Origination Lead, Restructuring

We are seeking a Restructuring Origination and Intelligence Lead to identify stressed and distressed businesses, develop informed views on potential opportunities, and help our restructuring team prioritise where to focus. This is an internally focused role. You will turn financial, sector and market research into actionable insights for senior colleagues who lead external relationships and mandate discussions.

• Identify and monitor companies showing signs of financial or operational stress, using financial statements, credit data, market developments and other relevant sources.
• Produce deep-dive analyses of priority situations, including business performance, liquidity, debt structure and potential restructuring needs.
• Identify and map the key stakeholders in each priority situation, including lenders, creditors, shareholders, sponsors, boards, management teams and relevant advisers. Assess their positions and likely interests to inform the team's approach.
• Develop perspectives on sectors and macroeconomic trends that may create restructuring opportunities.
• Build and maintain a structured target database and internal opportunity pipeline, with regular screening, updates and prioritisation.
• Establish consistent research methods, screening criteria, templates and quality standards that can be adapted across jurisdictions.
• Prepare concise briefings, presentations and analysis for senior restructuring professionals, sector teams and business development colleagues.
• Support proposals and internal opportunity discussions with company and industry research.
• Coordinate research requests across offices and service lines, drawing on relevant local and specialist expertise.
• Lead and develop analysts, reviewing their work and helping them strengthen their financial analysis and written communication.

• Approximately 7 or more years of relevant experience in restructuring, credit analysis, distressed investing, banking, private equity, transaction advisory or a related field.
• Strong financial and accounting skills, including the ability to interpret financial statements, assess liquidity and identify indicators of distress.
• Sound understanding of debt structures, creditor dynamics, insolvency and restructuring situations.
• Ability to connect macroeconomic and sector developments with risks and opportunities at company level.
• Proven research and quantitative skills, with the judgement to identify meaningful signals and turn them into actionable insights.
• Experience designing research processes, managing datasets or monitoring an opportunity pipeline.
• Strong written and verbal communication skills, with the ability to present complex findings clearly to senior internal stakeholders.
• Advanced Excel skills and experience with relevant financial information platforms, such as Capital IQ, Bloomberg, LSEG Workspace/Eikon or Mergermarket.
• Ability to manage competing priorities and collaborate effectively across teams and geographies.
• A degree in finance, accounting, economics, business or a related field. A relevant professional qualification, such as the CFA, is desirable.