Parthenon Consultant - Financial Restructuring & Optimization (Staff & Senior)

About the role

EY Parthenon's Financial Restructuring & Optimization team advises management teams, boards, shareholders, lenders and investors on complex strategic, operational and financial challenges. As an Associate or Senior Associate, you will work directly with senior executives and key stakeholders on high-impact situations, from performance improvement and liquidity management to turnaround, refinancing and restructuring. The role is based in Jakarta.

Key responsibilities

• Support clients with performance improvement, liquidity management, capital optimization, restructuring and enterprise transformation.
• Carry out financial, operational and strategic analyses, including business diagnostics, cash flow and liquidity assessments, performance reviews and value creation opportunities.
• Work with C-suite executives, boards, shareholders, lenders and investors on turnaround, refinancing, restructuring and capital solutions.
• Contribute to engagements covering value creation, operational strategy and transformation, turnaround and recovery, financial and operational restructuring, special situations and insolvency.
• Develop deliverables such as executive presentations, board materials, financial analyses, business plans, restructuring assessments and stakeholder communications.
• Support business development through market research, thought leadership, proposal development and client engagement.

Required profile

• Bachelor's degree in Finance, Business, Economics, Engineering, Accounting or a related discipline.
• Associate: 1-3 years of experience in management consulting, turnaround and restructuring advisory, transaction advisory, investment banking, corporate or commercial banking, family office or principal investments.
• Senior Associate: 4-6 years of relevant experience, including leading workstreams and managing complex stakeholder environments (executives, boards, lenders, creditors, investors, advisors).
• Preferred: experience in financial distress, liquidity management, debt financing, capital structure optimization, corporate restructuring, working capital improvement and cash flow enhancement.
• Preferred: prior debt advisory, refinancing, restructuring or special situations experience; experience in manufacturing, pharmaceuticals, natural resources, energy, consumer retail or logistics is welcomed.

Required skills

• Solid understanding of corporate finance, capital structures, debt products and financial statement analysis.
• Strong analytical and problem-solving abilities, with excellent communication, presentation and stakeholder management skills.
• Ability to thrive in fast-paced, high-pressure environments.