Ankura Consulting Group

Senior Managing Director, Turnaround & Restructuring

Ankura Consulting Group • $500K+*
Chicago, IL 60629In-Person
Business Services
15+ years of experience
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Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • 20+ years of restructuring/distressed experience
  • 10+ years of professional services experience
  • Proven track record generating $3 - $5 million+ annually
  • Strong personal brand and market-making relationships
  • Undergraduate degree from a top institution; advanced degrees/certifications preferred
  • Exceptional negotiation skills at executive level
  • Experience in building integrated financial models.

Responsibilities

  • Initiates business opportunities and collaborates with Senior Managing Directors
  • Provides analytical guidance to the team and clients
  • Sets expectations for analytical capabilities with clients
  • Manages multiple complex restructuring initiatives
  • Acts as key facilitator among various stakeholders
  • Oversees work across multiple engagements and teams
  • Engages with key constituencies to ensure alignment on reports.

Benefits

  • Work in a collaborative and innovative environment
  • Be part of a team of trusted advisors
  • Opportunity to lead complex, high-stake engagements
  • Engage with top executive clients
  • Access to professional development and growth
  • Diverse work with various industries and stakeholders
Full Job Description
Ankura Turnaround & Restructuring Senior Managing Director Role Overview

The Turnaround & Restructuring (T&R) Senior Managing Director role is an executive level position that sells, leads and manages complex restructuring client engagement(s). The successful candidate will be a "person of stature" and self-sustaining rainmaker who generates $3 - $5 million+ annually and may personally bill in the $900+ / hour range. The candidate will possess a strong personal brand within Restructuring & Turnaround advisory and deep market-making relationships across the relevant law firms, investment banks, corporates etc. resulting in a robust flow of inbound calls and bookings. The candidate will be a hands-on, passionate consulting executive who will work with team members in developing and executing on key account plans, nurturing executive level client relationships of the most strategic accounts, and achieving revenue targets. The successful candidate must be a commercial leader able to drive revenue growth and capture market share.

Responsibilities
  • Initiates and converts business opportunities and collaborates with other Senior Managing Directors to sell and deliver engagements that generate $3 - $5 million+ annually
  • Provides guidance to the Ankura team and Client regarding analytical approach and methodologies
  • Sets expectations with client and other constituencies related to analytical capabilities
  • Manages multiple complex initiatives and analyzes the outlook of restructuring concepts and agreements
  • Acts as a key facilitator of the restructuring process with various constituencies
  • Oversees work across multiple engagements
  • Effectively works with client and engagement team to set expectations regarding timelines which satisfy client needs and are achievable with the resources available to the engagement team
  • Engages with key constituencies as part of drafting report to ensure approach is consistent with external expectations
  • Provide guidance to team(s) as to overall communication strategy, argument structure, and key messaging
  • Establishes and maintains relationship with most senior client executives
  • Provides engagement leadership to Ankura team and Client


Requirements:
  • Minimum 20+ years of relevant restructuring / distressed experience
  • Minimum 10+ years of professional services experience
  • The successful candidate must be a commercial leader able to drive revenue growth and capture market share
  • A successful track record of generating $3 - $5 million+ annually and personally billing in the $900+ / hour range
  • The candidate will possess a strong personal brand within Restructuring & Turnaround advisory and deep market-making relationships across the relevant law firms, investment banks, corporates etc. resulting in a robust flow of inbound calls and bookings
  • An undergraduate degree from a top academic institution; advanced degree(s) and applicable professional certification(s) are preferred (CFA, CIRA, CPA)
  • Expertise defining, influencing and driving change at executive levels and across the broader community of stakeholders
  • Exceptional negotiation skills with complex/sophisticated situations involving executive and board level stakeholders
  • Able to develop credible recommendations under shortened time constraints and imperfect information
  • High energy style, flexible and adaptive, with the ability to work well in a very fast paced environment
  • Ability to adapt to complex client environments and situations
  • Proven track record of effectively planning for and proactively mitigating risks on engagements
  • Prior hands-on experience building / developing / overseeing integrated 3-statement financial and 13-week cash flow models
  • Quickly recognizes critical areas requiring analysis and review while understanding the big picture
  • Experience synthesizing complex unstructured information rapidly and applies good business judgment driving quickly to deep insights into possible impacts and solutions
  • Expert written communication skills, self-directed with preparation of client ready document and presentation development
  • Articulate, persuasive, communicator who is adept at handling executive and difficult audiences well including ability to adapt style to audience


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About Ankura Consulting Group

Ankura Consulting Group is a management consulting firm founded in 2014 and headquartered in Washington, D.C. The company provides consulting services in the areas of data analytics, investigations, disputes and litigation, risk and compliance, and strategy and performance. Ankura Consulting Group serves clients in the healthcare, financial services, energy, and construction industries, among others. The company has offices in the United States, Europe, and Asia.
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Size
1,000 employees
Industry
Business Services
Founded
2014
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