The Role

The role sits within the Company and Personal Insolvency (CPI) Team, a specialist sub-team within Teneo’s Australian restructuring and insolvency practice. The team supports the administration of a broad range of corporate and personal insolvency appointments, including liquidations, voluntary administrations, receiverships, bankruptcies and restructuring matters. The role provides exposure to the day-to-day management of both new and existing insolvency appointments, including statutory compliance, investigations, stakeholder communication, financial analysis and asset realisation within the Australian insolvency framework.

Key Responsibilities

As a Consultant / Senior Consultant, the primary nature of work that you will get involved with will likely include:

Case Administration and Compliance

• Assisting with the day-to-day administration of corporate and personal insolvency appointments.
• Supporting managers, directors and appointees with case strategy and the progression of matters.
• Maintaining accurate physical and electronic case files in accordance with firm procedures.
• Updating case checklists and statutory diaries.
• Preparing and reviewing statutory lodgements with ASIC and the ATO
• Monitoring and complying with statutory deadlines under the Corporations Act 2001, Bankruptcy Act 1966 and other relevant legislation.

Reporting and Stakeholder Communication

• Preparing reports to creditors and other stakeholders, including progress reports, receipts and payments and estimated outcome statements.
• Drafting reports and updates to secured creditors, where relevant.
• Responding to creditor queries and other correspondence in a professional and timely manner.
• Liaising with directors, insolvent individuals, creditors, solicitors, agents, valuers, and other external stakeholders.
• Assisting with meetings of creditors

Broader Support and Team Contribution

• Attending site and providing ongoing site support to assist with the trading of business subject to insolvency administrations, securing assets, dealing with employee matters and other appointment-specific tasks where required
• Supervising, delegating and reviewing work performed by offshore staff
• Providing regular updates to Insolvency Practitioners, managers and senior staff on case progression and deadlines.
• Ensuring best practice, firm standards and regulatory requirements are reflected in all work performed and written correspondence

Financial, Investigative and Asset Realisation Work

• Conducting statutory searches and reviewing records, bank statements, financial accounts and supporting documentation.
• Assisting with investigations into potential antecedent or voidable transactions, including unfair preferences, uncommercial transactions and insolvent trading.
• Supporting asset identification, recovery and realisation processes.
• Adjudicating on creditor claims, calculating dividends and assisting with creditor distributions.
• Preparing estimated outcome statements and cashflows where required

Key Skills & Experience

The successful candidate will ideally have:

• 6 months of either corporate or personal insolvency experience gained in a specialist insolvency practice or accounting firm.
• Experience working with case management systems, such as IPS or similar.
• An understanding of the lifecycle of corporate and personal insolvency appointments.
• Familiarity with key statutory requirements, reporting obligations and compliance deadlines under the Australian insolvency framework.
• Strong written communication skills, with experience drafting correspondence, reports and statutory documents.
• Strong attention to detail and a commitment to producing accurate, high-quality work.
• The ability to manage competing deadlines and prioritise tasks across multiple engagements.
• Strong commercial and risk awareness, including the confidence to identify, escalate and help resolve issues appropriately.
• Good financial analysis skills, including the ability to review and analyse financial statements and bank statements
• Professional communication and interpersonal skills, including the ability to deal with creditors, directors, employees, solicitors, agents and internal stakeholders.
• Proficiency in Microsoft Word, Excel, PowerPoint and Outlook.
• A strong, flexible work ethic and a practical, team-oriented approach.
• Relevant tertiary qualifications in accounting, commerce, business, finance or commercial law.
• Relevant professional qualifications, or progress towards them, such as CPA or CA membership, ARITA Advanced Certification, or equivalent, will be highly regarded
• Experience using AI tools (e.g. ChatGPT, Microsoft Copilot etc.) is desirable.

About Teneo

Teneo is the global CEO advisory firm. We partner with our clients globally to do great things for a better future.

Drawing upon our global team and expansive network of senior advisors, we provide advisory services across our five business segments on a stand-alone or fully integrated basis to help our clients solve complex business challenges. Our clients include a significant number of the Fortune 100 and FTSE 100, as well as other corporations, financial institutions, and organizations.

Our full range of advisory services includes strategic communications, investor relations, financial transactions and restructuring, management consulting, physical and cyber risk, organizational design, board and executive search, geopolitics and government affairs, corporate governance, ESG and DE&I.

The firm has more than 1,600 employees located in 40+ offices around the world.

