Summary
The role holder is an entrepreneurial-minded and self-driven full-time investment analyst. Will work in a highly entrepreneurial and inspiring environment to become an integral part of our team. As a Private Equity Investment Analyst, will contribute to deal sourcing, due diligence, investment analysis, and submission of proposals to the Board of Directors. The expertise and strategic insights will be instrumental in identifying promising investment opportunities and guiding our portfolio companies towards success.
Primary Duties and Responsibilities
- Opportunities deal flow sourcing: Actively network with industry stakeholders, participate in PE/VC related events, research major industry trends and identify most promising investment opportunities.
- Financial modelling: Identify main business KPIs, analyze companys traction, define financial projections, conduct valuation analysis, and assess the impact of proposed transactions.
- Prepare the investment memos for the Board of Directors approval: Prepare the investment document to present to the Board, summarizing investment information, highlighting key value drivers, and assessing main risks of the operation.
- Monitor and manage companies portfolio, providing strategic guidance and support to drive growth and value creation.
- Support the acquisition/disinvestment process, and due diligence, working together with external providers
Candidate Profile
-Minimum bachelors degree.
- Minimum 2-4 years of experience in M&A or VC/PE.
- Should demonstrate strong ability to review and analyze financial statements.
- Proven transactions track record.
- Keen interest and understanding of the PE/VC ecosystem, market dynamics, and emerging trends. Highly analytical profile, supported by a strong sense of business acumen.
- International profile is desirable.
- Knowledge and experience in developing economies, BRICS, would be a plus.
- Solid understanding of portfolio risk and being able to run attribution analyses on investment data.
- Strong skills in financial modeling.
- Detail driven mindset, takes initiative, positive and proactive, dedicated, focused and revenue and target driven.
- Excellent communication and presentation skills (verbal and written) with the ability to distil complex information into clear and concise reports.
- Excellent English language fluency, additional languages preferred.
- Strong analytical and problem-solving skills, solution driven, highly organized and detail-orientated with good decision making and time management skills. Independent, hands-on and takes accountability to deliver solutions and results.