PE​/VC Associate

Purpose of the position

We are hiring an Associate to work at the core of our deal teams and grow into a future leader within the fund.

Our Private Equity & Venture Capital team invests across five verticals:
Private Real Estate, Infrastructure, Venture Capital, Mid-Market Private Equity, and Agriculture. We back businesses and assets that deliver strong risk-adjusted returns alongside genuine developmental impact, in line with the mandate our investors trust us with. As the fund scales, we are deepening our investment bench and investing in the people who will lead it.

This is a hands-on execution role for an investment professional with a few years of deal experience who is ready to take on real responsibility early. You will take an integral role on deal teams across the team's verticals, working on several live transactions at once and gaining direct exposure to management teams, advisers, and the assets themselves. Associates rotate across two to three verticals over their first 12 to 18 months before specialising, giving you breadth that is rare this early in a career and a clear path toward Senior Associate and beyond.

Key responsibilities of the position

The successful candidate will fulfil the following primary functions:

Deal execution and analysis
o Building integrated three-statement and returns models from scratch, and run the underwriting, valuation, and scenario analysis, including IRR and MOIC, that supports investment decisions;
o Taking an integral role on deal teams across multiple live transactions at once, from evaluation through structuring and financing;
o Coordinating due diligence across financial, commercial, legal, and technical work streams, working directly with advisers and management teams to test the investment thesis;
o Preparing investment materials and supporting analysis to a high standard; and attend management sessions and negotiations alongside the deal lead;

Investment analysis and papers
o Drafting investment committee papers and sections, presenting the thesis, the underwriting, and the key risks clearly;
o Conducting market, sector, and company research, and synthesise it into clear, decision-useful conclusions;
o Assessing development impact and ESG factors as part of the investment case, in line with our dual mandate;

Portfolio support and monitoring
o Supporting the active management and monitoring of portfolio companies, including performance tracking against the investment case, reporting, and analysis;
o Helping prepare portfolio reviews and flag issues early for the deal team's attention;

Origination support
o Supporting origination through market mapping, screening, and the initial assessment of opportunities;
o Building a growing professional network across the team's sectors and intermediaries;

Cross-vertical development
o Rotating across two to three of the team's verticals, building broad investment capability before specialising; and
o Getting close to the assets through site visits, operational immersion, and direct exposure to senior investors and live transactions.