Profession anti-crisis manager: description, requirements, where they teach

Probably, every enterprise experienced financial difficulties and problems. It is here that the anti-crisis manager comes to the rescue. All about this specialist will be told in this article.

About profession

An anti-crisis manager is present at almost every major enterprise. All the activities of this specialist are aimed at conducting a qualitative analysis of the organization's activities. Why is it necessary? First of all, to identify weaknesses. Due to financial holes, illiterate management decisions, various connivances, etc., the company may face major problems in the form of a crisis, bankruptcy or some other type of deterioration in the financial condition. It is the representative of the profession in question that must save the organization.

As a rule, many companies order themselves an anti-crisis manager at the very last moment - when the situation can not be saved. Organizations with more competent leadership maintain a whole block of managers and managers whose activities are aimed at preventing the deterioration of the financial condition of the enterprise.

Probably, one should not even point out that the work of an anti-crisis manager is very difficult and responsible. It is not every person who is capable of obtaining the profession in question. Only a very competent, endowed with a number of certain qualities, a person is able to carry out his work qualitatively.

Functions of an anti-crisis manager

In order to better understand who all the same is an anti-crisis manager, you need to talk about the most basic functions and responsibilities of this specialist. This includes:

• Revealing of signs of bankruptcy of the enterprise.
• Estimation of property and preparation of reports.
• Taking measures to protect the property of the enterprise.
• Excitation, if necessary, of bankruptcy proceedings.
• Work with creditors. Receiving from them requirements, their consideration and analysis.
• Conflict resolution with a wide variety of groups.
• Inventory works.
• Carrying out all necessary works on optimization of financial and economic flows.
• Meeting the requirements and decisions of arbitration courts and much more.

Despite the many functions performed by the manager of crisis management, you can trace only two main guidelines in the work of the specialist:

• Avoidance of recourse in the financial sphere of the organization. This direction is inherent for those enterprises where there is a whole block of specialists working on the program to protect the organization from the crisis.
• Saving the enterprise from crisis and bankruptcy. This direction is typical mainly for organizations that employ representatives of the profession in question only in critical cases.

Required for work quality

As already mentioned above, the profession of an anti-crisis manager is incredibly complex and responsible. That's why not everyone can carry out labor activity in this sphere. It is necessary to have certain qualities and traits in order to be able to perform the tasks correctly. What are these qualities that should be given to a good anti-crisis manager?

You can talk endlessly about the high sense of responsibility, about stress-resistance, sociability, patience and other too general concepts. However, it is necessary to take into account the fact that practically all working people, irrespective of their profession, must be endowed with these qualities. An anti-crisis manager faces more complex, even specific requirements. These include:

• The ability to quickly and quickly think, qualitatively navigate in an unforeseen situation;
• Ability to conduct a competent analysis of the situation based on the future;
• Ability to qualitatively recognize the impact on the current situation of external and internal factors;
• The ability to competently assess the prospects of an organization;
• The ability to quickly recognize in something both strengths and weaknesses;
• Ability to respond adequately even to the most unforeseen circumstances ;
• Presence of skill of productive and qualitative work with documents;
• The ability to correctly prioritize;
• The ability to communicate in simple form even the most complex information and much more.

Of course, this is far from all the qualities that an anti-crisis manager should have. The profession implies a large number of other different skills. Here, and conflict-free, and productivity, and internal poise. The thing is that a person who is going to devote his life to anti-crisis management should himself perfectly understand and realize the importance and complexity of the profession in question. Work on yourself, on your character - that's what really matters for professional growth.

The first direction in the profession

This profession is divided into two main areas. The first of these will be discussed next.

Arbitration consultant - this is the name of one of the directions in the profession of crisis management. What exactly is this specialist different from, what is characteristic for him? The first thing that distinguishes an arbitration adviser is a non-commercial partnership. The Union of Managers and Anti-Crisis Managers contains, as it may seem, an arbitration court. In the event that a particular enterprise is in a crisis and plans to declare itself bankrupt, the arbitration court will issue such an organization to the specialist in question.

The arbitration adviser is a natural person registered as an individual entrepreneur. Unlike other professionals in the field of crisis management, the representative of the profession in question is not an interested person in respect of the enterprise to which it is assigned. This specialist is required to obtain a license to conduct his activities from an appropriate public authority.

Union of managers and anti-crisis managers is, of course, necessary for every enterprise. However, if an organization is unable, for lack of money, to acquire even a private crisis management manager, it is worthwhile to seriously consider turning to an arbitration court. The arbitration adviser has all the necessary knowledge on how to help the enterprise get out of the crisis. The advice of an anti-crisis manager, even a non-profit manager, will always be useful.

The second direction in the profession

The next offshoot, which involves the sphere of anti-crisis management - is a consultation of various levels. Unlike the arbitration adviser, the specialist, which will be discussed next, is a fully commercial entity. This is a truly independent expert, which, for a fee, will help to get the organization out of the crisis.

A consultant of various levels is required not only to assess the possible restoration of the enterprise's activities, but also:

• Participate in the certification commissions;
• To be involved in the assessment of the company's solvency;
• Make every possible effort to pay off debts to creditors;
• Help the organization maintain its prestige, professional potential and much more.

