Director Role Responsibilities:
- Develops strong relationships with clients (executive, senior, and mid-level personnel) and acts as their day-to-day resource on engagements
- 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
- 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 as required
- Supervises the development of a 13-week cash flow forecast and 3-statement financial models (income statement, balance sheet, and cash flow statement)
- Mentors 1-2 junior colleagues
- Assists in managing the development of Firm Contribution areas, such as Recruiting, Professional Development, Marketing, etc.
Director Role Qualifications:
- 6-10 years of relevant experience in consulting, finance, private equity or other professional services
- Bachelor’s degree; MBA, CFA, or CPA preferred but not required
- Deep, relevant experience in turning around underperforming or distressed businesses with a turnaround consulting firm, management consulting firm, or private equity firm
- Deep finance/accounting background, including prior experience in public accounting or transaction advisory
- Experience must include at least 1 year 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 VP and/or Associate tasks if needed
- Ability to work full time in an office and remote environment as needed; 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
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What We Do
We are MERU. An operationally focused professional services firm with a different point of view.
We are a values-driven, impact-oriented team dedicated to helping companies. We work collaboratively with management and sponsors, use subject matter experts throughout the process, and structure our fees around successful outcomes. We believe our focused and agile approach, along with our experience working in complex situations, allows us to deliver superior results for our clients.
VALUE PROPOSITION
Experience: Senior leaders from the world’s top professional services organizations who know how to deliver successful outcomes in highly complex situations
Deep bench: 150+ specialized subject matter experts with operator backgrounds who uncover hidden value and get things done
Alignment: Highly flexible performance-based fee model that is aligned with successful outcomes
Operator Mindset: Deep experience serving in interim executive roles and working hand-in-hand with management teams to get things done
SERVICE OFFERING
Transaction Services:
Operational diligence
Finance function assessment (processes, systems)
Reporting package development (dashboards, KPIs)
Initiative identification and implementation
First 100-day planning
Performance Improvement:
360 Assessment - EBITDA & balance sheet potential
Transformation plan development
Chief Transformation Officer
Cash cycle and working capital optimization
Implementation performance management
Turnaround and Restructuring:
Liquidity & liability management
Diligence strategic options
Turnaround plan development
Capital Advisory
Stakeholder comms / negotiations
Chief Restructuring Officer
Contingency planning
Chapter 11 administration
Debt restructuring
Data Insights:
Data Discovery and Analysis
Data Strategy and Enablement
Solution Development: Data integration, Data visualization, Predictive analytics (AI/ML)
CLIENT BASE
Middle market ($100M-$2B Revenue)
