Executive, EY-Parthenon, Manchester

at  EY

TURNAROUND AND RESTRUCTURING STRATEGY - EXECUTIVE

With huge amounts of economic disruption and uncertainty in today’s market, companies and other organisations are facing real challenges to thrive or even survive. Having the right strategy in place to restructure or turn around an organisation can help turn adversity into opportunity. In Turnaround & Restructuring Strategy (TRS) we work with all types of stakeholders in critical situations to transform, create, preserve, or recover value.

SKILLS AND ATTRIBUTES FOR SUCCESS

• Financial analysis and scenario modelling to support decision making and execution.
• Commercial acumen –using knowledge and insight gained from other client work and apply your understanding of the wider business environment.
• Ability to identify the key issues and flag them to seniors, with suggestions for next steps.
• Competent at translating analysis into content that can be incorporated directly into written reports for clients.
• Sensitive to both the interpersonal dynamics and the wider firm risk of working with distressed businesses and their stakeholders
• Desire to support the people development of TRS – contributing to or leading training courses, recruitment, and team / wellbeing activities.
• Desire to learn and proactive in seeking formal and informal learning and training opportunities.

WHAT WE LOOK FOR

We are looking for candidates who are highly motivated, ambitious, and have a passion to be part of a fast-paced, successful transaction team where we encourage everyone to bring their whole self to work. Being a collaborative team player is also important as well as someone who is happy to work flexibly throughout a period of growth within TRS.

YOUR KEY RESPONSIBILITIES

As an Executive in TRS, you could be involved in all types of work looking at the things that drive a company’s performance or strategies to turn it around or restructure it. You may be analysing financial forecasts and preparing reports on your findings, interviewing client teams, or executing restructuring procedures.
Depending on the size and type of project, you may be part of a large project team or lead a team / part of a team yourself, with all the support you need from peers and senior team members to help you learn and flourish in these roles.
We’ll want you to be active in establishing and nurturing relationships – both inside EY with different specialist teams across the firm, and externally – for example with client staff or junior lawyers – as relationship-building is an important and valued skill in TRS.
You will also fit in to our positive learning culture from day one. You will bring your existing skills/knowledge and coach people in these where that is relevant and applicable to our work, and you will be valued for your efforts to coach and counsel junior team members to help them develop.

TO QUALIFY FOR THE ROLE YOU MUST HAVE

• Willingness to adapt in a fast paced and changing environment to meet the needs of the business
• Appreciation of the sensitivity and heightened risk of working with people in distressed situations