Business Development Analyst

Position: Full Time: Business Development Analyst

Graham Partners is a private investment firm principally focused on investing in technology-driven companies in advanced manufacturing and technology-enabled services that are spurring innovation, resulting in product substitutions, raw materials conversions, and disruptions to traditional end markets.

Grahamcan offer control or minority capital solutions and typically targets companies with EBITDA up to $50 million. Since Graham began managing third party capital over 25 years ago, the firm has closed over 160 acquisitions and investments. Investors include college and university endowments, foundations, funds-of-funds, insurance companies, pension plans, high-net-worth individuals, and other institutional investors. Based in suburban Philadelphia, the Firm has access to extensive operating resources and industrial expertise and is a member of The Graham Group , an alliance of independent operating businesses, investment firms, and philanthropic entities, which all share in the common legacy of entrepreneur Donald

C. Graham. There are eight investment entities within The Graham Group. Graham Partners and Graham Capital Investments (GCI), LLC (“GCI”) are affiliates, and the remaining six Graham Group investment entities operate independently from and are not affiliates of Graham Partners and GCI, as described in Part 2A of Graham Partners’ Form ADV, available on the Investment Adviser Public Disclosure website.

Graham Partners is an Equal Opportunity Employer. We do not discriminate based upon race, color, sex, gender identity, sexual orientation, age, religion, national origin, disability, citizenship status, military status, genetic information, or any other applicable characteristics protected by law. We invite all interested qualified applicants to apply for career opportunities.

Job Description:

To support the continued growth of Graham as it looks to deploy Graham VI and Graham Partners Genesis I, Graham is seeking to add a Business Development Analyst (“BDA”) to its growing Investment Team. In this role, the BDA will primarily work with the Business Development (“BD”) team and will have exposure to the broader Investment Team  BD team is responsible for managing relationships with deal sources and supporting the deployment of Graham’s funds.

Ideal

Candidates Will Demonstrate the Following:

• Proficiency in Excel and other productivity tools, with comfort using spreadsheets for tracking, reconciliation, and analytics
• Prior experience working with and maintaining a CRM is a requirement (experience with Deal Cloud or Salesforce is a plus)
• Strong written and verbal communication skills, with the ability to coordinate across internal teams and external stakeholders
• Ability to work independently on assigned tasks while operating effectively within a team-based environment
• Strong sense of initiative, follow-through, and accountability
• Comfort working in a fast-paced, deadline-driven environment with competing priorities
• Undergraduate degree from a competitive four-year institution is required
• 1-2 years of experience in professional services is required. Experience in private equity, investment banking, or consulting is a plus
• Experience with M&A data / software platforms (e.g., Pitch Book, Source Scrub, Grata, CapIQ, Sutton Place, and Axial) is a plus
• Strong working experience with AI, ideally Claude, is a plus

Specific

Responsibilities Include:

• Screen inbound platform and add-on opportunities against Graham’s investment criteria and bring the most promising to the industry deal teams
• Help run Graham’s Investment Theme Program, a proprietary sourcing effort that generates off-market opportunities, including conflict checking targets, assigning them to buyside brokers, and tracking each one through to…