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The Financial Advisory Team at Teneo 

Teneo’s global Financial Advisory business advises corporates, creditors and other financial stakeholders in situations of financial stress and distress. No two situations are the same. Our advice and approach is tailored to each situation and each client. At Teneo, we believe such occurrences present new opportunities for our clients. Opportunities to restore value, raise new capital, pivot in a new direction and ultimately, identify certainty amidst chaos. Teneo partners with clients to find viable opportunities that will protect and enhance value and help them to build strategies that will most benefit their business and/or investment goals. 

Integrating the disciplines of financial advisory, management consulting, investor relations, strategic communications, government affairs, risk analysis and talent advisory, Teneo’s global Financial Advisory team guides companies and their stakeholders through periods of uncertainty and stress. We help address the challenges a business faces, whether that is targeted performance improvement to Financial Advisory, or delivering a route to recover value, our focus is delivering certainty from uncertainty. 

The Role 

On 1 September 2025, Teneo acquired PwC Australia’s Business Restructuring Service team. Our 80+ strong Australian team includes 18 Senior Managing Directors and Managing Directors, located across Sydney, Melbourne and Brisbane. 

This is your opportunity to join our growing and ambitious team in Australia, part of Teneo’s global integrated advisory offering.

The team will support you to utilise and enhance your advisory skills and experience. You will work alongside some of the most experienced practitioners in the field advising the boards, management teams, lenders and shareholders of companies which are underperforming and/or facing financing issues.  

As a Manager / Associate Director in the team you will have the opportunity to work on a diverse range of engagements across all sectors, with plenty of responsibility for leading workstreams, managing junior staff and supporting our senior team in client-facing delivery.  

Key Responsibilities 

• Project managing parts of the engagement and appointments, providing support to the director/ managing director (or often directly Senior Managing Director) in managing external stakeholders
• Supporting management teams in preparing and challenging business plans, short term cash flow forecasts and restructuring plans
• Developing, analysing and presenting restructuring options using input from other teams and advisors, e.g. strategy or tax analysis,
• Managing a portfolio of insolvency appointments, engaging with key stakeholders and supporting Insolvency Practitioners to managing appointments
• Liaising with lawyers to understand key aspects of legal documentation and also drive any documentation processes (term sheets, waivers, loan documentation etc.)
• Managing diverse teams within an inclusive team culture where people are recognised for their contribution Understanding and actively managing the Company’s risk from take-on through to completion of engagements
• Actively support business development activities, building your own contact network and supporting marketing and sales activities
• Identify opportunities to expand jobs as well as opportunities to provide wider Teneo services to existing clients
• Take responsibility for leading marketing initiatives aimed at specific channels to market, or events
• Actively support practice and talent development
• Provide on-job coaching and development to staff
• Develop junior staff outside of jobs through appraising and mentoring
• Support wider business training initiatives 

Key Skills & Experience 

• CA (or equivalent) qualified
• Financial restructuring, insolvency or transaction experience gained either as an advisor within a professional services business, consultancy firm, bank or investment bank.
• An understanding of debt markets, banking, loan agreements and other relevant financial and legal documentation
• Good understanding of the restructuring, insolvency and transaction marketplace, its trends, and key players (principals and advisers)
• Very strong analytical skills, including: short term cash flows, financing options, an understanding of insolvency procedures and practices
• Excellent interpersonal skills
• Strong project management skills
• Excellent reporting writing and financial analysis skills
• Ability to lead small teams and develop people Ability to conduct business in fluent oral and written English

What can we offer you?

• Competitive salary
• Health and wellbeing support provided by Intellect Holistic
• $500 annual health and wellness stipend to support you with health, wellness, and fitness expenses
• Annual leave allowance: 20 days plus three days annual closure between Christmas Eve and New Year's Eve, 1 day of leave during birthday month, 1 wellness day
• 10 days per annum personal/carer’s leave

About Teneo 

Teneo is the global CEO advisory firm. We partner with our clients globally to do great things for a better future. 

Drawing upon our global team and expansive network of senior advisors, we provide advisory services across our five business segments on a stand-alone or fully integrated basis to help our clients solve complex business challenges. Our clients include a significant number of the Fortune 100 and FTSE 100, as well as other corporations, financial institutions, and organizations. 

Our full range of advisory services includes strategic communications, investor relations, financial transactions and restructuring, management consulting, physical and cyber risk, organizational design, board and executive search, geopolitics and government affairs, corporate governance, ESG and DE&I. 

The firm has more than 1,600 employees located in 40+ offices around the world. 

