Associate Vice President/Vice President - Investment

The person will be primarily responsible for deal sourcing, assessing business plans, performing research / competitive analysis / due diligence, supporting deal execution and portfolio management.

Responsibilities will include the following:

New Investments:

- Work with the team on building/refreshing strategy

- Help develop thematic investment thesis and build a pipeline of potential investment leads

- Lead deal execution -build financial models and prepare investment memoranda

- Lead due diligence efforts - review business plans and conduct competitive analysis

Portfolio Management:

- Provide analytic and strategic support to portfolio companies

- Market scanning on potential competitors, acquisitions & partnerships

- Participate in follow-on financing discussions, build investment materials

- Assist in building exit pathways

- Work closely with portfolio companies on building strategy, building and executing hiring plans, staying abreast of market trends impacting portfolio companies and feeding this back to the portfolio companies, working on fundraising and exit efforts as appropriate

Education, Experience and Skills requirements:

- Business experience conducting company evaluation and financial analysis, ideally at a private equity firm, investment bank, management consultancy.

- Manufacturing / Consumer domain knowledge (either work experience in the sector or consulting/banking experience) will be very useful

- Strong analytic, strategic thinking and project management skills

- Strong communication and writing skills

- Comfort with working in a highly collaborative environment