Managing Consultant - Corporate Finance - Turnaround & Restructuring
At a glance
Mid-level FP&A role at Thinkbrg. Boston · full-time · $120,000–$185,000 base.
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What you'll do
- Build and review 13-week cash forecasts, three-statement models and pro-forma scenarios for restructuring engagements
- Coordinate junior colleagues across engagement tasks, including financial analysis and client presentations
- Turn qualitative and quantitative findings into reports, recommendations and other materials for clients
- Work with turnaround specialists, outside professionals and client contacts to move engagement goals forward
- Contribute to client pitches, marketing efforts and the development of services and the practice
What you bring
- At least seven years of work experience, ideally in consulting or another professional services setting
- A bachelor’s degree or equivalent in business, finance, accounting, engineering or another listed field
- Strong Excel-based financial modeling skills, including three-statement models, cash flows and scenario analysis
- Ability to handle substantial financial and operating data and translate analysis into useful recommendations
Who this fits
This role suits an experienced finance consultant who can guide junior teammates and communicate findings to senior stakeholders. The position is based in Chicago and requires travel as needed.
From the employer
We Do Consulting Differently
The BRG Corporate Finance practice specializes in providing strategic, operational, and financial advice to private equity firms, management teams, boards of directors, investors, hedge funds, and other lenders or companies that are either underperforming or in transition.
BRG Corporate Finance has in-depth experience across a wide range of industries and markets, including but not limited to retail, consumer products, financial services, healthcare, energy and technology. Across sectors, BRG has experienced professionals who understand the challenges clients face — making it well-equipped to help solve clients’ issues.
Our five core service offerings include:
Turnaround & Restructuring (T&R)
Strategic Performance Solutions (SPS)
Retail Performance Improvement (RPI)
Transaction Advisory (TA)
Transaction & Valuation Opinions (VAL)
The Turnaround & Restructuring practice is seeking to add professionals due to client demand and market opportunities. The ideal candidate should be prepared to work in a team-oriented environment on a diverse range of turnaround advisory assignments. Articulating findings and recommendations around the key financial, business issues, and value drivers are critical components for this position. The ideal candidate will have skills in the following areas:
Three-statement financial modeling, including scenario planning
Financial planning & analysis
13-week cash flow modeling
Chapter 11 process
Transactions, including sale of assets or businesses
Responsibilities:
Support the day-to-day activities of BRG Corporate Finance – Turnaround & Restructuring client service teams on engagement.
Manage the junior team on multiple tasks across a consulting engagement including modeling and client presentations
Utilize business, finance, accounting, and analytical skills to perform and oversee tasks including: 13-week cash flow models, 3-statement models, and pro-forma scenario models
Demonstrate the ability to work in a team environment; collaborate with T&R and BRG experts, professionals from other firms, and client contacts to achieve engagement objectives
Assist in preparation of reports, written analyses, presentations, and other client deliverables
Participate in the development of a fast-growing, entrepreneurial consulting practice including assisting in marketing, client pitches, and product and practice development
Demonstrate the highest degree of professionalism, ethics, quality, and integrity
Open and ready to expand your network with clients to become a trusted and reputable advisor
Qualifications:
Bachelors degree or degree equivalent in Business, Accounting/Finance, Management, Engineering, Economics, Mathematics, or related field;
7+ years of work experience, ideally in a consulting or professional services environment;
Expertise in financial modeling and analysis (particularly in Excel), including constructing and understanding 3-statement financial models, cash flows, and scenario analyses;
Ability to manage and analyze large volumes of financial and operational data;
Ability to interpret the results of qualitative and quantitative analysis and develop insights and recommendations;
Demonstrated ability to interact with junior and senior team members, senior management, and other stakeholders or professionals;
Strong problem solving and project management skills;
CFA, CPA (or equivalent), or technical/GAAP accounting expertise is a plus;
Advanced in Microsoft Excel, PowerPoint, Word;
Familiarity with financial research tools (e.g., Capital IQ, Bloomberg, etc.); and
Willingness to travel as needed.
Salary Range: $120,000 to $185,000 per year.
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About BRG
BRG combines world-leading academic credentials with world-tested business expertise and purpose-built emerging technologies. Our culture centers on agility and connectivity which sets us apart and gets you ahead.
At BRG, our professionals include specialist consultants, industry experts, renowned academics, and leading-edge data scientists. Together, they bring a diversity of real-world experience, data, and human and artificial intelligence, to economics, disputes, and investigations; corporate finance; and performance improvement services that address the most complex challenges facing organizations across the globe.
Our unique structure nurtures the interdisciplinary relationships that give us the edge, laying the groundwork for more informed insights and more original, incisive thinking. When paired with our global reach and resources, our diverse perspectives and technical capabilities make us uniquely capable to address our clients’ challenges. We get results because we know how to apply our thinking to your world.
At BRG, we don’t just show you what’s possible. We’re built to help you make it happen.
BRG is proud to be an Equal Opportunity Employer. Our hiring practices provide equal opportunity for employment without regard to race, religion, color, sex, gender, national origin, age, United States military veteran status, ancestry, sexual orientation, marital status, family structure, medical condition including genetic characteristics or information, veteran status, or mental or physical disability so long as the essential functions of the job can be performed with or without reasonable accommodation, or any other protected category under federal, state, or local law.