The Financial Advisory Team at Teneo 

Teneo’s global Financial Advisory business advises corporates, creditors and other financial stakeholders in situations of financial stress and distress. No two situations are the same. Our advice and approach is tailored to each situation and each client. At Teneo, we believe such occurrences present new opportunities for our clients. Opportunities to restore value, raise new capital, pivot in a new direction and ultimately, identify certainty amidst chaos. Teneo partners with clients to find viable opportunities that will protect and enhance value and help them to build strategies that will most benefit their business and/or investment goals. 

Integrating the disciplines of financial advisory, management consulting, investor relations, strategic communications, government affairs, risk analysis and talent advisory, Teneo’s global Financial Advisory team guides companies and their stakeholders through periods of uncertainty and stress. We help address the challenges a business faces, whether that is targeted performance improvement to Financial Advisory, or delivering a route to recover value, our focus is delivering certainty from uncertainty. 

On 1 September 2025, Teneo acquired PwC Australia’s Business Restructuring Service team. Our 80+ strong Australian team includes 18 Senior Managing Directors and Managing Directors, located across Sydney, Melbourne and Brisbane. 

This is your opportunity to join our growing and ambitious team in Australia, part of Teneo’s global integrated advisory offering.

The Role 

As a Senior Consultant you will support the leadership team with: 

• Client Service – Be a part of project teams on a diverse range of challenging engagements – this will involve advising corporates, creditors and other financial stakeholders on Restructuring Advisory, Contingency Planning and Insolvency projects.
• Business Development – Support business development activities and generating sales in the market.
• People and Leadership – Provide guidance and support to team members to create an inclusive environment. 

Key Responsibilities 

Client Service 

• Is a key team member working on financial restructuring and insolvency engagements on a day-to-day basis, including managing junior staff.
• Produces high quality deliverables within planned timescales.
• Develops ‘distinctive’ client relationships.
• Supports and contributes to client presentations.
• Helps to meet team specific performance targets.
• Applies understanding of financial engagement economics and engagement risk and quality management. 

Knowledge Acquisition 

• Builds client relationship skills, sector knowledge and continues to develop leadership skills.
• Continues to build technical expertise, broader business advisory and people management skills.
• Understands the market, topical issues and our Restructuring propositions. 

People and Leadership 

• Supports leadership in creating an inclusive environment.
• Proactively supports the development of colleagues by providing timely feedback and identifying development opportunities e.g. mentoring/ buddying, supervising less experienced colleagues.
• Continues to develop personal brand. 

Business Development 

• Starts to own elements of and proactively contribute to business development.
• Demonstrate an expanding network of external and internal peer level contacts which provide opportunities to meet and share ideas on initiatives.
• Assist in the running of a sector or marketing key account team, including participating in, and organising, marketing events.
• Assists in preparing research documents, pitches and client presentations. 

Key Skills & Experience 

• Strong academic background to degree level.
• Qualified CA, or committed to completing the CA program 
• Analytical with strong IT skills e.g., Microsoft Word, PowerPoint, Excel and Outlook packages.
• Demonstrates knowledge of Restructuring Services/Insolvency with either directly relevant experience, or strong transferrable skills gained in a client facing role within a professional services business (e.g., corporate audit).
• Strong communication and interpersonal skills to support working in a high-performance team.
• Commitment and willingness to work under pressure, sometimes long hours, always putting the client at the centre.
• Ambition to learn and develop further. 

What can we offer you? 

• Competitive salary
• Health and wellbeing support provided by Intellect Holistic
• $500 annual health and wellness stipend to support you with health, wellness, and fitness expenses
• Annual leave allowance: 20 days plus three days annual closure between Christmas Eve and New Year's Eve, 1 day of leave during birthday month, 1 wellness day
• 10 days per annum personal/carer’s leave

About Teneo 

Teneo is the global CEO advisory firm. We partner with our clients globally to do great things for a better future. 

Drawing upon our global team and expansive network of senior advisors, we provide advisory services across our five business segments on a stand-alone or fully integrated basis to help our clients solve complex business challenges. Our clients include a significant number of the Fortune 100 and FTSE 100, as well as other corporations, financial institutions, and organizations. 

Our full range of advisory services includes strategic communications, investor relations, financial transactions and restructuring, management consulting, physical and cyber risk, organizational design, board and executive search, geopolitics and government affairs, corporate governance, ESG and DE&I. 

The firm has more than 1,600 employees located in 40+ offices around the world. 

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