GP-Led Secondaries Associate - Private Capital Advisory

JPMorgan Chase & Co.; City of Rochester (NY); On-site; USD 140,000 - 210,000; Full time

Job summary

JPMorgan Chase & Co. seeks an Associate to join the Secondary Advisory team, focusing on GP-led secondary transactions.

You will collaborate with senior bankers, sponsors, portfolio teams, and investors on liquidity solutions, continuation vehicles, and other structured deals. The role provides exposure to transaction structuring, financial modeling, valuation, marketing, and end-to-end execution across the private-capital secondary market, with a collaborative, apprenticeship-oriented culture

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree with a strong academic record.
• 3–5 years of relevant experience in investment banking, private capital advisory, private equity, secondary investing, or a related field.
• Excellent quantitative and analytical skills with a strong understanding of financial statements, accounting principles, corporate finance, and valuation methodologies.
• Strong written and verbal communication skills.
• Exceptional attention to detail and commitment to producing accurate, high-quality work.
• Organizational skills with an ability to manage multiple assignments and work effectively in a fast-paced, transaction-oriented environment.
• Strong judgment, integrity, professionalism, and discretion.
• Demonstrated interest in private equity, private markets, and secondary transactions.

Responsibilities

• Support and drive the origination and execution of GP-led secondary transactions, including single-asset and multi-asset continuation vehicles.
• Own core analytical workstreams and oversee day-to-day modeling and valuation efforts, including operating models, valuation analyses, LBO models, investor return analyses, and continuation vehicle capitalization models.
• Review and refine presentations, pitch books, confidential information memoranda, management presentations, investor materials, process letters, and internal approval materials.
• Coordinate and manage workstreams across industry coverage teams, M&A professionals, capital-markets teams, legal counsel, tax advisers, accounting firms, and other transaction participants.
• Help run the diligence process, including preparation and management of virtual data rooms and coordination of due-diligence requests across clients, management teams, investors, and advisers.
• Support investor outreach and process management, including maintaining buyer lists, outreach logs, process trackers, and bid-comparison materials; assist in managing timelines and communications across parties.
• Monitor and synthesize GP-led secondary-market activity, investor appetite, fundraising trends, pricing dynamics, and relevant precedent transactions to inform client advice and positioning.
• Maintain and enhance internal databases covering secondary investors, transaction precedents, market activity, and sponsor relationships.
• Support senior bankers in client meetings, business-development initiatives, and strategic discussions with financial sponsors; contribute to meeting preparation and follow-up materials.
• Coach and develop Analysts, including providing guidance on modeling, materials preparation, and execution best practices.

Skills

Bachelor's degree

3–5 years experience

Financial analysis

Valuation modeling

LBO modeling

Communication skills

Attention to detail

Education

Bachelor's degree

Tools

Excel

PowerPoint

Job description

JPMorgan Chase & Co. seeks an Associate to join the Secondary Advisory team, focusing on GP-led secondary transactions.

You will collaborate with senior bankers, sponsors, portfolio teams, and investors on liquidity solutions, continuation vehicles, and other structured deals. The role provides exposure to transaction structuring, financial modeling, valuation, marketing, and end-to-end execution across the private-capital secondary market, with a collaborative, apprenticeship-oriented culture