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Form of work
SalaryWe are proud to be the market leading Restructuring & Insolvency team ("R&I"). We operate in an often fast paced environment, delivering a diverse range of insolvency and financial restructuring services to a wide range of corporates, lenders, equity holders, credit funds, pension trustees and government bodies.
You will be joining a team of seasoned insolvency and restructuring specialists with unmatched experience of driving complex UK and cross border restructuring programs with often challenging lender and investor negotiations, as well as delivering critical insolvency services recovering value for creditors. We deal with the types of situations you hear about regularly in the news.
Whilst based in London, the team often works across the UK, but also internationally and the role may include an element of UK-wide and international travel.
About the role
A typical assignment may include some or all of the following:
- Undertake executory appointments including supporting Insolvency Practitioners manage businesses through trading administrations.
- Have a familiarity with and have experience of the initial reporting requirements and statutory obligations of insolvency appointments.
- Understand the principles of insolvency payment waterfalls and creditor entitlements.
- Preparing insolvency cash flows.
- Management of stakeholders, often with competing interests.
- Independent business review, providing rapid commercial and financial due diligence focussed on the key issues for lenders or corporates.
- Financial restructuring advice to corporates, sponsors, lenders and funds in assessing options and negotiating and implementing a restructuring.
- Review (often in a short space of time) of businesses for long term viability, valuation and assessment of options (including contingency planning).
- Managing and monitoring the cash flows of a business.
- Support senior stakeholders to negotiate, agree and implement solutions.
- Work alongside other PwC teams, including specialist lines of service and sector experts.
- Preparation of presentations and/or reports to key stakeholders (e.g. lenders, private equity sponsors, management).
- Whilst the role is based in London the location of the clients we support will often be outside of London and as such you may be required to work away from London for certain periods of time.
Essential skills and experience
- Sound financial analytical skills.
- Strong commercial and business acumen.
- Good understanding of key restructuring and insolvency principles.
- Strong interpersonal skills and comfortable communicating with senior stakeholders (internal and external).
- Ability to develop and train junior members of the team.
- Flexibility in terms of diverse industries, role and location
- Ability to support marketing and business development, demonstrating a proactive approach to building a network in the marketplace.
- Self starter with energy to work to tight deadlines in a pressurised working environments
Who we're looking for
At PwC our people are our biggest asset and our investment in their learning and development is a key part of our success. We welcome applications from individuals who have a keen interest and knowledge in Restructuring and Insolvency. We will be looking for clear examples on why you have applied and what you can bring to the team.
You'll be joining a team who welcome your outlook and knowledge, whilst developing your skill set further within one of the world's leading professional organisations. The work we do and the way we work continues to evolve. We're open to flexible working requirements where appropriate and have many successful arrangements currently in place. Please apply if you have a keen interest in the work we do.
