Restructuring & Recovery Services Assistant Manager

At S&W, we help our clients thrive by simplifying the complex, illuminating new paths, and shaping solutions that make a difference. As one of the UK’s top 10 fastest-growing accountancy firms, we have been a trusted partner since 1881—helping businesses and individuals meet challenges and seize opportunities across generations.

Built on expertise and driven by ambition, we provide a comprehensive range of services, including tax and accountancy, advisory and assurance, corporate finance, and restructuring. We are defined by our purpose—to help navigate challenges, unlock potential, and achieve the extraordinary.

What will you be doing? 

We’re looking for a talented professional to join our Restructuring & Recovery Services team in London to support with the execution and supervision of special situations, turnaround and restructuring advisory cases through from planning to review and completion.

As Assistant Manager, your responsibilities will include

• Maintain a portfolio of advisory cases and ensure cases are efficiently and proactively progressed.
• Participate in independent business reviews, accelerated M&As, option reviews and wider corporate turnarounds
• Ensure staff are briefed and motivated in order to complete cases efficiently
• Review staff work and comment constructively on their performance
• Provide training to staff through on-the-job experience
• Ensure all work is reviewed. Ensure files and marketing documents are completed to a state suitable for review
• Attend meetings with clients and relevant colleagues
• Identify opportunities where we may be able to provide further services
• To assist the manager and partner/director in ensuring that client needs are met and that the range of our services is extended
• Where possible, the service level expectations of our clients should be exceeded
• Attend marketing events where appropriate
• Brief partners on work carried out and business issues
• Assist managers and partners/directors to manage WIP on a client by client basis

To be successful in this role, you should have

• Experience in transaction advisory is preferable
• Quick to learn/adapt to new procedures/situations
• The ability to organise to be able to work on several different assignments at one time

Professional Qualifications and Education

• Educated to degree level or equivalent
• Ideally ACA qualified. Other qualifications (CFA, MSc Finance) considered and beneficial

As a colleague here at S&W you will have access to benefits that include

• Competitive salary
• Private medical insurance
• Life assurance
• Pension contribution
• Hybrid working model (role dependent)
• Generous holiday package
• Option to purchase additional holiday
• Shared parental leave
• Fully funded training towards professional qualifications
• Cycle to work scheme
• Season ticket loan
• Eye care support

We are proud to value the differences that a diverse workforce brings, representative of society and our clients. At S&W we have a wide range of highly active employee resource groups and we’re delivering multiple diversity, equity and inclusion initiatives across the organisation. It is our commitment to provide a workplace where all colleagues, regardless of identity, background, or circumstance, feel respected as individuals and feel that they can achieve their full potential and work in a safe, supportive, and inclusive environment.

We are happy to make any reasonable adjustments to accommodate for your needs throughout the application process. Please let your Recruiter know.