Partner RPT

About Roland Berger

Roland Berger, established in 1967, is a leading consultancy firm with German heritage and European origins. The firm values diversity of cultures, mentalities, and perspectives, believing that diverse teams inspire innovative ideas and new viewpoints. Roland Berger encourages authenticity and individuality among its employees.

The Opportunity: Partner - RPT

Roland Berger is seeking a Partner to lead and expand its Restructuring, Performance Improvement, and Turnaround (RPT) practice in the Middle East. RPT is a core global business line for the firm. This full-time position is based in Riyadh and requires over 10 years of experience.

Role Purpose and Focus

The Partner will be responsible for driving rapid stabilization, liquidity protection, and operational turnaround initiatives for corporates, State-Owned Enterprises (SOEs), lenders, and investors across the Middle East. This includes shaping the practice’s strategy, offerings, and sector focus, as well as defining the go-to-market approach for special situations, restructurings, and performance improvement programs.

Key Responsibilities

• Originate and lead complex restructurings, including independent business reviews, liquidity and cash control, options analysis, out-of-court workouts, contingency planning, and formal processes.
• Advise boards, CFOs, and creditor groups on capital structure solutions, debt renegotiations, stakeholder strategies, and turnaround plans based on robust diagnostics.
• Oversee the execution of 100-day plans, focusing on working capital unlock, SG&A and opex reductions, footprint and portfolio actions, and revenue recovery levers with measurable benefits.
• Lead multi-stakeholder negotiations involving lenders, bondholders, PE sponsors, SWFs, and regulators, managing information flows and decision forums under tight timelines.
• Assure quality across workstreams such as business plan reviews, financial model challenge, liquidity forecasting, scenario planning, and value-creation roadmaps.
• Build and mentor a high-performing team across restructuring, corporate finance, and operations, setting staffing models, capabilities, and performance standards.
• Manage practice economics, including pipeline, pricing, risk, realization, and margin, and shape alliances with law firms, banks, and special situations funds in KSA/UAE.
• Represent the firm with media and ecosystem partners on restructuring and turnaround topics to establish thought leadership and market trust.
• Liaise and collaborate with the global RPT practice.

Qualifications and Experience

• 15–20+ years of experience in restructuring/turnaround, corporate finance, or special situations consulting, with leadership of large cross-border engagements in the GCC.
• Proven track record advising companies and creditors on complex operational restructuring solutions and rapid performance improvement.
• Deep hands-on exposure to business reviews, liquidity management, business plan development, valuation and scenario analysis, and contingency planning.
• Sector depth in priority Middle East industries such as real estate, construction, industrials, energy transport, healthcare, and consumer, along with experience with public/sovereign stakeholders.
• At least 5 years of work experience in the Middle East.

Work Type and Location

This is a full-time position based in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, focusing on the Middle East region.