Private Equity Associate

Selby Jennings; Minneapolis (MN); On-site; USD 120,000 - 135,000; Full time

Job summary

An established industry player is seeking a dynamic Private Equity Associate to join their team in Minneapolis. This role is perfect for a strategic investment professional with a passion for private equity and impact investing. You'll engage in deal execution, investment oversight, and prospect development, collaborating with senior leadership to drive value creation. If you're a motivated team player eager to make a meaningful impact in a fast-paced environment, this opportunity offers a chance to grow your career while contributing to a generational portfolio of investments. Embrace the challenge and take your career to the next level!

Qualifications

• 2+ years in investment banking, private equity, or related fields.
• Strong command of accounting and finance with proven analytical skills.

Responsibilities

• Participate in investment evaluation activities and financial modeling.
• Support due diligence processes and evaluate critical components of investments.

Skills

Financial Modeling

Valuation

Due Diligence

Communication Skills

Interpersonal Skills

Analytical Skills

Education

Bachelor's Degree in Business

Emphasis in Finance, Accounting, or Economics

Tools

Microsoft Excel

Job description

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Base pay range

$120,000.00/yr - $135,000.00/yr

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Private Equity & Private Credit Senior Recruitment Consultant at Selby Jennings

A Private Equity is seeking an Associate with strong expertise and practical transactional and operational experience in areas such as sourcing, target assessment, valuation, due diligence, deal execution, and portfolio company monitoring and management. This role is ideal for a high performer who embraces a long-term perspective on value creation, beneficial impact investing, and building and sustaining a generational portfolio, aligning with the organization's values.

Ideal Candidate

The ideal candidate is a strategic, purpose-driven investment professional with demonstrated interest in private equity, direct investing, and/or corporate development. They are a highly motivated team player who prioritizes the beneficial impact that businesses can have and embraces a long-term perspective on value creation. The candidate has demonstrated an ability to build enduring relationships and work with all levels of an organization throughout their career, bringing a strong process orientation to their work.

About the Organization

The organization is a private direct investor for a family that built a highly diversified, family-owned, growth and community-oriented construction organization. It pursues private equity investments in healthy privately held and/or founder-owned companies with a view to make them great.

Values

• Stewardship: Responsibly manage resources for the long term
• Goodness: Commitment to doing the better thing
• Inspiration: Reimagine and advance what is possible

Responsibilities

Deal Execution

• Participate in investment evaluation activities, including financial modeling and scenario analyses
• Collaborate with Managing Director, Vice Presidents, and Senior Associates to outline transaction structures and create in-depth business cases for potential investments
• Support due diligence processes and evaluate all critical components of potential investments, bringing in outside experts as needed
• Draft short-form and long-form investment memoranda

Investment Oversight

• Support operating company post-close activities to ensure value creation drivers are maintained and managed
• Work with Managing Director/CFO to monitor financial and impact performance and evaluate returns on investments
• Develop and conduct quarterly internal portfolio valuation and assist with portfolio reporting for presentation to Managing Director, Chairman, CFO, and Board of Directors
• Assist portfolio companies with strategy deployment and financial analyses as needed to achieve growth objectives
• Provide support to portfolio companies' efforts to identify and build relationships with potential bolt-on acquisition targets

Prospect Development

• Conduct research and analysis, including industry/market dynamics, competitive profiles, outreach calls, target profiling, primary research, etc., to support deal opportunities in line with the organization's investment strategy
• Assist in the development and maintenance of relationships with deal sources, including investment advisors, investment bankers, other family-run enterprises, attorneys, and other key stakeholders to ensure a robust pipeline of investment opportunities

Qualifications

• 2+ years working in investment banking, private equity, family office, corporate development group, management consulting, or a related field
• Demonstrated experience developing/evaluating financial models, analyzing financial statements, understanding various valuation methodologies, and working in a transaction-oriented environment
• Demonstrated proficiency with Microsoft Excel and financial modeling
• Strong command of accounting and finance
• Outstanding communication and interpersonal skills
• Desire to deliver both financial and impact-related outcomes through investments
• Bachelor's degree in business or related field with excellent academic record, preferably with an emphasis in finance, accounting, or economics
• Interest and comfort working in a small, fast-paced organization with an emphasis on teamwork, humility, stewardship, and a commitment to doing the better thing

Seniority level

• Seniority level

  Entry level

Employment type

• Employment type

  Full-time

Job function

• Job function

  Finance

• Industries

  Venture Capital and Private Equity Principals

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