Private Equity Associate

The Associate will join a growing team, in their NYC office. This opportunity offers broad, hands-on experience across the full investment lifecycle, with particular depth in deal execution, portfolio value creation, and M&A-driven platform building. Given the firm’s active pace of add-on activity across its platforms, Associates are exposed to an unusually high volume of live deal work relative to peers at larger firms.

Key Responsibilities:

The Associate will support senior investment professionals across sourcing, execution, and portfolio management. Specific responsibilities include:

• New Investments:

  • Build and analyze detailed financial models, including LBO models and acquisition analyses
  • Support and manage due diligence across multiple workstreams on live transactions
  • Draft investment committee memoranda, term sheets, and letters of intent
  • Prepare materials for internal and external stakeholders; interface with bankers, consultants, and advisors

• Portfolio & Add-On M&A:

  • Support platform companies through active add-on acquisition processes, from origination through close
  • Analyze portfolio company performance and key operating metrics
  • Participate in board meetings, management presentations, and strategy sessions
  • Assist with capital structure optimization and debt and equity capital raising initiatives

• Research & Sourcing:

  • Conduct industry research and market mapping across consumer and industrial verticals
  • Identify and evaluate new platform and add-on investment opportunities
  • Support proactive proprietary sourcing efforts alongside senior team members

• Additional Responsibilities:

  • Support Fund V fundraising and LP communications as the firm approaches its next capital raise
  • Portfolio monitoring, reporting, and value creation initiatives across operations, talent, and technology

• 2–3 years of experience in investment banking (M&A, leveraged finance, or industry coverage)
• Undergraduate degree with a strong academic record
• Extensive financial modeling skills, including LBO and merger analysis
• Strong work ethic and comfort operating in a high-ownership, entrepreneurial environment
• Mature, professional candidate with strong interpersonal and communication skills
• Genuine interest in consumer and industrial businesses; intellectual curiosity about how companies are built