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Our elite global Alternative Investment Fund client is seeking to recruit a Principal to originate, lead and execute direct investment transactions across asset classes, across the capital structure and across industry verticals and to support strategic growth initiatives across the platform.
Responsibilities:
- Originate, ead and execute direct investment transactions across asset classes, across the capital structure and across industry verticals
- Support strategic growth initiatives across the platform
- Lead transactions from initial evaluation through deal close
- Oversee deal structuring, due diligence, valuation and transaction negotiation
- Collaborate closely with external stakeholders and counterparties throughout the transaction lifecycle
- Evaluate financial models, valuations, financial due diligence, capital structure analysis and business projections to formulate sound investment recommendations
- Present investment recommendations to internal investment committees and senior leadership
- Build and maintain strong relationships with external stakeholders including bankers, co-investors, financial sponsors, management teams and intermediaries
- Develop and cultivate proprietary deal flow and represent the platform with key market participants
- Lead sourcing, evaluation and management of corporate development transactions and strategic platform growth initiatives including joint ventures, strategic partnerships and acquisitions on behalf of the fund platform
- Evaluate, cultivate and execute new business ventures including new product, investment strategies and business line expansion
- Work closely with other investment teams, capital formation and operations to analyze new business venture economics, develop business cases and build go-to-market plans
- Undertake ad-hoc and special projects
Requirements:
- Bachelor’s Degree
- MBA or CFA preferred
- 10+ years of direct investing and transaction execution experience across the capital structure
- Private equity investing experience highly desirable
- Hybrid capital, preferred equity, structured equity, structured credit, opportunistic credit or special situations investing experience strongly preferred
- Demonstrated experience originating, leading and executing complex transactions and strategic initiatives from deal evaluation to close
- Advanced financial technical skills including modeling, valuation and due diligence
- Demonstrated ability to build consensus, mobilize resources, influence key stakeholders and lead new business initiatives
- M&A transaction, joint venture and/or strategic partnership development experience strongly preferred
- Entrepreneurial mindset with sound judgement, intellectual curiosity and strong problem solving skills
- Demonstrated experience mentoring, coaching and professionally developing junior investment professionals
- High degree of integrity with a commitment to excellence
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