Manager – Lead Advisory & Restructuring - Financial Services-EY-Parthenon

Manager – Lead Advisory & Restructuring, Financial Services- EY-Parthenon, London  

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The opportunity

The team combines lead advisory and restructuring capability to help financial services clients make and execute critical strategic, financing and transaction decisions. Our approach brings together sector knowledge, independent advice, rigorous analysis and hands-on execution

We are seeking a versatile lead advisory professional to join our Financial Services Lead Advisory and Restructuring team. The role combines broad corporate finance capability with a clear focus on debt advisory and debt raising for banks, specialist lenders and other financial services companies. The successful candidate will advise clients across the full financing lifecycle and support wider lead advisory and restructuring assignments where relevant.

Client and Financing Focus 

• Banks, including challenger and specialist banks; specialist and non-bank lenders; and other financial services companies.
• Senior and subordinated debt; asset-backed and warehouse facilities; securitisation and forward-flow arrangements; private credit; and refinancing and recapitalisations

Your key responsibilities 

• Manage debt advisory and debt raising engagements across the full financing lifecycle.
• Assess debt capacity, funding requirements and financing options through robust financial, commercial and credit analysis.
• Build and review integrated cash flow, debt capacity, covenant, returns and sensitivity models.
• Prepare lender and investor materials, information memoranda, presentations, reports and board papers.
• Coordinate outreach, data rooms, diligence, Q&A and management sessions, maintaining disciplined process control.
• Analyse financing proposals and term sheets, including pricing, structure, covenants, security and execution risk.
• Support negotiation, documentation and closing with clients, legal advisers and other specialists.
• Manage and coach junior colleagues; build trusted client relationships; and support pitches and business development.
• Support wider lead advisory and restructuring assignments when required.

Skills and attributes for success 

• 3-5 years of relevant experience, primarily in a debt advisory or corporate finance boutique, or a Big Four lead advisory or restructuring practice.
• Hands-on experience in debt raising, refinancing, structured funding or related corporate finance assignments.
• Sound knowledge of financial services business models and credit dynamics, with exposure to relevant financing products.
• Strong financial analysis and advanced Excel modelling capability.
• Ability to produce concise, decision-useful financing materials and manage multiple workstreams and deadlines.
• Confidence engaging clients, lenders and investors, with sound judgement and attention to detail.
• A proactive, collaborative approach and interest in developing broader lead advisory capability.

Ideally, you’ll also have

• Financial or operational restructuring, stressed financing or special situations.
• Bank balance sheet, capital, liquidity or regulatory considerations relevant to financing strategy.
• M&A execution, acquisition financing, strategic options analysis or sector-focused proposition development.

What we offer you 

We will fuel your ambition and potential with future-focused skills development that equips you with state-of-the-art methodologies and technology-enabled solutions. With more than 25,000 people in 150 countries, you will join an inclusive and empowering culture that values your uniqueness, prioritizes your wellbeing, and immerses you in the diverse thinking and cross-cultural experiences necessary to help deliver impact to clients across the globe and to help build a better working world. Learn more about careers at EY-Parthenon.

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