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Senior Director, Turnaround and Restructuring

MERU
Atlanta, GA
Meet The Company

We are MERU. A values-driven, impact-oriented team dedicated to fixing companies. We provide advisory services and data analytics support to middle-market companies ($50M - $2B in annual sales), and our clients include private equity firms, credit funds, investment banks, and law firms. We bring deep turnaround experience, a group of veteran operators, and an incentive-aligned approach to any situation. MERU was founded by professionals from Alvarez & Marsal and McKinsey and has seen rapid growth in the eight-plus years since its founding.

The MERU Way & Valuing Our Team

We're Partners, not consultants. When you join MERU, you will help our clients solve their most pressing problems, supported by a team of people who will challenge you, support you, and inspire you.

In order to be Partners, we don't silo people into just one functional area of the business, instead advancing our team's capabilities by providing training for every service that MERU offers . Additionally, we don't just focus on technical skills but also leadership style and soft skills, so MERU team members not only know what it means to manage a client engagement but to lead a team to success. In training team members to be well-rounded individuals, we can deliver an overall higher impact to clients , allowing the ability to gain experience in diligence, turnarounds, interim management, data science, and more.

To aid this career advancement and development, MERU provides an internal Coach to each team member in order to guide and maintain their professional development plan goals. Unlike most Firms, we actually focus on the achievement of those goals for each individual team member, providing opportunities that would not usually be offered.

Finally, MERU values personal time, only traveling when necessary in order to celebrate and respect your personal life . We believe that by encouraging and mandating balance, it will lead to happier and longer-tenured team members.

When you come to MERU, you come to further your career and maintain your entrepreneurial spirit, never losing sight of the desire to provide meaningful impact, solutions, and value to clients . Learn more about our colleagues’ core characteristics and culture here:

Senior Director Role Responsibilities

  • Leads all aspects of engagement, including overall strategy, process and output, and is also a primary point-of-contact to senior clients
  • Develops strong relationships with clients (executive, senior, and mid-level personnel) and acting as a thought partner and day-today resource
  • 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
  • Coaches and develops junior team members on effective communication, analysis, and other relevant skills and competencies
  • 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, often playing an active role in client development and sourcing conversations
  • Supervises the development of a13-week cash flow forecast and 3-statement financial models (income statement, balance sheet, and cash flow statement)
  • Devotes significant time and/or plays a leadership role in Firm Contribution areas such as Recruiting, Professional Development, Marketing, etc.

Senior Director Role Qualifications

  • 8-12 years of relevant experience at a turnaround/restructuring firm, management consulting firm, or private equity firm
  • Bachelor’s degree from a top undergraduate business program; MBA, CFA, or CPA preferred but not required
  • Deep, relevant experience in turning around underperforming or distressed businesses
  • Deep finance/accounting background
  • Experience must include at least 3+ years 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 junior staff’s tasks if needed
  • Ability to work full time in an office and remote environment; 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

$200,000 - $300,000 a year

In addition to benefits, MERU also offers an extremely competitive bonus program that is based on firm contribution efforts, adherence to our core values, and performance.

Performance Improvement

Overview of MERU Service Offerings:

Help companies identify and achieve their full potential by leveraging a value-focused approach to driving sustainable margin expansion impact. Services include MERU 360° Assessment, Transformation Plan Development, Chief Transformation Officer placement, Cash Cycle and Working Capital Optimization, and Implementation Performance Management.

Turnaround & Restructuring

Partner with clients during uncertain times to help stabilize operations and rapidly triage the causes of financial distress, charting a path back to long-term sustainability. Services include Interim Management, Turnaround Plan Development and Execution, Liquidity Management, Stakeholder Negotiations, Strategic Alternatives Assessment, Bankruptcy, Insolvency, and Case Management.

Transaction Services

Partner with private equity firms across the investment lifecycle, from due diligence to portfolio value creation and exit planning. Services include Due Diligence, Pre-Close Planning, Post-Close Implementation, and Exit Planning.

Data Insights

Work with companies at all stages of their digital transformation journey to automate reporting processes, build scalable data platforms, and leverage predictive analytics to transform data from a liability into an asset. Services include Data Discovery and Analysis, Data Prep and Integration, Self-Service Analytics, Data Visualization and Reporting, Data Science and Advanced Analytics, and Strategy Enablement.

Voluntary Inclusion

It is MERU’s policy to provide and promote equal opportunity in employment, compensation, and other terms and conditions of employment without discrimination because of race, color, sex, sexual orientation, family medical history or genetic information, political affiliation, military service, pregnancy, marital status, family status, religion, national origin, age or disability or any other non-merit based factor in accordance with all applicable laws and regulations.

Unsolicited Resumes From Third-Party Recruiters

Please note that we do not accept unsolicited resumes from third-party recruiters unless such recruiters are engaged to provide candidates for a specified opening. Any employment agency, person, or entity that submits an unsolicited resume does so with the understanding that MERU will have the right to hire that applicant at its discretion without any fee owed to the submitting employment agency, person, or entity.

We may use artificial intelligence (AI) tools to support parts of the hiring process, such as reviewing applications, analyzing resumes, or assessing responses. These tools assist our recruitment team but do not replace human judgment. Final hiring decisions are ultimately made by humans. If you would like more information about how your data is processed, please contact us.
Posted 2026-02-10

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