Vice President (Turnaround and Restructuring Practice) at J.S. Held LLC in Alpharetta, Georgia

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Company Description



Are you looking to join an organization that is growing and dynamic? What about a high-energy, collaborative environment that rewards hard work?


J.S. Held is a global consulting firm providing technical, scientific, and financial expertise. Our professionals serve as trusted advisors to organizations facing high-stakes events demanding urgent attention, staunch integrity, and clear-cut analysis. The firm provides a comprehensive suite of services enabling clients to navigate complex, contentious, and often catastrophic situations. We have over 100 locations worldwide. We are highly committed to all members of our community, both employees and clients. Our organization focuses on promoting a sense of community and inspiring our people to achieve results that exceed goals.



Job Description



Phoenix Management, a part of J.S. Held's Global Turnaround and Restructuring Practice provides companies and their investors, legal counsel, financial institutions, with the information required to make well-informed business decisions. With experts located across the globe, we support clients in North America, Latin America, Europe, Africa, Asia Pacific, and the Middle East.


Within Phoenix Management, we are leaders in the boardroom, C-suite, and on the shop floor. Together, we are "in the room" to regularly interact with our clients at all levels to assess and address the real challenges and to develop solutions that solve complex problems facing our clients. We identify areas of opportunity across the operations landscape, develop improvement strategies, and convert that strategy into action to optimize performance.



Job Summary



Our Turnaround and Restructuring Practice has openings available at the VP/Director level. The candidate will join an experienced and closely-knit team of turnaround & restructuring professionals, with deep experience in leading, planning, and solving the most complex client situations. The ideal VP/Director candidate will possess 5-10 years of post-graduate experience in turnaround and restructuring roles.



Job Responsibilities



The ideal candidate will possess a demonstrated track record with significant turnaround and/or workout restructuring experience including interim/crisis management, complex cash flow projections and operational restructuring. Success in this position will be measured by both successfully executing and sourcing new deal flow.


Responsibilities include but are not limited to:

• Financial Analysis and Modeling: Conduct detailed financial modeling, review and analyze large amounts of financial data, and develop projections to support turnaround strategies. This includes:
  
  
  • Creating and maintaining complex financial models to forecast cash flows, profitability, and liquidity.
  
  
  • Performing sensitivity analyses to understand the impact of various financial scenarios.
  
  
  • Evaluating financial statements to identify trends, risks, and opportunities for improvement.
  
  
  • Developing comprehensive financial reports and presentations for stakeholders.
  
  
  
  


• Operational Restructuring: Assess business plans, conduct due diligence, and develop and implement various business strategies for turnaround and profitability improvement. This includes:
  
  
  • Analyzing operational processes to identify inefficiencies and areas for cost reduction.
  
  
  • Designing and implementing restructuring plans to optimize operational performance.
  
  
  • Collaborating with management teams to develop and execute strategic initiatives.
  
  
  • Monitoring and reporting on the progress of restructuring efforts to ensure alignment with business goals.
  
  
  
  


• Transaction Management: Lead mergers and acquisitions, restructuring, sales, and business wind down processes.


• Client and Network Development: Expand and exploit our existing referral network, and integrate the successful candidate's referral network with the firm's existing platform.


• Leadership and Presentation: Lead presentations to referral sources, potential clients, and existing clients, demonstrating expertise and building trust.

This position requires travel to clients, at times extensive.


We are looking for candidates possessing:

• Strategic Thinking: Keen intellectual curiosity and the ability to align the broader objectives with the operational challenges and needs for change to meet long-term business goals.


• Attention to Detail: Meticulous approach to analyzing data, identifying solutions, and implementing changes.


• Leaders in Change: Ability to inspire and guide teams through change.


• Adaptability: Capacity to thrive in a dynamic, fast-paced, often chaotic environment.

Qualifications

• Ideally, 5-10+ years of broad-based experience in all aspects of turnaround, restructuring and distressed situations in professional service or consulting firms, financial institutions or equity firms representing middle market companies.


• Must have a thorough understanding of financial modeling and valuation analysis, data management, capital advisory services and the M&A process, deal structuring and negotiation.


• Management of and participation in the financial and operational reviews of a wide variety of business clients.


• Ability to lead significant projects with minimal oversight.


• Demonstrated capabilities for turnaround, interim management (CEO/CFO/CRO) in larger tiered client environments and M&A diligence assignments.


• Ability to develop and implement strategies designed to restore our client's performance.


• Prior participation in Quality of Earnings assignments relating to transaction advisory services a plus.


• Prior experience with Chapter 11 bankruptcies, sales through Section 363 auctions, and/or DIP financing is strongly desired.


• Understanding of the asset-based lending environment and borrowing base certificates.


• Lead and participate in a variety of marketing and business development activities to further mature the current Strategic Advisory presence in the marketplace as appropriate.


• Undergraduate degree in finance or related field. MBA or other advanced degree is strongly preferred.


• CTP, CFE or CIRA a plus

J.S. Held is dedicated to becoming the global leader in providing multi-disciplinary consulting services to the wide array of constituents, most notably, the legal, lender and investor communities and additionally: construction, government, healthcare, industrial, insurance, energy, legal, communities. We have diverse practice areas, most notably providing interim executive, fiduciary, investor, operational and investment banking services. In addition, we provide: Construction Advisory, Financial Investigations, Forensic Accounting & Economics, Forensic Architecture & Engineering, Surety, Environmental Health & Safety, Equipment, Toxicology, and Building & Property Consulting, among other disciplines. J.S. Held is devoted to recruiting and cultivating top industry talent to build a collaborative and diverse team of experts. We leverage our experience to provide cost-efficient solutions and unrivaled client experience. We embrace diversity and are proud to be an equal opportunity employer. Our commitment to building a team and environment that fosters professional and personal enrichment is unwavering. We are greater when we are equal!


Our mission is to serve as trusted, expert advisors to organizations around the world facing high-stakes situations that demand urgent attention, exceptional knowledge, staunch integrity and objective, clear-cut analysis and advice.


Some of the Benefits We Have Include

J.S. Held understands all of our employees are people and sometimes life needs flexibility. We work to always provide an environment that best supports and suits our team's needs.

• Our flexible work environment allows employees to work remotely, when needed


• Flexible PTO Policy(unlimited-subject to policies)


• Medical, Dental, and Vision Insurance


• 401k Match


• Commuter Benefits

EEO Statement


J.S. Held LLC provides equal employment opportunities (EEO) to all employees and applicants for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, age, disability or genetics. In addition to federal law requirements, J.S. Held LLC complies with applicable state and local laws governing nondiscriminatory employment in every location in which the company has facilities. This policy applies to all terms and conditions of employment, including recruiting, hiring, placement, promotion, termination, recall, transfer, leaves of absence, compensation, and training.


J.S. Held LLC expressly prohibits any form of workplace harassment based on race, color, religion, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, national origin, age, genetic information, disability, or veteran status. Improper interference with J.S. Held LLC employees' ability to perform their job duties may result in discipline up to and including discharge.


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