Associate, Entrepreneurial Private Equity/Special Situations Investor, London, UK

Navy Exchange Service Command; London; On-site; GBP 50,000 - 80,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading private equity firm in London seeks a proactive individual to enhance their portfolio monitoring efforts. This role involves supporting the CFO and CEO with various analytical tasks and establishing an internal audit function to optimize investment oversight. Ideal candidates will possess strong technical and analytical skills, alongside a solid academic background.

Qualifications

• Previous experience in private equity or as a qualified accountant in corporate finance.
• Ability to analyze financial trends.
• Genuine interest in working with the portfolio.

Responsibilities

• Assist CFO with internal audit framework design.
• Create and maintain centralized databases for portfolio performance.
• Analyze investments and provide insights for monitoring.

Skills

Financial analysis

Technical skills

Trend analysis

Education

Strong academic credentials from a leading university

Job description

About our client

Our client is a private equity / special situations investor focused on public-to-private opportunities in listed UK and European companies in the mid-market. It is looking for an ambitious and proactive individual to join their small but growing team in London. This is an exciting opportunity for a motivated individual to join a fast-paced, dynamic environment and actively contribute to portfolio monitoring, as well as support on new investments. What the job involves

• Assist the CFO with designing and developing an "internal audit" function/framework for current and future portfolio investments
• To create and maintain centralised databases collating data from each portfolio company such as leverage, covenants and financial / operational performance (both actual and forecast)
• To provide analysis and insight to support the CEO on the monitoring of investments (trend analysis, outlier analysis, performance versus budget and prior year, potential issues, etc)
• Act as liaison between the CEO and the CFO of the portfolio companies
• To participate in portfolio company audit committee meetings, including with auditors
• To review and critique risk registers of each portfolio company
• To support the investment team on various matters: initial financial reviews, initial red flag analysis, summary of annual reports highlighting key financial information and significant accounting policies, cash generation, off-balance sheet issues

Who we are looking for

• Previous experience in a similar role within private equity or as a qualified accountant in corporate finance or transaction services
• Strong technical skills and an ability to analyse financial trends
• Genuine interest in working with the portfolio
• Strong academic credentials from a leading university

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