Assistant Manager, Mid Market - Business Recovery Services

Stonebridge Executive Search ,
Manchester, Greater Manchester
Job Type: Full-time
Salary: £43,000 per annum

Overview

Do you want the opportunity to work for one of the World’s largest Professional Services firms ? Collectively, they deal with the types of situations you hear about regularly in the news and they provide support, insight and analysis to the management, shareholders and financiers of business. Working within Business Recovery Services, as an Assistant Manager, you’ll work as part of a team of problem solvers with extensive situational and industry experience, helping clients solve complex business issues, from strategic planning and stakeholder management to execution and implementation. Whatever the solution, you’ll help manage road blocks until the job is done. The business is an exciting, fast-paced and an ever-growing business that focuses on deals and crisis situations for clients. About the role As an Assistant Manager you will play a key role in a project team. Your role will typically include performing fieldwork by assessing the financial performance of the client, working collaboratively as a team using the latest technology, preparing deliverables for the client with meaningful and insightful views. Typical assignments may include: Review of historical and forecast financial performance to identify the key drivers of value, and assess the risks and/or opportunities of the business across a range of potential sectors Work with multiple senior stakeholders to negotiate, agree and implement solutions or help deliver transactions Prepare a business for sale, helping shareholders and management to understand how best to present the business, prepare sales documentation and execute a transaction Review (sometimes in a short space of time) of businesses for long term viability, valuation and assessing capital structure options Managing and monitoring the cash flows of a business Work alongside management to improve business performance Preparation of presentations and/or reports to key stakeholders (e.g. lenders, private equity sponsors, management Plan for and implement an insolvency process, this may include seeking a buyer for the business, oversight of an insolvency trading period, negotiation with key creditors and customers. Essential skills and experience Qualified accountant - ACA/ACCA preferred Strong financial analytical skills Strong commercial awareness and business acumen Strong interpersonal and communication skills Flexibility in terms of diverse industries and role Ability to drive own internal and external networking Focused on continued personal development as well as in training other team members Project management and time management skills Ability to work to tight deadlines in a pressurised working environment Flexibility where required as to working location Excellent verbal and written English Good report writing skills including use of Microsoft PowerPoint (including the use of Smart, preferred but not essential) Advanced excel skills - excel modelling experience is helpful but not essential Excellent verbal and written English We are looking for Ambitious and enthusiastic people with the ability to communicate at any level. You’ll need to be keen to learn, able to think on your feet, and apply your knowledge in a sometimes pressurised environment. If this sounds like the role for you, please contact us today for an informal conversation.