Valuation & Modeling Analyst - Private Assets

Manulife; Boston (MA); Hybrid; USD 73,000 - 122,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health

Dental

Vision

Disability insurance

Life/AD&D

401(k) / Pension

Paid time off

Job summary

Manulife, Boston-based, is seeking a Valuation Analyst to support private assets through valuation, modeling, and performance reporting. The role emphasizes building and maintaining analytic tools, ensuring timely and accurate analysis, and delivering practical recommendations to management.

You will gather metrics, update models, and prepare valuation packages and investor reports. A background in valuation techniques and financial modeling for alternatives is valued, with CPA/CFA credentials a

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree (or international equivalent). Master's degree (or international equivalent), CPA and/or CFA a plus.
• Two or more years of experience in a related accounting or financial analyst position, preferably at a major public accounting firm or financial advisory firm.
• Prior work must include experience with various valuation techniques for debt and equity securities or financial modeling for an Alternatives investment manager.
• Knowledge of fixed income securities concepts such as bond pricing, duration, yield, and option-adjusted spreads.
• Understanding of private equity, private debt, or the management of funds a plus.
• Must be up to date with current issues in US GAAP and IFRS.
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills.
• Working knowledge of Microsoft Office suite. Sophisticated Excel and model building skills.

Responsibilities

• Gather and track key metrics and benchmarks used in investment models.
• Make determination as to appropriate variables, models, and metrics that drive value.
• Update measurement models for changes in measurement inputs.
• Develop valuation and distribution waterfalls based on investment documentation and take appropriate actions to raise and correct issues.
• Maintain portfolio company capitalization tables, request updates from portfolio companies as needed and resolve discrepancies in reported data.
• Contribute to the analysis and documentation of the valuation of new private equity securities recommended to the Investment Committee.
• Prepare documentation packages for each valuation, outlining the procedures, assumptions, and recommendations for management.
• Prepare portfolio summaries outlining the key individual and aggregate metrics related to valuations.
• Prepare periodic reports on overall portfolio performance for senior management.
• Develop and periodically review comparable (comp) sets to drive valuation recommendations.
• Identify issues requiring feedback and recommending options.
• Prepare status updates to the team for tracking the reporting process.
• Participate in the valuation approval meetings and valuation committee meetings.
• Work with the team's accounting staff and the firm's outside auditor in the preparation of quarterly and year-end financial documents for its funds.
• Prepare investor reporting packages.

Skills

Financial modeling

Valuation techniques

Excel modeling

Communication skills

Microsoft Office

Education

Bachelor's degree

Master's degree

CPA

CFA

Tools

Excel

Microsoft Office

Job description

Manulife, Boston-based, is seeking a Valuation Analyst to support private assets through valuation, modeling, and performance reporting. The role emphasizes building and maintaining analytic tools, ensuring timely and accurate analysis, and delivering practical recommendations to management.

You will gather metrics, update models, and prepare valuation packages and investor reports. A background in valuation techniques and financial modeling for alternatives is valued, with CPA/CFA credentials a