Partner - RPT

About the company

Role purpose

Key responsibilities

• Originate and lead complex restructurings, including independent business reviews, liquidity and cash control, options analysis, workouts, contingency planning, and formal processes where applicable.
• Advise boards, CFOs, and creditor groups on capital structure, debt renegotiation, stakeholder strategy, and turnaround plans.
• Oversee 100-day plans addressing working capital, SG&A and operating expense reductions, footprint and portfolio actions, and revenue recovery.
• Lead negotiations among lenders, bondholders, private equity sponsors, sovereign wealth funds, and regulators; manage information flows and decision forums.
• Assure quality on business plan reviews, financial models, liquidity forecasts, scenario planning, and value-creation roadmaps.
• Build and mentor a high-performing team; establish staffing models, capabilities, and performance standards.
• Manage practice pipeline, pricing, risk, realization, and margin; shape alliances with law firms, banks, and special situations funds in KSA and UAE.
• Represent the firm with media and ecosystem partners and collaborate with the global RPT practice.

Required experience

• 15–20+ years across restructuring/turnaround, corporate finance, or special situations consulting, leading large cross-border GCC engagements.
• Track record advising companies and creditors on complex operational restructuring and rapid performance improvement.
• Hands-on exposure to business reviews, liquidity management, business plan development, valuation, scenario analysis, and contingency planning.
• Sector depth in priority Middle East industries, plus public or sovereign stakeholders.
• At least five years of work experience in the Middle East.

Skills and attributes

• Crisis leadership and decisive calls on cash, scope, and stakeholder strategy during live negotiations.
• Advanced financial and operational acumen, including modeling oversight, liquidity forecasting, covenant analysis, and turnaround levers.
• Exceptional C-suite and creditor negotiation skills; credibility with boards, banks, investors, and regulators in the region.
• Ability to make decisions on scope, resources, and risk under ambiguity and time pressure.
• Inclusive people leader able to attract, develop, and retain transaction talent and collaborate across practices.