A well-established private equity firm in SF (around 2B AUM) is looking to bring on an Associate to join their investment team. They focus on buyout investments of MM companies across Services, Consumer and Industrial sectors and are looking for someone to join their Consumer team.
Private Equity Associate Responsibilities:
- Diligence and execute private equity investment opportunities, in the consumer space
- Create research-based industry reports to identify attractive areas of investment opportunity and competitive analyses
- Financial modeling including analysis of financial statements, valuations, returns, and competitive ratios
- Create investment presentations and transactions memos regarding new investment opportunities
- Evaluate and monitor the ongoing performance of portfolio company investments
- Maintain deal pipeline to memorialize all screened investment opportunities
- Participate in fund raising presentations and marketing
- Take lead on industry and competitive market research
Ideal Candidate Qualities:
- 2 years of top tier investment banking or private equity firm
- Strong presentation skills and ability to work well with PowerPoint
- Strong research skills and ability to create industry and competitive analyses as well as conduct thorough research on target companies
- Strong financial and excel modeling experience