Associate - Vermilion Group

SUMMARY 

This is an exciting opportunity to be part of the Vermilion team! We’re seeking an Associate with strong expertise and practical transactional and/or operational experience in areas including sourcing, target assessment, valuation, due diligence, deal execution, and portfolio company monitoring and management. This is a unique and exciting opportunity for a high performing, driven individual who embraces a long-term perspective on value creation, beneficial impact investing, building and sustaining a generational portfolio and aligns with Vermilion’s values.

ABOUT VERMILION

Vermilion Group (“Vermilion”) is the Mortenson family’s approach to long term impact. Culture, reputation, and the team matter to build great businesses. We know how to steward a business over long periods of time to create sustainable value and preserve legacy.

Building an equitable, sustainable future is the guiding commitment of the Mortenson family.

We manage our businesses over generations, not in quarters or even decades. This enables us to make decisions in every instance, with a lens of long-term impact.

For more than 70 years, we’ve been building great businesses and great partnerships.

Smart adaptation and diversification have not only kept our family business healthy, it has kept us at the leading edge of change. Through Vermilion, we seek to equip other businesses so they can achieve similar exceptional results.

Legacy doesn’t have a finish line.

Doing well by doing good is the Mortenson legacy, and we’ve never wavered. It’s led by a patient view of growth, supported by a commitment to community, the environment, and social responsibility.

We’re looking for great businesses who are doing good.

Our focus is companies with $5 to $15 in cash flows that are poised for growth and impact. To these relationships, we bring a commitment to impact investing and a broad range of expertise and resources to build success that lasts generations.

RESPONSIBILITIES

Prospect Development

• Conduct research and analysis, including but not limited to industry/market dynamics, competitive profiles, outreach calls, target profiling, primary research etc., to support deal opportunities in-line with Vermilion’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
• Support and build “thesis driven” buyside and deal generation campaigns and identify proprietary investment opportunities

Deal Execution

• Participate in investment evaluation activity including financial modeling and scenario analyses
• Collaborate with the Vermilion team 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 SVP, 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 SVP, Managing Director, Chairman, CFO and Board of Advisors.
• Assist portfolio companies with strategy deployment and financial analyses as needed to achieve growth objectives
• Provide corporate development support to assigned portfolio companies including add-on acquisitions, partnerships, etc.

Firm Support

• Assist with Vermilion’s internship program including identifying and…