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Director, Turnaround & Restructuring Services

Los AngelesHybridFull-time

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The Director, Turnaround & Restructuring Services leads client engagements and team development at Portage Point Partners, driving impact through strategy, operational and financial restructuring, and business transformation.

About this role

At Portage Point Partners (Portage Point), you are not a cog in a legacy machine, you are shaping strategy, influencing outcomes and being rewarded for driving impact. Backed by New Mountain Capital, Portage Point is recognized for accelerated growth and is consistently featured in rankings from Inc.5000, The Financial Times and Consulting Magazine. This recognition is a testament to our focus on excellence, intensity and pace and ability to attract blue chip talent committed to delivering best-in-class outcomes. Our cross-functional platform spans the full business lifecycle and offers middle market clients integrated solutions across Transaction Advisory Services (TAS), Valuations (VAL), Transaction Execution Services (TES), Office of the CFO (OCFO), Performance Improvement (PI), Interim Management (IM), Investment Banking (IB) and Turnaround & Restructuring Services (TRS).
The TRS team tackles urgent, complex challenges with speed and impact. As former operators, investors and lenders, the TRS team combines blue chip experience with intense focus to consistently deliver tailored solutions across operational turnarounds and financial restructurings.
The Director, TRS at Portage Point represents a unique opportunity to assume a wide range of responsibilities and make a significant impact. This Director, TRS is a client delivery leadership position for highly capable professionals to make substantial contributions to overall firm growth. The Director, TRS will report directly to the Practice Line Leader, TRS and will focus on developing new and existing client relationships as well as ensuring all aspects of strategic, operational and financial engagements are delivered with the highest quality standards and impact. You will support key initiatives, manage discrete workstreams and work closely with senior leaders. If you thrive in a high-performance culture and want to help build the future of a rapidly growing consultancy, this is the right role for you.

Responsibilities

  • Work directly with senior personnel at Portage Point and our clients to develop comprehensive solutions to complex operational and financial challenges across the business lifecycle including formulating and implementing value creation, business transformation and performance improvement plans, contingency planning and bankruptcy preparation / execution
  • Lead liquidity management (cash flow forecasting, treasury operations and stakeholder communications), case administration (filing preparation, bankruptcy reporting, claims support and plan support) and supporting formulation of business / restructuring plans
  • Identify and re-allocating resources to operational, growth, financial and strategic initiatives with highest risk adjusted return
  • Develop detailed financial projections and business plans
  • Lead preparation of executive reporting packages including key performance indicators (KPIs), financial performance, budget, board of director presentations and stakeholder presentations
  • Structure and incorporate streamlined financial and operational processes to improve efficiencies
  • Identify and re-allocate resources to operational, growth, financial and strategic initiatives with highest risk adjusted return
  • Present KPIs, financial performance, budget, board of director presentations, stakeholder presentations
  • Lead various operational, financial and management meetings as well as key constituent communications / negotiations
  • Contribute to the origination and selling of projects including experience pitching to or partnering with senior executives, private equity firms, lenders, lawyers and other related buyers
  • Advise clients and makes decisions that demonstrate expertise, synthesizing the core drivers of both the clients’ business, situational analyses and the underlying complexity of the situation to maximize value
  • Provide coaching and mentorship to junior team members
  • Lead or support internal trainings and best practice sharing
  • Support business development and client relationship efforts
  • Support §talent acquisition and firm-building initiatives
  • Contribute to a high-performing, inclusive and values-driven culture

    • Qualifications

  • Bachelor’s degree from a top undergraduate program
  • Located in or willing to relocate to Atlanta, Boston, Chicago, Dallas, Houston, Los Angeles, Nashville, New York, Palm Beach or Philadelphia
  • Invested in a team-based culture, motivated to collaborate in office four days per week and willing to work at client sites as needed
  • 10 plus years of experience with seven or more years of investment banking, consulting, restructuring / distressed or private equity at a top-tier firm in addition to two or more years spent operating, investing, advising operational improvements and / or servicing stakeholders or a compelling non-traditional background
  • Full mastery of financial modeling including ability to review three statement models, 13-week cash flows, dynamic KPI packages and complex ad hoc analysis
  • Ability to successfully work in a small, collaborative team environment
  • Personal network and relationships that yield new opportunities and engagements across transformation, restructuring and interim management
  • Proven ability to cross-sell complementary service offerings and expand network
  • Superior written and verbal communication skills, including executive-ready presentation and reporting skills
  • Proven ability to thrive in lean, fast-moving teams
  • High attention to detail, responsiveness and ownership mindset
  • Track record of success in high-pressure, client-facing environments

    • Skills

    13-week Cash Flow ForecastingBankruptcy PreparationCase AdministrationDynamic Financial ModelingFinancial ModelingInvestment BankingKPI DashboardsLiquidity ManagementRestructuring Distressed CompaniesThree-statement Modeling

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