Senior Consultant, Restructuring & Insolvency | Hong Kong

Job Title: Senior Consultant

Our client are a leading global consultancy which specialise in providing comprehensive advisory services across various business segments, tailored to address complex challenges faced by multinational corporations, financial institutions, and organisations.

Our client has an extensive network of senior advisors and a track record of partnering with clients to achieve remarkable results for a better future. Their expertise spans strategic communications, investor relations, financial advisory and restructuring, management consulting, risk assessment, organisational design, board and executive search, geopolitics and government affairs, corporate governance, and ESG and DE&I initiatives.

Due to continued growth of the Financial Advisory team, our client is looking to make multiple hires to support the firm's Hong Kong expansion plans. This team offers guidance to corporates, creditors, and other financial stakeholders in various situations. Their team excels in providing customised advice and solutions to create liquidity headroom, reduce costs, improve profitability, turnaround or exit underperforming businesses, address balance sheet stress, and effectively communicate with stakeholders. They also have significant experience in contingency planning and insolvencies across multiple jurisdictions, ensuring the protection of value and facilitating successful restructurings.

About the Role:

As a Senior Consultant, you will have the opportunity to work on a diverse range of challenging engagements and will support the leadership team with client
service. The Hong Kong business is fully integrated with the global Restructuring and Insolvency teams in the International Financial Centres (IFC) namely Cayman Islands, the British Virgin Islands and Bermuda, and therefore you will be part of the growing IFC team with exposure to cross-border engagements.

Key Responsibilities:

• Working on restructuring and insolvency engagements on a day-to-day basis, including managing junior team members as required
• Supporting a portfolio of restructuring and insolvency appointments
• Assist with detailed financial and commercial analysis of businesses to identify key issues, challenges, opportunities and risks
• Assisting with receivership, liquidation, valuation analysis and modeling, financial advisory mandates
• Understanding the market, topical issues and our Restructuring propositions
• Presenting findings clearly in client / court reports
• Producing high quality deliverables within planned timescales
• Supporting and contributing to client presentations and wider advisory work
• Conducting industry and business research as required

Key Skills & Experience:

• Business proficiency in English is essential and Chinese (Cantonese and/or Mandarin) proficiency is preferred
• Bachelors degree in a business or finance-related subject
• 4 to 6 years of working experience in an accounting/audit/restructuring role
• Prior restructuring, insolvency, transaction or private markets experience gained in a professional services company is required
• ACCA/ACA/CPA qualifications or equivalent, preferred
• Financial analysis skills with ability to analyse financial statements and extract useful information from large sets of unorganised or incomplete data
• Possess strong skills in the Microsoft Office suite
• Client focused, ensuring high quality service at all times
• Excellent communication, report writing and project management skills
• Flexibility to meet peak demands when required and prioritise workload
• Act with discretion, integrity and professionalism at all times