The main difference between the arbitration consultant and the specialist in question is that the latter is a truly interested person. This, of course, is connected with the commercial component. Nevertheless, many enterprises, even those on the verge of collapse, still prefer to deal with a consultant at various levels. The advice of an anti-crisis manager involved at different levels of government is much more effective and fruitful than the advice of an uninterested person.

Professional training

To get a job, you need to graduate in a higher education institution. How can a profession "an anti-crisis manager" be obtained? Where is this work being taught? This will be discussed later.

In fact, there is nothing difficult to obtain the profession in question. A huge number of universities and institutes in the CIS countries contain a specialty called "anticrisis control". These faculties will be given qualitative knowledge in the field of confronting the crisis. This includes conducting diagnostics, the policy of financial and economic recovery, the basics of bankruptcy in terms of law, business planning and many other disciplines.

Probably, it is worth mentioning the main educational institutions in which you can get quality knowledge for getting a job in the future. This includes such Russian universities as:

• MESI (it is worth noting this educational institution as the ancestor of the specialty in question).
• Russian State University for the Humanities.
• Moscow Institute of Banking.
• Moscow State University.
• State University of Management.
• Financial Academy under the Government of the Russian Federation and many other universities.

In another large state of the CIS, in Ukraine, you can unlearn the specialty in question at such universities as:

• Kyiv National University of Trade and Economics.
• Vinnitsa financial and economic university.
• Ukrainian University of Economics and Finance.

Prospects for the profession

One of the main advantages of the profession is the opportunity for rapid career growth. In many respects it is precisely because of this that so many people who have received proper education seek to enter the sphere in question, and the alliance of managers and anti-crisis managers is constantly being replenished with new persons. So, what are the prospects for graduates of higher education institutions who have been trained in the relevant specialty?

To begin with, it is worth working as an arbitration manager. It is not necessary to build grandiose plans right after the graduation of the educational institution - after all, the ability to qualitatively derive enterprises from the deepest crisis does not come at once. Within the judicial format, there is a great opportunity to gain experience. It is necessary to familiarize yourself with the set of normative legal acts, to look at the work of specialists of the highest rank. In addition, the activities of the arbitration court are closely connected with bankruptcy and other forms of financial policy. It's worth making a couple of necessary conclusions for yourself. Work to resolve conflict situations is very complex and responsible. Constant stressful situations, failures, a large number of functions and responsibilities - to all this, of course, you need to grow up.

As soon as you have a solid work experience and necessary experience, you can go higher. The next step is work already directly connected with anti-crisis management. Of course, for a while it would be worth working as a disinterested person. To do this, you need to get a job in the NP "Union of Managers and Crisis Managers." Non-commercial partnership will also give necessary work experience. In addition, the "remote position" will make itself felt - the stress here will be noticeably less.

Some experts do not intend to stop and go even further. The next step is to register yourself as an individual entrepreneur and open your own department: SRO "Union of Managers of Crisis Management". The work here will be much more complicated, but also much more prestigious.

Where can I work?

As of 2016, many enterprises remain on the verge of bankruptcy. And it is these enterprises that are most willingly taken to their central agency of crisis managers. Those wishing to get a job in large companies as an interested person should pay attention to the following organizations:

• CJSC "VTB 24".
• "Moscow Aviation Center".
• OOO "Audit Balt".
• ZAO "KPMG".
• Expert-finance LLC.
• ZAO Severostal-Resource and others.

Recognize an enterprise that has financial and economic problems, for today is not so difficult. Lists of such organizations are always on the Internet. Yes, and news companies often talk about this kind of enterprises.

Of course, getting a job in an organization that filed for bankruptcy is much easier. That is why when looking for vacancies, one should pay attention to so-called problem enterprises; Their leaders will gladly accept into their ranks a man whose profession is an anti-crisis manager. Requirements, however, to specialists of this kind will also be high.

The minuses of the profession

Work in a hostile environment - this is how you can briefly characterize the profession in question. Constant conversations and meetings about debts, a lot of dissatisfied employees, often almost cursing leadership in person, a passive kind of war with creditors and other personalities, thanks to which the enterprise went bankrupt. All this in the sum of its generates one single, but incredibly large defect of the profession: constant stress. That is why there is so much talk about the fact that not everyone is qualified for the profession "crisis manager". The necessary qualities for this work exceed all conceivable and unthinkable limits. And the most important among the necessary for the work of character traits is one, the most important requirement: stress-resistance. Only people with a tempered, truly harsh and cold-blooded character will be able to endure all the hardships of the profession.

Of course, there are many other shortcomings in the profession in question. This is a high responsibility for all actions, strained relations with superiors, heavy workload and much more. Probably, every specialist will be able to find something negative in this work.

Pros of the profession

However, it is worth mentioning about the merits of the profession. They, of course, are much more than flaws. These include:

• High level of demand in the labor market. Anyone wishing to get a job without problems will get it.
• Prestige. The considered profession has a humanistic connotation, thanks to which its prestige grows every year.
• High profit payment. Needless to say, anti-crisis managers have a very good income. In addition, the salary will grow with a professional increase.
• The possibility of an early career growth.

There are a lot of other pluses in the considered profession. Every specialist will find something in his work that will surely attract him.

Thus, anti-crisis management is a very prestigious, but at the same time complex and responsible work.