Insolvency Assistant Manager
Job description
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A leading UK advisory firm is looking for an Assistant Manager to join its growing Birmingham insolvency team. This is an excellent opportunity to work on a varied portfolio of liquidations and administrations, including complex and high-profile assignments, within a well-established regional office.
The team is known for its collaborative culture, strong technical expertise, and clear commitment to career development. You'll have genuine autonomy on cases, exposure to stakeholders from an early stage, and the opportunity to mentor junior team members while progressing your own career in a supportive, forward-thinking environment.
- Exposure to administrations and liquidations from appointment through to closure
- Clear progression pathway beyond Assistant Manager
- Fully funded professional qualifications (insolvency/accountancy)
- 25 days holiday + bank holidays, birthday leave, and giving-back days
- Enhanced pension, sick pay, and family-friendly policies
- Flexible benefits and wellbeing support
- A stable, growing firm with a strong national presence
- Strong corporate insolvency experience, particularly administrations and CVLs
- Confident case ownership and ability to manage competing priorities
- Excellent stakeholder management and communication skills
- Experience reviewing financial information and identifying risk issues
- The confidence to work with autonomy and support junior team members
- Insolvency and/or accountancy qualifications advantageous, but not essential
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Application advice
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⭐ Highlight your corporate insolvency experience prominently, especially administrations and CVLs as these are specifically mentioned
📊 Quantify your case management: 'Managed 15 administrations from appointment to closure, recovering £2.3M for creditors'
🎯 Emphasise stakeholder management skills as the role involves early exposure to various stakeholders
🤝 Showcase mentoring experience since supporting junior team members is a key responsibility
📋 Include any insolvency or accountancy qualifications prominently as they're advantageous for progression
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- •Managed 18 corporate administrations from appointment to closure, recovering £3.2M for creditors across manufacturing and retail sectors
- •Led CVL processes for 12 companies, coordinating with directors and creditors to achieve average 85% stakeholder satisfaction ratings
- •Mentored 4 junior team members through complex liquidation cases, reducing case completion time by 22% through improved processes
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Dear Hiring Manager,
Your Assistant Manager role at Ambition Europe's Birmingham insolvency team perfectly aligns with my corporate insolvency background, particularly my experience in administrations and CVLs with full case ownership from appointment through closure.
My background in managing complex insolvency cases, combined with stakeholder management skills and experience mentoring junior colleagues, positions me well to contribute to your collaborative team while progressing my own career in this supportive environment.
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Interview questions
10 questions generated from this advert.
Technical
- ›Walk me through the key stages of a corporate administration process
- ›How do you assess financial information to identify risk issues in an insolvency case?
- ›What's the difference between a CVL and an MVL in practical terms?
- ›How do you prioritise competing stakeholder interests during a liquidation?
- ›Describe your approach to case management from appointment through to closure
Behavioural
- ›Tell me about a time you had to manage multiple complex cases simultaneously
- ›Describe a situation where you had to communicate difficult news to stakeholders
- ›Give an example of when you mentored a junior colleague through a challenging case
- ›Tell me about a time you identified a significant risk issue that others had missed
- ›Describe how you've handled working with autonomy on high-profile assignments
STAR answer examples
Model answers using the Situation-Task-Action-Result framework. Adapt to your own experience.
Tell me about a time you had to manage multiple complex cases simultaneously
Describe a situation where you had to communicate difficult news to stakeholders
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