Manager, Financial Advisory

The Role

Teneo’s Corporate Turnaround & Transformation team is expanding, and we are seeking a highly analytical and motivated Manager with a strong core financial skillset who has either already started working in turnaround and transformation situations or is looking to broaden their experience into this area.

This is an excellent opportunity to work alongside our established team who will support you to utilise and enhance your advisory skills. You will work alongside some of the most experienced practitioners in the field advising the boards, management teams, and shareholders of companies. It is anticipated that some of these businesses may be underperforming and/or facing any financial stress where the situations will allow you to seamlessly link into the wider Teneo network across multiple jurisdictions.

As a Manager, you will support key workstreams, help problem solve complex situations, and work hands-on with management teams to drive rapid and sustainable improvement. You will also help manage junior colleagues and contribute to developing the growing team.

Key Responsibilities

Client Delivery

• With appropriate direction, support and challenge management teams in developing business plans, cash flow forecasts, and turnaround plans using fact based, datadriven analysis.
• Assess value creation and turnaround potential across businesses, leveraging financial insights and operational diagnostics.
• Manages workstreams on performance improvement engagements, including:
  • Driving improvements across a commercial, product and operational lens;
  • Cash and working capital optimisation;
  • Liquidity management; and
  • Cost reduction and EBITDA improvement
• Support in financial restructuring and lender side assignments where relevant (e.g., stresstesting, business plan reviews, stakeholder options analysis).
• Prepare high quality client deliverables including diagnostic reports, financial analysis, board packs, and turnaround recommendations within planned timescales.
• Ability to build strong relationships and work closely with senior colleagues, management teams and other stakeholders across complex and sensitive situations,.

Financial & Analytical Execution

• Build and interpret short term cash flow models, integrated 3statement forecasts, working capital analysis, and scenario planning.
• Use analytical tools (Excel, PowerBI, Tableau, Shibumi etc.) to generate insights, automate reporting, and support performance tracking.
• Conduct robust operational and financial analytics to identify root causes of underperformance.

People Leadership

• Manage and mentor junior team members on engagements, providing coaching and real time development.
• Contribute to practice-wide training initiatives, especially those focused on financial analysis, performance improvement and turnaround methodologies.
• Foster an inclusive, supportive team culture where contributions are recognised.

Business Development

• Contribute to the development of proposals, pitch materials, and marketing initiatives bringing some enthusiasm and energy to relevant sectors where you have experience or a passion.
• Build your external network and play an active role in key client accounts and internal business development programmes.
• Help identify opportunities for expanding further Teneo services across engagements.

Skills & Experience

Basic Requirements

• Strong financial skillset, likely from financial advisory, restructuring, audit, transaction services, banking, corporate finance, or a corporate performance role.
• Experience in:

• • Financial analysis and modelling
  • Cash and working capital analysis
  • Business planning and forecasting
  • Identifying and delivering financial or operational improvement initiatives

• Comfortable working with senior stakeholders and operating in fast paced, ambiguous environments.

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