Director / Senior Director, Business Transformation - Aviation | Corporate Finance & Restructuring

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

In Business Transformation at FTI Consulting, we focus 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. Our services include pre-deal commercial and operations due diligence, post-merger integration, business plan development, restructuring and performance improvement including interim management. Our demanding customer base relies on small and senior teams.

Our Business Transformation endeavours are multiplied by highly specialized industry groups. Aiming to achieve this in aviation, we have assembled a team of seasoned experts. Our group blends a mix of relevant former industry executives together with seasoned consultants having years of strategic project experience for aviation clients around the globe.

As part of the aviation team, you will be focused to deliver value to airlines, aviation ecosystem players (incl. MROs, Airports, OEMs, etc.) and financial institutions involved in this exciting industry.

What You’ll Do

The successful candidate will lead project teams, working with global clients on the execution of various aviation related engagements, assist with ongoing business development activity and support developing the practice further as part of our growth plan.

As such, key activities related to aviation include:

·       Market analysis

·       Strategy formulation

·       Company financial analysis (P&L, Balance Sheet and Cash Flow assessments)

·       Operational analysis

·       Business plan development

·       Identification of upside / downside potentials

·       Financial/operational modelling

·       Risk assessments

·       Private equity due diligence reports

·       Improvement concept development and implementation support

Which involve:

·       Participation in client/internal meetings (regular and extensive travel requirement)

·       Coaching, motivating and addressing the required steps within the project team

·       Forming initial views and opinions on the engagement to debate with either lead Managing Director or Senior Managing Director

·       Taking responsibility for managing, producing, and delivering the client a substantial element of the deliverable / project

How You’ll Grow

The role will allow you flexibility to put in place your own framework for success and to work collaboratively with the wider team to support the exciting growth in the FTI Corporate Finance practice with focus on aviation.  The role is by its nature, flexible allowing for the expansion of opportunities or responsibilities outside of the areas set out above into other matters that you feel can contribute to the broader remit to enhance our aviation group.  There is also significant opportunity to interact with other industry bodies and networks and / or develop thought leadership. Given the focus on aviation expertise, the role will demand that you remain keen to learn and full support will be given to third-party training or coaching required to assist with the role.

What You Will Need to Succeed

Basic Qualifications & Experience

·       Educated to university degree level (or equivalent), preferably in business or engineering

·       Demonstrable significant aviation industry experience (airlines, airports, OEMs, MROs, other aviation ecosystem players)

·       Demonstrable internal or external consulting experience (including project leadership / management) – Initial sales cycle involvement of advantage

·       Ability to demonstrate deliverable results across multiple functions (related to aviation) in the following focus areas:

o   Strategy

o   Business plan review/development

o   Performance improvement (including diagnosis)

o   Operations

·       Desirable senior management relationships in the aviation industry

Skills & Competencies

·       Excellent consulting skills, specifically:

o   Strong verbal communication skills and the ability to interact with team members and clients at all levels using a range of styles to suit the audience

o   Strong written communication skills with experience of producing client ready presentations for senior audiences

o   Relationship building skills, with the ability to quickly develop strong working relationships

o   Highly numerate with the ability to absorb a high quantum of information

o   Proven ability to take a hypothesis focused approach to solve problems

o   Excellent organisational and planning skills and confident working with a number of demanding stakeholders, with the ability to handle multiple tasks

·       Strong commercial acumen/market awareness

·       Strong collaboration skills and ability to motivate teams assuring a good working environment under pressure

·       Flexible approach to work, with the desire and capability to work across sectors, project types and regions

·       Desire and ability to learn and be enthusiastic around further training

·       Computer literate with strong Excel and PowerPoint skills

·       Excellent English proficiency and other languages of an advantage

·       International cultural awareness (given the global nature of our clients)

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