Job Description

Successful candidates for this high-powered 2-year programme will benefit from an early entry into the world of private investing at a highly successful, growth-oriented firm. Working alongside senior, highly regarded deal doers as part of a small, focused team, candidates will be able to develop their technical skills and lay strong foundations for a career in private equity investment management. The role is likely to provide exposure to the full spectrum of industry research, valuation, deal generation, execution, monitoring and exit.

Responsibilities:

• Research on various industry sub-sectors and potential acquisition targets

• Assistance with deal generating activities such as industry events and management meetings

• Deal-related analysis (including valuation), due diligence and process management (including administrative aspects, IC papers, advisors, debt providers)

• Contribution to legal and structural aspects of deals

• Identification and development of promising investment themes and targets

• Contribution to build-out and maintenance of strong industry and intermediary relationships

• Dependable, high quality contribution to deal execution, monitoring and exit

• Application and continued development of advanced technical skills for superior analytical insights
  

• Strong at industry research, including collating and analysing information

• Highly numerate; able to manipulate data and produce sound analysis

• Strong intellect

• Experienced with advanced Excel-based modelling

• Entrepreneurial self-starter

• Good interpersonal skills – versatile style; good listener; patient; strong team spirit and professional presentation

• Strong organisational and project management skills

• Excellent communicator, both orally and in written materials

• Drilled in ‘zero defects’ standards for client-ready materials with “first time right” mentality

• Self-starting, strongly ambitious and tenacious: willing to “go the extra mile”

• Motivated to pursue a successful career in private equity/investment management coupled with the right attitude
  

• Reporting to SVPs, Principals and Partners

• Initial 2-year contract

• End of associate programme could be a sponsored MBA or an internal track through to VP via Senior Associate training programme

• Strong evidence of consistently superior academic performance

• Engineering, Technology (Computer Science) or Medical/Life Science Degree (or equivalent) from an internationally recognised university preferred

• 1.5 - 4 years’ experience post university

• Preferably some prior financial exposure to the private equity industry

• Preferably some prior industry research experience