Investment Associate

Koch Business Solutions, LP; Wichita (KS); On-site; USD 90,000 - 140,000; Full time

Job summary

Koch Disruptive Technologies (KDT) seeks an Investment Associate to join our Wichita, KS team. You will support underwriting, due diligence, and transaction execution for early-stage investments in semiconductors and infrastructure, building financial models and presenting analyses to senior leadership.

You will work with portfolio companies to enhance performance and engage with leading entrepreneurs and Koch executives while contributing to strategic investment priorities and market research.

Qualifications

• 2+ years of experience building financial models and analyzing company financial performance.
• Experience in corporate business development, mergers & acquisitions, or related business investments.
• Strong written and verbal communication skills, with experience in preparing and delivering presentations to stakeholders and articulating a point of view.
• Ability to travel up to 20%.

Responsibilities

• Build and maintain financial models to assess business performance, valuation, investment returns, and growth scenarios.
• Support strategic projects and analyses advancing investment priorities.
• Contribute to underwriting, financial modeling, and due diligence for potential equity investments.
• Prepare presentations for senior management that identify valuation, return profiles, competitive advantage, risks.
• Perform industry and competitive analysis related to potential investments and markets of interest.
• Collaborate with portfolio companies to enhance performance alongside Koch Labs capabilities.
• Engage with industry-leading entrepreneurs and Koch executives.

Skills

Financial modeling

M&A experience

Presentations to stakeholders

Travel up to 20%

Education

Engineering or Applied Physics degree

Job description

Your Job

New visions. New strategies. New products. Capturing tomorrow's opportunities means embracing disruption and transformation today. Koch Disruptive Technologies (\"KDT\", KochDisrupt.com) is seeking an Investment Associate to join our team in Wichita, KS. As an Associate at KDT, you will be responsible for assisting in the underwriting, due diligence, and transaction execution for new financial investments in high-potential companies within our semiconductor and infrastructure theme.

Our Team

KDT is the venture capital and growth equity arm of Koch, Inc., a large, privately owned business with significant capital strength and liquidity. KDT's investment mandate is to originate and invest in promising entrepreneurs and disruptive technologies.

What You Will Do

• Build and maintain financial models to assess business performance, valuation, investment returns, and growth scenarios.
• Support strategic projects and special analyses that advance the firm's investment priorities
• Contribute to the underwriting, financial modeling, and due diligence activities for potential equity investments
• Prepare presentations on potential transactions and investments for senior management that identify and assess valuation, return profile, competitive advantage, risks, etc.
• Perform industry and competitive analysis related to potential investments and markets of interest
• Work with current portfolio companies to enhance their performance alongside KDT's Koch Labs capability
• Engage with industry-leading entrepreneurs and Koch executives

Who You Are (Basic Qualifications)

• 2+ years of experience building financial models and analyzing company financial performance
• Experience in corporate business development, mergers & acquisitions, or related business investments
• Strong written and verbal communication skills, with experience in preparing and delivering presentations to stakeholders and articulating a point of view
• Ability to travel up to 20%

What Will Put You Ahead

• Experience working in the semiconductor industry OR a degree in Engineering, Applied Physics, or a similar sciences field
• Experience conducting investment due diligence and valuation analysis
• Experience conducting market or industry analysis and research
• An interest in underwriting semiconductor and infrastructure

At Koch companies, we are entrepreneurs. This means we openly challenge the status quo, find new ways to create value and get rewarded for our individual contributions. Any compensation range provided for a role is an estimate determined by available market data. The actual amount may be higher or lower than the range provided considering each candidate's knowledge, skills, abilities, and geographic location.

Hiring Philosophy

All Koch companies value diversity of thought, perspectives, aptitudes, experiences, and backgrounds. We are Military Ready and Second Chance employers. Learn more about our hiring philosophy here.

Who We Are

As a Koch company, Koch Disruptive Technologies (KDT) is a unique investment firm that partners with high-growth tech companies that are committed to improving the world as we know it. At KDT, disruption is welcome - and expected. Our team of visionary entrepreneurs builds transformative platforms across various industries and technologies.

At Koch, employees are empowered to do what they do best to make life better. Learn how our business philosophy helps employees unleash their potential while creating value for themselves and the company.

Our Benefits

Our goal is for each employee, and their families, to live fulfilling and healthy lives. We provide essential resources and support to build and maintain physical, financial, and emotional strength - focusing on overall wellbeing so you can focus on what matters most. Our benefits plan includes - medical, dental, vision, flexible spending and health savings accounts, life insurance, ADD, disability, retirement, paid vacation/time off, educational assistance, and may also include infertility assistance, paid parental leave and adoption assistance. Specific eligibility criteria is set by the applicable Summary Plan Description, policy or guideline and benefits may vary by geographic region.

Additionally, everyone has individual work and personal needs. We seek to enable the best work environment that helps you and the business work together to produce superior results.

Equal Opportunities

Equal Opportunity Employer, including disability and protected veteran status. Except where prohibited by state law, some offers of employment are conditioned upon successfully passing a drug test. This employer uses E-Verify. Please click here for additional information. (For Illinois E-Verify information click here, aqui, or tu).