Turnaround & Restructuring - Creditor Advisory Director

Overview

Company Advisory and Interim Management:
Working closely with management teams to quickly stabilise crisis situations, protect their position and that of other investors, and deliver optimal outcomes. Our hands-on approach addresses challenges quickly - allowing us to turn around companies who are facing financial and operational challenges through a range of levers that support short-term and long-term ambitions and outcomes for organisations. Senior members of our team often take board seats, interim management and Chief Restructuring Officer positions as part of our engagements.

Creditor Advisory:
We rapidly assess situations, working closely with creditors and the management teams of their borrowers to review their challenges and develop strategies to protect creditors  positions and deliver optimal outcomes in the most stressed and distressed situations. We have a breadth of knowledge dealing with cash, liquidity, strategy, refinancing and negotiation situations, getting to solutions fast and implementing them effectively through experience.

Contingency Planning & Insolvency:
We work closely with clients to preserve value by implementing solutions using formal UK and international restructuring tools and most importantly, our practical expertise. We excel in complex distressed situations, often involving multiple jurisdictions and diverse stakeholder groups.

Our Creditor Advisory team in London is looking for Directors who have an exceptional track record of achieving results for their clients in financial restructuring situations. We are looking for experienced, smart, pragmatic, and results-focused individuals, who can operate on a range of UK based as well as international engagements. We are keen to attract people who can contribute to Alix Partners  reputation for driving positive change for the immediate and long-term success of our clients.

Directors are the future leaders of Alix Partners and will contribute to business generation efforts while driving commercially successful engagements in a  hands-on , professional and energetic manner. They collaborate with colleagues across the world as well as engage with and promote the firm s broader capabilities.

Alix Partners is committed to recruiting, developing, and retaining a diverse workforce. To ensure that we continue to make improvements in these areas and to measure our progress, we rely on the provision of certain information by individuals who express an interest in joining our firm.

• Relevant and hands-on project management experience in financial restructuring gained in restructuring advisory, Big 4 environment (or equivalent), private equity, banking or industry.
• Demonstrable experience driving teams in distressed situations, including independent business reviews, liquidity and cash management, options analysis, distressed M&A processes, contingency planning, and managing senior groups of stakeholders through distressed situations.
• Managing the execution of financial restructuring transactions.
• Collaborating with colleagues across the world and engaging with the firm s broader capabilities.

• University degree as well as a relevant post graduate qualification (e.g. Accounting).
• Strong financial analysis and modelling skills with a solid understanding of financial statements.
• Experience in reviewing 13-week cash flows and reporting on liquidity.
• Expertise in reviewing and challenging business plans and writing detailed reports for lenders or other stakeholders.
• Experience and knowledge of financial restructuring tools including covenant rests, A&Es, debt-for-equity swaps, and court-supervised transactions.
• Ability to build relationships with clients and peers; excellent written and verbal communication skills in English (additional languages are an asset).
• Advanced Microsoft Excel and PowerPoint skills; ability to communicate clearly with senior lenders, management, stakeholders and advisors.
• Willingness to work outside of normal business hours; ability to work full-time in an office and remote environment.
• Legal authorization to work in the country of application.

• The firm offers market-leading benefits that provide flexible options to support employees  needs, including health benefits, time-off policies, and retirement benefits.
• Alix Partners promotes an inclusive environment and embraces a hybrid work model with a mix of in-person and remote work. Travel is part of this position and may vary by client, team, and individual circumstances.