Manager, Restructuring

Doane Grant Thornton

• $90K — $110K *
Legal & Accounting
Less than 5 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • University Degree in Business or related field required
  • CPA, MBA, or CFA designation preferred
  • 3-4 years experience in accounting or finance roles
  • Strong financial modeling skills in Excel
  • Experience in drafting Court reports and viability studies

Responsibilities

  • Execute CCAA mandates, receiverships, and corporate bankruptcies
  • Communicate with creditors, debtors, and government agencies
  • Lead and coach junior team members
  • Manage files to ensure quality and market presence
  • Prepare detailed reports for the Court and stakeholders

Benefits

  • Profit sharing
  • Flex days
  • RRSP contributions
  • Firmwide holiday closure
  • Work from anywhere in Canada for 4 weeks in summer
Full Job Description
As a Manager, Restructuring your responsibilities include:
• Work with partners to execute CCAA mandates, receiverships corporate bankruptcies, proposals, informal restructurings, and related consulting engagements
• Correspond with all related parties of an engagement (i.e. creditors, debtors, landlords, and related counsel and government agencies)
• Hold meetings and resolve disputes with stakeholders as required
• Assume full accountability for the management and execution of files to ensure brand excellence and dominant market share
• Provide leadership and coaching to junior team members
• Ensure complex disputes and issues are escalated for resolution
• Assess the viability of diverse business entities in a variety of industries
• Provide oversight and control of business operations and asset sales
• Assess a variety of business issues and working as part of a team in formulating recommendations to the Court, and/or to various stakeholders
• Prepare written reports to the Court and/or to other stakeholders, in accordance with the mandate of the file
• Collaborate with legal counsel in dealing with the legal elements of each mandate to effectively communicate and negotiate with a number of stakeholders with diverse interests
• Maintain positive relationships with other corporate restructuring professionals including lawyers and representatives of lending institutions
• Take an active role in industry organizations, events and firm marketing initiatives
• Maintain professional competence and stay current in all technical and legal elements of a corporate restructuring practice
• Adhere to all firm risk management policies and take active steps to minimize the risk exposure to the firm
• Other duties and projects as assigned

Think you've got what it takes to be a Manager, Restructuring? Like the colour purple? Great. Here's a few more boxes we're also hoping you can tick:
• University Degree in Business or related field required
• Ideally possess CPA, MBA, or CFA designation
• Willingness to work towards a CIRP or LIT designation, which will be supported by Grant Thornton
• Minimum of 3 - 4 years experience in accounting or finance roles with progressive experience
• Knowledge of all insolvency proceedings
• Strong financial modelling skills utilizing excel
• Analysis of cash flows and preparation of 13-week cash flow forecast models
• Able to work with minimum supervision
• A strong aptitude to be a dynamic leader and ability to clearly communicate to a wide range of audiences including C-level executives, lawyers and lenders
• Independent, intuitive thinker with the ability to apply accounting skills and business acumen in a variety of unique challenging, one-off, real time assignments
• Experience in drafting Court reports and viability studies
• Strong client development skills and enjoys the social aspects of marketing to key targets
• Proficient with Microsoft Office suite
• Ability to execute on deliverables in a deadline driven environment
• Thrives in an entrepreneurial, fast paced and complex environment
• Results oriented with a sense of urgency. Quick learner, self-starter and exudes a "can do" attitude
• A strong ability to connect with and build relationships with key stakeholders and internal Grant Thornton team
• Access to a car and possession of a valid driver's license, and ability to travel to the US is required

What's in it for you?

Profit sharing, Flex days, RRSP contributions, Firmwide holiday closure, Wellness benefits, Concierge-like benefits, Work from anywhere in Canada in the summer for 4 weeks, and more!

Our special culture shines through when we have the opportunity to connect in person. That's why we're working in a model where teams are required to be together in the office 4 days per week.

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