Senior Director, Turnaround and Restructuring

Meet the Company: We are MERU. A values-driven, impact-oriented team dedicated to fixing companies. We provide advisory services and data analytics support to middle-market companies ($50M - $2B in annual sales), and our clients include private equity firms, credit funds, investment banks, and law firms. We bring deep turnaround experience, a group of veteran operators, and an incentive-aligned approach to any situation. MERU was founded by professionals from Alvarez & Marsal and McKinsey and has seen rapid growth in the eight-plus years since its founding. The MERU Way & Valuing Our Team: **We're Partners, not consultants.** When you join MERU, you will help our clients solve their most pressing problems, supported by a team of people who will challenge you, support you, and inspire you. In order to be Partners, **we don't silo people into just one functional area of the business, instead advancing our team's capabilities by providing training for every service that MERU offers**. Additionally, we don't just focus on technical skills but also leadership style and soft skills, so MERU team members not only know what it means to manage a client engagement but to lead a team to success. **In training team members to be well-rounded individuals, we can deliver an overall higher impact to clients**, allowing the ability to gain experience in diligence, turnarounds, interim management, data science, and more. To aid this career advancement and development, MERU provides an internal Coach to each team member in order to guide and maintain their professional development plan goals. **Unlike most Firms, we actually focus on the achievement of those goals for each individual team member, providing opportunities that would not usually be offered.** Finally, **MERU values personal time, only traveling when necessary in order to celebrate and respect your personal life**. We believe that by encouraging and mandating balance, it will lead to happier and longer-tenured team members. **When you come to MERU, you come to further your career and maintain your entrepreneurial spirit, never losing sight of the desire to provide meaningful impact, solutions, and value to clients**. Learn more about our colleagues’ core characteristics and culture here: ### Senior Director Role Responsibilities: - Leads all aspects of engagement, including overall strategy, process and output, and is also a primary point-of-contact to senior clients - Develops strong relationships with clients (executive, senior, and mid-level personnel) and acting as a thought partner and day-today resource - Works collaboratively with MERU’s subject matter experts to identify and quantify performance improvement opportunities - Oversees multiple workstreams, helping to establish priorities, drives timely completion of deliverables, and leads problem-solving sessions - Coaches and develops junior team members on effective communication, analysis, and other relevant skills and competencies - Leads the development of complex analyses and performance improvement implementation plans - Authors presentations of final deliverables, including Board decks, Lender decks, and MERU summary of findings - Supports Partners and attends pitches, often playing an active role in client development and sourcing conversations - Supervises the development of a13-week cash flow forecast and 3-statement financial models (income statement, balance sheet, and cash flow statement) - Devotes significant time and/or plays a leadership role in Firm Contribution areas such as Recruiting, Professional Development, Marketing, etc. ### Senior Director Role Qualifications: - 8-12 years of relevant experience at a turnaround/restructuring firm, management consulting firm, or private equity firm - Bachelor’s degree from a top undergraduate business program; MBA, CFA, or CPA preferred but not required - Deep, relevant experience in turning around underperforming or distressed businesses - Deep finance/accounting background - Experience must include at least 3+ years of managing teams through projects in a role similar to titles such as Engagement Manager / Director / Project Leader - Demonstrated history of anticipating problems before they occur and flagging potential issues - Highly proficient in Microsoft Office (specifically Excel and PowerPoint) - A collaborative team player who can excel in a fast-paced, challenging work environment - Confident and efficient speaker, presenter, and business writer - Must possess a “roll up your sleeves” mentality and willingness to complete junior staff’s tasks if needed - Ability to work full time in an office and remote environment; physically able to sit/stand at a computer and work in front of a computer screen for significant portions of the workday - Ability to travel (<20-50%) based on client and business needs - Authorization to work in the United States - Commitment to living MERU’s values and core characteristics