Consultant, Lender Services | Corporate Finance & Restructuring

FTI Consulting • Full-time • Chicago, IL, US • $56k - $137k / year • 6d ago

Who We Are

FTI Consulting is the world's leading expert-driven consulting firm. Over the last 40 years, FTI Consulting experts have served as the trusted advisor to Fortune 500 companies and the world's leading law and private equity firms when they are facing their greatest opportunities and challenges. Our strong performance and continued success are a direct reflection of the ambition, energy, and commitment of our talented professionals across the globe to make a positive impact for our clients and communities.

At FTI Consulting, you'll be inspired and empowered to make an impact on headline matters that change history. Working side by side with the world's leading experts in your field, you'll be surrounded by an open collaborative culture that embraces diversity, recognition, professional development and most importantly, you.

There's never been a more exciting time to join FTI Consulting, and this is where you will do the most exciting and fulfilling work of your career.

Are you ready to make an impact?

About The Role

FTI Consulting's Corporate Finance & Restructuring practice focuses on our clients' strategic, operational, financial and capital needs by addressing the full spectrum of financial and transactional challenges faced by corporations, boards, private equity sponsors, creditor constituencies and other stakeholders.

FTI Consulting's Lender Advisory Services Group ("LS") is a specialized practice area which offers transaction advisory services to blue chip, multi-national banks, large commercial finance companies, specialty lending businesses and borrowers. Our analysis is a staple in the syndicated collateralized finance and securitization markets. We combine technical expertise in valuation and credit issues with years of experience in corporate restructuring and audits to help clients make informed decisions. Our diligence teams have completed mandates at companies located throughout North America and Europe involving numerous asset classes in a large variety of industries including automotive, business services, technology, healthcare, manufacturing, and energy.

Specific product offerings may include due diligence, business reviews and quality of earnings assessments, financial projection and business plan reviews, crisis credit and collateral analysis, ABL field audits and securitized transactions, valuation, portfolio analysis and monitoring.

What You'll Do

Our team is looking for a strong candidate with either an accounting or financial background with strong financial modeling skills, excellent attention to detail and experience working with securitizations or similar structured products. The Consultant/Senior Consultant would focus on the exotic ABS practice within Lender Services. The Consultant/Senior Consultant would be responsible for performing the day-to-day activities of a project in leading project workstreams with limited oversight, while collaborating with other team members and client personnel to effectively accomplish designated tasks. Other responsibilities include:

Apply business, accounting, finance and analytical acumen to various client situations and practice disciplines including, but not limited to conducting due diligence on issuers prior to a capital markets transaction, analyze financial statements and projections, assess business plans, build large dynamic financial models and create work product that is flexible, understandable and usable by others
Perform high quality client work and helping further develop client relationships; including taking a proactive approach and anticipate client needs
Develop and scale knowledge management; including tools, methodologies, reports, models, work plans, checklists and processes
Maintain and review detailed working paper records reflecting assumptions, methodologies and sources of information employed during the performance of all analytical tasks
Work to ensure a quality product, as well as delivery of all work within established time frames
Assist with preparation and review of draft written analyses, presentations, quantitative exhibits and other reports for third parties, findings and/or results of activities
Participate on conference calls with clients to review due diligence results
Identify research and organize information to assess appropriateness/sufficiency of such to facilitate effective data access and analysis
Assist with practice development and marketing, including developing materials, surveys, events and case studies
Take a management role to help coach, train, and mentor junior professionals

How You'll Grow

Direct access with high visibility to leadership with defined long-term planning will ensure continued success and career trajectory with direct development. Having the opportunity to partner with our internal teams and diverse clients across various industries will help with continued growth in new and complex functional areas.

As you progress through your career at FTI Consulting, we offer tailored programs for critical professional milestones to ensure you are prepared and empowered to take on your next role.

Basic Qualifications

What You Will Need To Succeed

1 years of relevant post-graduate professional experience
Bachelor's or master's degree in accounting or finance
Ability to travel to clients and FTI office(s) as needed
Applicants must be currently authorized to work in the United States on a full-time basis; this position does not provide visa sponsorship

Preferred Qualifications

CPA or CFA preferred
Familiarity with Internet-based financial research resources for corporate information, SEC filings, competitive data, etc.
General knowledgebase of corporate finance and accounting principles and terminology
Excellent communication (written and verbal), mathematical and organizational skills