Appointment-Taking Director - Restructuring Advisory

About FRP

FRP is a leading national business advisory firm based in the UK. With over 900 team members, including more than 100 partners, we specialise in Forensic Services, Corporate Finance, Debt Advisory, Financial Advisory, Restructuring Advisory and Real Estate Advisory. Operating from 35 offices across the UK, Isle of Man and Cyprus, we are dedicated to helping clients navigate complex and difficult situations to create, preserve, and recover value.

Our approach is known for being honest, clear, and considered. We provide strategic solutions that cater to a broad range of businesses, from multinational organisations to small enterprises. Our commitment is to deliver expert advice and support, ensuring our clients can make informed decisions and achieve their goals.

We are investing into Guernsey, and we seek an outstanding individual to lead our new office.

Role overview

As an Appointment-Taking Director, you will take formal insolvency appointments and provide senior technical and commercial leadership across a varied portfolio of restructuring and insolvency matters. You will take responsibility for the growth of our new Guernsey office, fostering relationships with external stakeholders and key local referrers. We will support you as you build internal relationships across our various service pillars so that you can deliver a broad scope of service into the Guernsey market. You will be responsible for work quality, managing risks, growing the team and you will have a high degree of local autonomy.

Key Responsibilities

• Take formal insolvency appointments and ensure cases are managed in accordance with our internal standards as well as local legal, regulatory and professional requirements
• Identify and manage technical, conduct, commercial and reputational risks, escalating matters where appropriate
• Oversee case strategy, statutory reporting, investigations and decision-making
• Lead, coach and develop colleagues, providing technical guidance and effective review of work
• Build and maintain strong external relationships with lawyers, accountants, lenders and other professional contacts
• Build and maintain effective internal relationships across all FRP service pillars
• Support business development activity and identify opportunities to generate new work
• Contribute to the development of best practice and continuous improvement across Restructuring Advisory
• Ideally JIEB qualified with significant previous experience of acting as an appointment taker
• ACA, ACCA or IPA qualified, or an equivalent relevant professional qualification
• Knowledge of Guernsey insolvency legislation, regulation, professional standards and risk requirements
• Proven ability to lead assignments, manage competing priorities and exercise sound commercial judgement
• Confident communicator with the credibility to advise senior stakeholders in sensitive and challenging situations
• Demonstrable experience of leading, coaching and developing colleagues
• Professional networking skills and the ability to contribute to business development
• Commercial acumen

Our Values

Straightforward: We provide clear, no-nonsense advice

Confident: Our guidance is backed by expertise and evidence

Pragmatic: We focus on practical solutions and tangible outcomes

Real: We are professional yet approachable, understanding the challenges our clients face

Our Commitment to You and the Environment

At FRP Advisory Group, sustainability is integral to our strategy and operations. Our sustainability depends on building and maintaining meaningful, long-term relationships with all our stakeholders - including our employees, clients, and local communities - while also reducing our impact on the natural environment.

We are always striving to improve in all areas - whether it’s our people, our clients, our planet or our governance. Our ongoing success as a business depends on our sustainability and agility in a changing and challenging global landscape.

We are committed to fostering an inclusive, equitable, and diverse culture for our people. We maintain an Equal Opportunities Policy, ensuring that recruitment and employment decisions are based solely on the skills and experience required for our professional services - regardless of ethnicity, race, sexual orientation, disability, or any other protected characteristic. We believe every individual should have the opportunity to thrive.

Our learning and development programmes enable us to invest in growing our employees’ careers. We aim to empower our team members to each achieve their potential.

We are committed to growing long-term relationships with our clients and supporting them in achieving their objectives. We understand that our clients’ sustainability and success lead to our sustainability and success. We are emotionally invested in our clients right from the beginning.