Job Description As part of the expansion of our Restructuring & Recovery (R&R) team in Belfast, we are seeking an ambitious andmercially aware Senior Manager / Associate Director to join our leading team. The successful candidate will work closely with the Head of R&R, supporting the delivery ofplex restructuring and formal insolvency assignments while gaining exposure to high-profile clients and engagements. You will manage a portfolio of cases, including insolvencies, receiverships, and examinerships, and you will play a pivotal role in advising clients on optimal capital structures, debt refinancing, and formal restructuring processes. This position offers a strong opportunity for progression, including support towards obtaining an Insolvency Practitioner (IP) licence, as applicable.
Key Delivery Responsibilities
You will support the Head of R&R and Directors on restructuring and formal insolvency assignments.
1. Case Management: Take responsibility for day-to-day delivery of insolvency and restructuring assignments from planning to execution, including administrations, liquidations (CVL andpulsory), receiverships, and bankruptcies.
2. Strategic Planning: Develop and execute recovery strategies and implement solutions for underperforming businesses to determine the best oue for stakeholders.
3. Advisory: Advise clients on balance sheet restructuring, working capital issues, and debt refinancing. Prepare and review financial analysis, investigations, and statutory documentation.
4. Stakeholder Management: Liaise with lenders, creditors, regulators and legal professionals.
Operational Oversight & Team Management
5. Oversee and provide direct supervision to junior team members, ensuring high-quality output and adherence to deadlines across multiple assignments simultaneously.
6. Contribute to training and mentoring within the team.
7. Guide junior team members and review their work to ensure effective case progression.
Market & Business Development
8. Support partners and directors in business development initiatives and pitching for new assignments.
9. Build and maintain relationships within the local Belfast and wider UK markets and across Grant Thornton Advisors’ international platform.
10. Contribute to the firm’s profile through participation in networking events and professional forums.
Requirements
11. Qualified Accountant (ACA, ACCA or equivalent professional qualification) or Insolvency Practitioner.
12. 5+ years’ experience in a professional services firm focusing on corporate recovery, restructuring and insolvency.
13. Strong technical knowledge of formal restructuring processes, UK Insolvency Act andpanies Act frameworks.
14. Experience managing cases from initiation through to progression stages.
15. Strongmercial awareness, excellentmunication skills (written and verbal), and high-level IT proficiency (Word, Excel, PowerPoint).
16. Driven, with an ability to work on your own initiative, and capable of working in a fast-paced environment.
17. Strong organisational and project management skills with experience engaging with creditors, lenders and management teams.
Our Benefits Please follow this link for information on our generous benefits package.
Hays Client provides equitable opportunities for all our colleagues. We are a responsible, sustainable business where equity, diversity and inclusion (ED&I) are at the forefront of our workplace culture agenda, and today, we continue to build and develop on our existing ED&I structure and strategy to meet our workplace culture needs. People are at the heart of our business and teams built with varied individuals present diverse viewpoints, which need to be heard and valued.
We are all at our best when we are able to be ourselves, and we view integrity and authenticity as integral values to bring to our day-to-day work-life at the firm. We are excited to see the personality and perspectives you will bring to our team because we know we will all benefit from them. Diversity of thought, background and experience enables better decision-making, improves the quality of our delivery, and helps us to meet the needs of our clients. Our firm is built on people and their ideas, so we want to hear all the new perspectives and fresh thinking you have to offer. You form the bedrock of our firm’s best-practice principles and we will champion you as leaders from day one.
Reward And Benefits Our reward and benefits are designed to create an environment where our people can flourish. We aremitted to building a culture where our people have access to the necessary benefits to help promote a healthy lifestyle and thrive.
Recognition We want to create a culture of recognition and celebrating success, by saying thank you to people who surpass our expectations and recognising the right values and behaviours. Our Shout-Out recognition scheme is our way of highlighting and promoting achievements. Whether you simply want to say thank you, celebrate a special occasion or give an award for doing something exceptional, you can do all of this and more through the scheme. #4772993 - Gabriel Hamill