Manager / Senior Manager, Restructuring & Turnaround

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Deal Advisory's Restructuring & Turnaround group helps companies that facing economic challenges and uncertainty as a result of a variety of reasons including business underperformance, an imminent liquidity crisis and/or an inability to raise new capital. When companies are faced with these challenges, our team provides financial advisory services to lenders, management, boards of directors, regulators, and other key stakeholders.

What to make the difference in the life of entrepreneur, C-suites, business owners and their employees, partners and stakeholders by providing advice and solutions in financial stressed and distressed environment. Our Restructuring and Turnaround professionals help boards, business owners to turnaround, restructure or sale their company in order to preserve their business and turn them to a viable and a profitable one.

We also advice banks and other lenders on the financial situation of their clients in their lending portfolio.

We offer our clients start-to-finish support in their turnaround or restructuring process, including input on strategy, early identification of risk areas, coordination and execution of the work.

Our clients are private corporates, public companies and lenders. Our people are motivated self-starters with expertise in finance, financial modeling, accounting, financial reporting, restructuring and insolvency, M&A, working capital and cost optimization. Our network is global.

Our Restructuring & Turnaround team in Montreal is looking for a professional like you with the skills and drive to make a real difference.

As a Manager / Senior Manager, Restructuring & Turnaround, you will apply your professional and technical skills in finance, strategy, financial restructuring, and business operations on a wide variety of transactions and at different stages of the transaction:

• Conduct financial analysis (including development of complex financial models) of companies in a variety of industries, including review of operations and cash flow
• Participate in independent business reviews and assist in restructuring/refinancing of underperforming companies
• Take possession and securing of assets, including assisting in receivership activities.
• Assist with preparation and distribution of reports
• Communicate directly with a variety of parties including clients, other advisors, and stakeholders.
• Assist with proactive business development initiatives
• Provide analytical and market research information
• Educate clients on legislative and compliance issues
• Use negotiation skills to identify common ground and potential solutions beneficial to all parties.
• Business Development and obtaining new clients
• Deliver exceptional client service by maximizing results and driving high performance from people, while also fostering collaboration across businesses and borders
• Manage the delivery of various projects ensuring on-time, on-budget delivery of quality work that meets client requirements and expectations
• Influence clients, teams, and individuals positively, leading by example and establishing confident relationships as a representative of KPMG Deal Advisory
• Develop, train and coach junior team members through challenging and meaningful opportunities

• Hold a professional designation of CPA
• Hold a CIRP certification and Insolvency Trustee license are an asset
• 2-3 years of experience in restructuring and insolvency experience
• 1-2 years of experience at a Manager level or equivalent in a consulting and/or corporate environment including:
  • Financial diligence or M&A analysis
  • Financial statement interpretation and analysis, including an understanding of the application of and compliance with GAAP
  • Professional report writing and presentation skills to assist in preparing pitch documents
  • An experience in corporate development, financial modelling and business analytics experience will be considered as an asset
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills in French
  
• Must be able to achieve government security clearance

The selected candidate must demonstrate excellent communication and presentation skills in English, with the ability to present complex strategic topics to a diverse range of stakeholders located in English-speaking regions of Canada, such as Ontario.

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Adjustments and accommodations throughout the recruitment process

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AI Usage

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