Investment Executive - Bristol

Company

Ambitious Asset Management/Private Equity fund which supports early stage and established private businesses now seeks to appoint a high performing Investment Executive to work alongside its Bristol team.  The ideal candidate will have a background in Private Equity, Venture Capital, Corporate Finance, SME funding, or Professional Advisory, or otherwise experience directly concerning high growth SMEs and their funding.  Providing analytical, commercial, financial modelling, financial structuring and bidding support on a number of projects, you will bring extensive exposure to buy-side activities. 

Role

Working as part of the Investment Team, you will be responsible for lead generation through direct and indirect origination, oversee deal execution, support capital raising and provide support and analysis such as market research, portfolio and asset valuation and disposals. Performing sensitivity analysis or review sensitivity results from financial models, you will also support the asset recycling processes including asset diligence, valuation and modelling.

Main duties and responsibilities

• Through sustained and extensive business development activity, source and appraise suitable investment opportunities
• Developing and maintaining links and networks with key business introducers and intermediaries to source suitable investment opportunities
• Conducting thorough and robust management, financial and commercial due diligence when considering investment opportunities and assess the risks of each investment
• Negotiating terms and conditions relating to legal documentation for the making of investments
• Understanding and assessing underlying cashflow assumptions and comment on the risks associated with these and suggest and conduct appropriate sensitivity analysis;

About You

As a qualified Accountant, you will likely be operating in either Transaction Services within a top accountancy firm or potentially Corporate Finance (within industry or practice).  With a proven track record contributing to the execution of transactions, you will be comfortable preparing high quality pitch materials and proposals including sector mapping, market analysis and target client positioning, you will be looking to lead the investment portfolio of this leading Investment Company.