Strategy · Open Mandate

Turnaround, Restructuring & Insolvency Director

Location London, United Kingdom
Sector Restructuring & Insolvency / Financial Advisory

We are working with a Turnaround, Restructuring & Insolvency team within a global advisory firm to appoint a Director to join their London practice on a hybrid basis. The team works with stressed, underperforming, and challenged businesses, supporting companies and stakeholders through periods of change, transformation, and financial uncertainty — often in fast-paced and complex situations.

Clients include corporates, boards, government bodies, lenders, shareholders, and other stakeholders, with assignments ranging from crisis response and contingency planning through to building operational and financial resilience. The work involves understanding the drivers of value within a business and solving complex problems across multiple stakeholder groups.

Demand for restructuring and turnaround support continues to grow, providing significant opportunities for career development and progression within a collaborative, inclusive team culture.

Key Responsibilities

  • Lead restructuring and turnaround engagements from planning through to completion

  • Define engagement scope alongside senior stakeholders and ensure delivery is compliant with internal standards and risk protocols

  • Project manage multidisciplinary teams and coordinate workstreams across complex assignments

  • Build and maintain strong internal and external relationships and contribute to business development activities

  • Coach, mentor, and develop junior team members while supporting a positive learning culture

Skills & Attributes

  • ACA or JIEB qualified with experience in insolvency advisory (essential)

  • Strong financial analysis and scenario modelling capabilities

  • Commercial acumen and an understanding of the factors that drive business performance and underperformance

  • Ability to lead engagement teams and develop pragmatic solutions to restructuring challenges

  • Excellent written and verbal communication skills, including report writing and client presentations