Restructuring / Distressed Investing Instructor (Part-Time/Contract)
Wall Street Prep · NY, US
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About the Role
As a Restructuring / Distressed Investing Instructor, you will design and deliver practical, technical training for professionals working in restructuring advisory, distressed credit, and special situations investing. You will translate firsthand transaction and investment experience into engaging instruction on evaluating distressed businesses, assessing liquidity and capital structures, modeling recoveries, and analyzing restructuring alternatives.
Responsibilities
- Serve as a lead instructor for restructuring and distressed investing training programs
- Help professionals develop the analytical, modeling, and commercial judgment required to advise stakeholders and evaluate investments in stressed and distressed situations
- Enhance presentation and coaching skills, expand professional network, and establish as a thought leader in restructuring and distressed investing education
- Deliver live in-person and virtual training covering topics such as assessing financial distress, analyzing capital structures, building liquidity forecasts, developing integrated financial models, applying valuation methodologies to distressed businesses, building recovery waterfalls, evaluating out-of-court restructurings, understanding Chapter 11 processes, and developing distressed investment theses
- Collaborate on curriculum development, including designing workshop agendas, learning outcomes, case studies, financial models, exercises, and assessments
- Edit and update training materials to ensure relevance, accuracy, and alignment with current market practice
- Develop learning materials for audiences ranging from new analysts to experienced advisory and investment professionals
- Support practical learning and instructor development by guiding participants through modeling exercises, restructuring scenarios, and investment case studies, providing clear, actionable feedback
- Facilitate discussion of stakeholder incentives, negotiation dynamics, and the risks and tradeoffs associated with different restructuring outcomes
- Incorporate appropriate confidentiality and professional standards into all instruction and case materials
- Complete WSP’s Train-the-Trainer Program
Requirements
- Significant firsthand experience in restructuring investment banking, turnaround and restructuring advisory, distressed debt investing, special situations, or a closely related field
- Direct involvement in restructuring transactions or distressed investment underwriting is strongly preferred
- Strong proficiency in Excel and the ability to build, explain, and teach liquidity forecasts, integrated financial models, distressed valuation analyses, recovery waterfalls, and investment return scenarios
- Practical understanding of in-court and out-of-court restructuring processes, capital structure solutions, liability management transactions, debtor-in-possession financing, and exit financing
- Ability to evaluate debt terms, covenant provisions, collateral, guarantees, seniority, and structural subordination and explain their implications for stakeholders and recoveries
- Ability to assess downside risk, identify catalysts, develop investment theses, and evaluate potential returns across restructuring scenarios
- Exceptional presentation, facilitation, and coaching skills, with the ability to translate complex financial concepts into clear, engaging learning experiences
- Ability to draw on transaction or investment experience to develop realistic case studies and explain stakeholder incentives, negotiation dynamics, and execution considerations
- Strong judgment regarding confidentiality, material nonpublic information, and the appropriate use of transaction and investment examples in a classroom setting
Skills
- Financial modeling
- Excel proficiency
- Restructuring knowledge
- Credit and capital structure analysis
- Investment judgment
- Presentation skills
- Facilitation skills
- Coaching skills
- Communication skills
- Teaching skills
Location
- Domestic
- International
Work Type
- Part-time
- Project-based
- Virtual
- In-person
Experience Level
- Practitioner credibility
- New analysts
- Experienced advisory and investment professionals
Education Level
- Bachelor’s degree required
- MBA, CFA, CPA, CIRA, or other relevant professional designation is preferred but not required
Salary/Compensations
- Highly competitive daily rate
Benefits
- All approved travel and accommodation expenses covered
- Paid professional development through WSP’s Train-the-Trainer Program
- Opportunities to deepen expertise in restructuring, distressed credit, and special situations investing
- Expand professional network across leading financial institutions and advisory firms
- Develop exceptional facilitation, coaching, public speaking, and presentation skills
About the Company
- Founded in 2004 by investment bankers, Wall Street Prep (WSP) is a leading provider of professional skills training in financial and valuation modeling.
- Our mission is to bridge the gap between academia and the real world by equipping finance professionals and students with practical, hands-on skills.
- We partner with top-tier investment banks, private equity and investment management firms, Fortune 500 companies, and elite undergraduate and MBA programs.
- Our training is delivered through engaging in-person classroom sessions and via our industry-leading online learning platform, all designed by experienced finance professionals.
- Join an energetic, entrepreneurial-minded team that values collaboration and innovation
Equal Opportunity
- Wall Street Prep is committed to fostering an inclusive and equitable workplace.
- We encourage applications from individuals of all backgrounds and are proud to be an equal opportunity employer.
- We celebrate diversity and strive to create a work environment where everyone feels empowered to be their authentic selves.