job description

About G2
G2 Capital Advisors (www.g2cap.com) is a multi-product, sector-focused investment bank and financial advisory firm. Founded on the belief that middle-market advisory firms can do more, G2 partners with clients to navigate opportunities for growth, address operational or financial challenges, and execute complex capital markets transactions. As part of GA Group (backed by Oaktree), G2 brings additional scale and resources to support middle-market companies. What sets us apart? We’re not your typical investment bank or restructuring advisory firm. Our team brings together a balanced mix of operational insight, executive leadership, investment acumen, and financial advisory expertise. This diverse experience allows us to deliver tailored solutions that align with our clients’ strategic and financial goals, ensuring a well-rounded and impactful partnership. At G2, we thrive on collaboration, innovation and impact. We seek entrepreneurial, driven and intellectually curious individuals to join us in delivering exceptional outcomes for our clients.

About G2
G2 Capital Advisors (www.g2cap.com) is a multi-product, sector-focused investment bank and financial advisory firm. Founded on the belief that middle-market advisory firms can do more, G2 partners with clients to navigate opportunities for growth, address operational or financial challenges, and execute complex capital markets transactions. As part of GA Group (backed by Oaktree), G2 brings additional scale and resources to support middle-market companies. What sets us apart? We’re not your typical investment bank or restructuring advisory firm. Our team brings together a balanced mix of operational insight, executive leadership, investment acumen, and financial advisory expertise. This diverse experience allows us to deliver tailored solutions that align with our clients’ strategic and financial goals, ensuring a well-rounded and impactful partnership. At G2, we thrive on collaboration, innovation and impact. We seek entrepreneurial, driven and intellectually curious individuals to join us in delivering exceptional outcomes for our clients.
G2\'s Restructuring & Revitalization Advisory Team provides solutions for businesses troubled by unsustainable capital structures and/or challenging industry or operating conditions. Our unique team of seasoned C-level executives, restructuring advisors and investment bankers provide our clients with a clear path to long term operational stability, a sustainable capital structure, maximized recoveries following an insolvency proceeding, and ultimately more financial flexibility to achieve their strategic goals.
Location: Boston, NYC, Chicago, Dallas, Atlanta, Los Angeles or San Francisco (open to other geographies including remote work on select candidate basis)
What You’ll Do

• Lead, participate in and contribute to market and business development activities including identifying, pursuing and converting restructuring advisory opportunities
• Source and originate new clients across G2’s restructuring and other adjacent service offerings based on networking and proactive sales and marketing strategies
• Source and originate engagements for interim CEOs, CFOs, COOs, and/or CROs for underperforming and/or distressed clients across a multitude of industries. Execute such engagements as the interim manager, especially interim Chief Restructuring Officer roles or Chief Financial Officer roles
• Contribute to the growth, experience, and institutional knowledge of the Restructuring & Revitalization practice team members
• Collaborate with industry teams and internal stakeholders to define the engagement scope and strategy (needs assessment matched with firm capabilities) and execution plan
• Develop and manage restructuring plan execution by coordinating key initiatives with stakeholders including our client’s employees, board, investors, lenders, customers and any other third parties
• Act as the lead agent of change for pushing the restructuring process forward with the various parties involved; actively identify gating factors and mitigate risks to successfully drive the client company forward
• Manage the day-to-day requirements of restructuring-related engagements, including all aspects of the timeline, resource requirements, and deliverables; this includes identifying potential problems that can jeopardize deadlines, providing leadership to clients and G2 resources, and communicating clearly to the team and client
• Execute specific work streams of the restructuring such as liquidity management, salesforce reorganization, supplier consolidation, overhead cost reductions, business unit divestitures, etc.
• Provide key oversight to analytical work for projects including financial models, cash flow forecasts, liquidation analyses, and stakeholder waterfalls.
• Serve as main channel of communication between G2, our clients, and key stakeholders

What We Look For

• 10–15 years of direct operational and restructuring experience for middle market companies. Proven ability to navigate stressed organizations through difficult financial, market, and internal conditions
• Experience at a national restructuring firm, management consulting firm, professional services firm or similar institution performing audit, financial recovery or restructuring services (highly required)
• Familiarity and comfort leading organizations through out-of-court wind downs and in-court restructuring processes including Chapter 11 or 7 bankruptcies, ABCs, and receiverships
• Operational experience in the following industries a plus: Industrials & Manufacturing, Transportation & Logistics, Consumer & Retail and Technology & Business Services
• Highly proficient in analysis of financial statements and preparation of collateral analysis, liquidation analysis, cash management, accounting and basic costing models
• Strong educational background: MBA from top tier program or CPA / CIRA / CFA preferred but not required
• Proven ability to lead and manage teams. A commitment to fostering collaboration by sharing knowledge, resources, ideas, and constructive feedback to build stronger teams
• Exceptional business acumen including detail-oriented listening, written, and oral communication skills paired with a proven ability to manage up and across diverse stakeholders
• Demonstrated success in key client-facing roles, building and maintaining strong, productive relationships with both existing and prospective clients
• Strong work ethic, including clear ownership of deliverables and clear alignment of G2 values as our clients’ trusted advisor; a track record of acting with integrity, consistently choosing to do what’s right-even when it’s difficult or unnoticed
• Enthusiastic, pro-active, self-motivated positive attitude with high integrity; ability to lead and positively influence a team, both local and remote team members.
• Thrives in a fast paced and diverse environment, ability to manage multiple work streams as well as work independently

What we value

• While our team members come from a wide range of backgrounds, we are united by shared core principles. Explore our values here.
• G2 is unable to offer employment sponsorship for our roles. As such, candidates must have authorization to work in the U.S. to qualify for consideration.
• All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment at G2 without regard to race; creed; color; religion; national origin; sex; age; disability; sexual orientation; gender identity or expression; genetic predisposition or carrier status; veteran, marital, or citizenship status; or any other status protected by law.