Consultant / Senior Consultant, Company and Personal Insolvency

The Role The role sits within the Company and Personal Insolvency (CPI) Team, a specialist sub-team within Teneo’s Australian restructuring and insolvency practice. The team supports the administration of a broad range of corporate and personal insolvency appointments, including liquidations, voluntary administrations, receiverships, bankruptcies and restructuring matters. The role provides exposure to the day-to-day management of both new and existing insolvency appointments, including statutory compliance, investigations, stakeholder communication, financial analysis and asset realisation within the Australian insolvency framework.

Key Responsibilities

As a Consultant / Senior Consultant, the primary nature of work that you will get involved with will likely include: Case Administration and Compliance Assisting with the day-to-day administration of corporate and personal insolvency appointments. Supporting managers, directors and appointees with case strategy and the progression of matters. Maintaining accurate physical and electronic case files in accordance with firm procedures.

Updating case checklists and statutory diaries. Preparing and reviewing statutory lodgements with ASIC and the ATO Monitoring and complying with statutory deadlines under the Corporations Act 2001, Bankruptcy Act 1966 and other relevant legislation. Reporting and Stakeholder Communication Preparing reports to creditors and other stakeholders, including progress reports, receipts and payments and estimated outcome statements.

Drafting reports and updates to secured creditors, where relevant. Responding to creditor queries and other correspondence in a professional and timely manner. Liaising with directors, insolvent individuals, creditors, solicitors, agents, valuers, and other external stakeholders.

Assisting with meetings of creditors Broader Support and Team Contribution Attending site and providing ongoing site support to assist with the trading of business subject to insolvency administrations, securing assets, dealing with employee matters and other appointment-specific tasks where required Supervising, delegating and reviewing work performed by offshore staff Providing regular updates to Insolvency Practitioners, managers and senior staff on case progression and deadlines.

Requirements

are reflected in all work performed and written correspondence Financial, Investigative and Asset Realisation Work Conducting statutory searches and reviewing records, bank statements, financial accounts and supporting documentation. Assisting with investigations into potential antecedent or voidable transactions, including unfair preferences, uncommercial transactions and insolvent trading. Supporting asset identification, recovery and realisation processes.

Adjudicating on creditor claims, calculating dividends and assisting with creditor distributions. Preparing estimated outcome statements and cashflows where required Key Skills Experience The successful candidate will ideally have: 6 months of either corporate or personal insolvency experience gained in a specialist insolvency practice or accounting firm. Experience working with case management systems, such as IPS or similar.

An understanding of the lifecycle of corporate and personal insolvency appointments.

, reporting obligations and compliance deadlines under the Australian insolvency framework. Strong written communication skills, with experience drafting correspondence, reports and statutory documents. Strong attention to detail and a commitment to producing accurate, high-quality work.

The ability to manage competing deadlines and prioritise tasks across multiple engagements. Strong commercial and risk awareness, including the confidence to identify, escalate and help resolve issues appropriately.