Restructuring Advisory Associate

An exciting opportunity to develop a breadth of commercial skills and experience across advisory and formal insolvency assignments with the Restructuring Advisory team.

As an Associate in the team you will assist in the delivery of restructuring advisory reporting assignments and work on insolvency appointments across a diverse portfolio of clients, and to ensure that clients and other interested parties receive a quality service in all respects.

**Responsibilities**
- To complete assignments in accordance with the Firm’s standard Advisory procedures and where relevant statutory obligations, and to confirm arrangements with the client, company, or appointer, including likely costs and billing arrangements.
- To work closely alongside other Restructuring Advisory staff to plan and execute insolvency assignments, and potentially manage appropriate insolvency cases as required, in accordance with the Firm’s standard procedures and relevant statutory and regulatory obligations.Guidance will be provided throughout but this may involve some of the following:

- Assisting and supporting the RA Core team and providing training and support to junior staff within the team.
- Assisting with the completion of and seeking approval of engagement letters and ancillary documents
- Completion of KPI’s for Manager and Partner approval
- Ensuring assigned diary lines are completed within the deadline
- Inputting data onto the internal systems, IPS and Virtual Cabinet.
- General case administration including raising bills.
- Corporate insolvency experience essential with further opportunities to develop skills in this area
- Excellent interpersonal and communication skills.
- Strong organisational and time management skills essential
- Understanding the challenges currently being faced by the client and developing solutions alongside the Partner/ Director and other RA staff
- Implementing those solutions through insolvency procedures as appropriate, including but not limited to Company Voluntary Arrangements, Administrations, Creditors Voluntary Liquidations and Compulsory Liquidations
- Consulting with the newly formed Restructuring Delivery Team on pre-appointment Creditors Voluntary Liquidation matters
- Dealing with all pre-appointment matters on Administration and Compulsory Liquidation insolvency appointments
- Attendance at initial meetings on site with the client and other RA staff
- Communicating information required from the client
- Analysing and challenging information received from the client, or checking back to source documentation
- Assisting in report drafting supported by the Restructuring Delivery Team, guided by other RA staff, and templates
- Implementing those solutions, which may involve for example sale of business tasks e.g. accelerated merger and acquisition processes, drafting sale documentation/ preparing lists of interested parties/ liaison with agents / provision of information to interested parties etc, bilateral creditor negotiations, debt restructuring
- Assisting with the trading of insolvent businesses
- Asset realisations including debt recovery
- Preparation of reports for secured creditors
- Complex investigations, including SIP2 reviews and litigation work as required
- Future aspirations to be part of The National IBR/Advisory team with responsibility for assignments and responsibility for mentoring and training more junior members of staff wishing to get involved in IBR/advisory work.
- To assist with client take on procedures and timely completion of CEAP.
- To ensure that the job is completed within budget, and to discuss all materials points arising with the assignment partner and client or appointer as these arise, particularly in relation to any anticipated overruns, or significant changes in likely outcome.
- To liaise with the creditors, directors and other interested parties throughout any assignment as required and to practise the principles of excellent client service at all times.
- To ensure that appropriate liaison takes place with all other departments.
- To monitor the profitability and recoverability of work in progress and to bill clients on a timely basis.
- To assist in marketing activities as required/ available.
- Attend staff meetings and training as required.
- Maintain an awareness and observation of Health and Safety issues within the Firm, and report any concerns to the Health and Safety Representative.
- Carry out any other duties as are within the scope, spirit and purpose of the job, the title of the role and its grading, as requested by the Line Manager or Head of Department.

Minimum Qualifications

**Personal and professional qualities**

It is our people that makes RSM what it is, and our commitment to people is paramount to our success. We have a culture of transparency and we remain people focussed and care about your professional and personal development. As an Associate within the team, you would need the following skills and experience:

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