Junior Research Analyst - Private Equity

Junior Research Analyst – Private Equity

£30,000 - £40,000 base, plus up to 50% bonus

• Europe’s No. 1 independent PRIVATE EQUITY Executive Search and Consultancy firm
• Highly competitive remuneration: Packages match or exceed levels in other professional services firms Significant investment in training: The Junior Research Analyst will participate in an induction programme, attend dedicated training days throughout the year, and be mentored by our sector team leaders
• Global exchanges: The Junior Research Analyst will have regular opportunities to visit and work in different offices
• Work one-on-one with a leading Partner
• Guaranteed client exposure
• Mentoring and strong career development
• Innovative and entrepreneurial firm

The Firm

Our client is a unique firm that sits at the intersection of financial services, consulting, and executive search. The firm was founded in 1998 and was previously backed by Soros Private Equity Partners. The firm specialises exclusively in the PRIVATE EQUITY market – helping PRIVATE EQUITY funds to evaluate forthcoming deals and ultimately to recruit the best management teams for their investee companies. They also help their clients appraise potential investment opportunities using their sector knowledge and insight. Their industry management team relationships are at the Chairman, CEO, and CFO levels across all industry sectors. The business has a track record of working on several thousand leveraged buyout assignments with clients including Apax, Permira, Goldman, Cinven, Bridgepoint, HgCapital, Alchemy, Hermes, and Close Brothers. They have 90 people in four international offices in London, Paris, Munich and New York. Our client is looking to hire a Junior Research Analyst to join their Head office in London.

Experience

We would expect the Junior Research Analyst to have worked previously in a blue-chip organisation in management consulting, law, accounting, investment banking, or executive search. You will have graduated from a red-brick university, preferably with a 1^st degree and a minimum of AAB grades at A-Level.

The Role

A Junior Research Analyst will play a key role in supporting your sector team on both pre-and post-deal PRIVATE EQUITY engagements. This will involve helping PRIVATE EQUITY funds to map and understand the most active sub-sectors, evaluate target companies, and find suitable alternative leadership teams who can be appointed to grow or turn around a company.

The role offers a unique opportunity to become an expert on the dynamics of a specific sector and the PRIVATE EQUITY industry, with a high level of direct exposure to the leaders of some of the top companies in Europe. They expect their staff to build a thorough understanding of PRIVATE EQUITY deals and the different structures and strategies that affect both fund and management returns, and they give their people significant independence and responsibility.

On a day-to-day basis, the Junior Research Analyst will be involved in:

• Working on specific assignments for funds – for example, finding advisors to validate an asset pre-acquisition or -identifying a new CEO for one of their portfolio companies
• Helping to monitor and track your sector team’s PRIVATE EQUITY deals in Europe
• Mapping all the active PRIVATE EQUITY funds in the sector and keeping abreast of their investment priorities
• Research companies in your sector to identify potential acquisition targets and world-class executives with whom our client can build relationships
• Preparing analytical reports to brief clients on progress and attending meetings with senior team members
• Assisting senior team members with networking with leading executives and board members in the sector