Senior Consultant - Turnaround & Restructuring
Chicago, IL | New York, NY | Hybrid
Our client is a leading middle-market turnaround, restructuring, and performance improvement consulting firm is looking to add a Senior Consultant to its growing team. This is an opportunity to work directly with C-suite executives, private equity sponsors, lenders, and boards of directors to help companies navigate complex operational and financial challenges. The firm specializes in hands-on advisory work, offering consultants meaningful client exposure, significant responsibility, and accelerated career progression.
What You'll Do
- Lead financial and operational analyses for turnaround, restructuring, and performance improvement engagements.
- Develop liquidity forecasts, 13-week cash flow models, integrated financial models, and business plans.
- Partner with executive management teams to identify and implement operational improvements.
- Support interim management engagements, including work alongside CEOs, CFOs, CROs, and COOs.
- Assist companies facing liquidity challenges, underperformance, rapid growth, or other strategic inflection points.
- Prepare client-facing analyses, presentations, and recommendations for senior stakeholders.
- Work directly with lenders, investors, legal advisors, and company leadership during critical situations.
- Mentor junior team members and contribute to project execution across multiple concurrent engagements.
Qualifications
- 3-8 years of experience in turnaround & restructuring, performance improvement, transaction advisory, valuation, investment banking, consulting, FP&A, or a related field.
- Candidates MUST HAVE some amount of prior restructuring
- Strong financial modeling, forecasting, and analytical capabilities.
- Experience working directly with clients and executive-level stakeholders.
- Knowledge of cash flow forecasting, liquidity management, operational improvement initiatives, or distressed situations preferred.
- Excellent communication and presentation skills.
- Bachelor's degree in Finance, Accounting, Economics, Business, or related discipline.
- CPA, CFA, MBA, or other relevant credentials are highly valued.
Why Join?
- Work on highly visible engagements with direct exposure to senior leadership and decision-makers.
- Gain hands-on experience helping companies navigate transformational situations.
- Opportunity to take ownership of meaningful work streams rather than serving in a narrowly defined role.
- Entrepreneurial and collaborative culture with a strong focus on professional development.
- Exposure to a broad range of industries and challenging business situations.
- Clear advancement opportunities within a growing firm and expanding platform.
Ideal Backgrounds
We are particularly interested in candidates coming from:
- Turnaround & Restructuring Consulting
- Performance Improvement Consulting
- Transaction Advisory Services (TAS/FDD)
- Investment Banking
- Valuation & Financial Advisory
- Corporate FP&A or Corporate Development
- Big Four Advisory Practices
Additional Information
- Hybrid work environment
- Travel expected based on client needs
- Positions available in both Chicago and New York
Expected Compensation:
Base: $130k - $160k
Discretionary Bonus: ~40-60%+
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