Strategy and Operations Associate

Sankhara; New York (NY); On-site; USD 90,000 - 140,000; Full time

Job summary

Sankhara, an investment firm, seeks a Strategy & Operations Associate to support acquisition execution, develop strategic ideas, and run the day-to-day operations with efficiency and professionalism.

The role reports to the Director of Operations and involves building financial models, evaluating vendors, and coordinating with appraisers and counsel to ensure diligence and progress across assets.

Qualifications

• Strong financial modeling skills (Excel/Sheets).
• Discretion with confidential investor and collector information.

Responsibilities

• Support financial planning and analysis; diligence and evaluation of vendors.
• Support and evaluate the strategy pipeline alongside the Director of Strategy.
• Build and maintain financial and operating models underpinning Sankhara's strategy, including long-horizon cash flow, carrying cost, and fee architecture analysis.
• Coordinate with specialists, appraisers and outside counsel on scheduling appraisals and documentation to ensure progress.
• Execute per-asset provenance diligence including checklists, drafting materials and workflow from sourcing to title transfer.

Skills

Financial modeling

Discretion

Education

Bachelor’s degree or equivalent

Tools

Excel/Sheets

Job description

Sankhara is an investment firm dedicated to collecting, protecting, and preserving the human experience. With a 100-year view, the firm focuses on opportunities that safeguard important cultural, historical, and personal narratives, aiming to ensure they remain accessible for future generations. Sankhara combines long-term, values-driven investment principles with innovative approaches to stewardship and preservation. Team members collaborate across disciplines to identify and support organizations, technologies, and assets that advance this mission. We are seeking an experienced and highly organized Strategy & Operations Associate.

Position Overview

The Strategy & Operations Associate will report to the Director of Operations. This role exists to assist in the acquisition execution process, develop new strategic ideas and avenues for Sankhara to pursue, as well as the day-to-day duties of making Sankhara operate in an efficient and professional way.

Key Responsibilities

• Assist and interact with financial planning and analysis, work with vendors, as well as diligence and evaluate vendors.
• Support and evaluate the strategy pipeline alongside the Director of Strategy.
• Build and maintain the financial and operating models underpinning Sankhara's strategy, including long-horizon cash flow, carrying cost, and fee architecture analysis.
• Assist in coordination with specialists, appraisers and outside counsel on scheduling appraisals, documentation requests and follow-up meetings to ensure diligence has a constant stream of progress.
• Assist in the execution of per-asset provenance diligence including checklists, drafting materials and operational workflow that streamlines assets from sourcing to due diligence to title transfer.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree or equivalent required.
• 3-5 years of experience in financial services, management consulting, auction house or collectibles operations, or strategy and operations at a high-growth startup where one may have had to wear many hats.
• Strong financial modeling skills (Excel/Sheets).
• Discretion with confidential investor and collector information.