Associate/Senior Associate

Lezah Capital LLC; United States; On-site; USD 80,000 - 120,000; Full time

Job summary

Lezah Capital LLC is seeking an investment team member to focus on underwriting, financial modeling, and hands-on operational work with portfolio companies.

This career-track role offers responsibilities that range from financial diligence to supporting investments in consumer products and related sectors, with competitive compensation and pathways for growth.

Qualifications

• 2 – 4+ years in investment banking and/or private equity.
• Strong technical modeling and analytical capabilities.
• Interest in consumer products, supply chains, manufacturing, retail, or brand licensing.

Responsibilities

• Build and own complex financial models.
• Drive business and financial diligence streams.
• Support live transactions from initial diligence through close.
• Assist portfolio companies with operational initiatives.

Skills

Financial modeling

Analytical capabilities

Communication skills

Curiosity

Job description

Lezah Capital is looking to add to the investment team. The role covers underwriting, financial modeling, and diligence on new transactions, and continues post-close into operational work with our portfolio companies on margin and growth initiatives.

Compensation is competitive with similar roles at traditional private equity funds. This is a career-track role, with real room to grow at the firm based on performance and fit.

KEY RESPONSIBILITIES

• Financial Modeling & Valuation: Build and own complex LBO, operating, and valuation models.
• Strategic Diligence: Run industry analysis, sector mapping, and competitive benchmarking. Drive business, financial, operational, and commercial diligence streams.
• Transaction Execution: Support live transactions from initial diligence through close.
• Investment Memos: Prepare Investment Committee for Managing Partners.

Post-Investment Value Creation (Operator DNA)

• Portfolio Support: Assist portfolio companies with strategic and operational initiatives, translating the investment thesis into concrete operating plans.
• Margin & Growth: Work with the investment and finance teams to apply our operational playbooks using analytics, software tools, and AI to improve company performance.
• Performance Monitoring: Track portfolio company KPIs against the value-creation plan and operating benchmarks.

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE & COMPETENCIES

• Background: 2 – 4+ years in investment banking and/or private equity, with strong financial modeling and transaction experience.
• Technical: Strong technical modeling and analytical capabilities.
• Sector: Interest in consumer products, supply chains, manufacturing, retail, or brand licensing. Direct exposure to any of these is a plus.
• Communication: Able to take complex data and turn it into clear narratives for IC and for management teams.

PERSONAL CHARACTERISTICS

• Operator Mindset: You take an ownership mentality to everything you do. You are curious to understand how businesses actually run, and you're excited to get your hands dirty building companies.
• Analytical & Curious: Comfortable working through the messy data and fast-changing dynamics of middle-market companies.
• Self-Directed: High-energy, proactive, able to run with workstreams without being managed.
• AI Aptitude: Comfortable using AI tools as part of the daily workflow, and interested in finding new ways to apply them across diligence, modeling, and portfolio work.
• Grounded & Collaborative: Mature, low-ego, and direct. You lead with the analysis and work well across teams.