Senior Associate - Valuation (Private Equity)

Job Description

About the Role The individual will play a key role in supporting the Portfolio Monitoring and Valuations team of a Private Equity client around financial analysis, benchmarking, and valuations. The professional will be closely working as an extended team member for the client and will assist them on portfolio monitoring, valuations and investor reporting services. This opportunity is ideal for private equity / investment banking professionals interested in working with leading global private equity funds and asset management companies. The role provides good exposure to various aspects of the private equity and valuations industry. The individual will play a key role in supporting the Portfolio Monitoring and Valuations team of a Private Equity client around financial analysis, benchmarking, and valuations. Responsibilities Analyze PE Funds performance by going through fund literature such as quarterly/financial reports Capturing fund valuation data such as investment cost, realized / unrealized value, gross / net multiple, gross / net IRR and financial KPIs such as revenue, EBITDA, net debt etc. Tracking the performance of operational KPIs and operational updates on quarterly basis Can lead the team of 2-3 analyst and associates Creating / updating fund track record and reconciling the data using cash flow notices Working around valuation templates, including updating on quarterly basis and making desired changes Calculating fund multiples and IRRs using cash flows and performing various fund analytics such as attribution and value creation analysis Manage the client library task such as portfolio company details, fund financial statements and capital notices Reconciling the portfolio level operational data including geographical presence, headquarter and portfolio leverage Ensure maintenance of all output reports and dashboards so that the submitted data flows through seamlessly Modify and maintain all templates and reports as per requirement Support the Client's quarterly valuation process and making any edits required to the valuations template on iLevel Setting up access for client users and sending periodical templates to portfolio companies to collect the monthly / quarterly data Updating bespoke LP templates using iLevel. Creating excel based templates from scratch to fetch data from iLevel using iGets Qualifications MBA in Finance, Economics or Business management / CFA Required Skills Experience in and around - Private equity/ Valuations / Financial Statement Analysis Creation and maintenance of iLevel Templates and Portal Basic knowledge and understanding of Private Equity, Fund of Funds and Financial Services Industry (FSI) trends Strong understanding of various methods of valuations, including DCF and Relative valuation Strong analytical, communication (written/verbal) and client engaging skills Strong knowledge of Microsoft Word, Excel, PowerPoint Ability to multi-task and thrive in a fast-paced, deadline-driven environment Ability to develop and maintain lasting relationships with senior professionals; good interpersonal skills; goal-oriented Ability to be a team player and contribute to the development of the team Strong work ethics, commitment to excel and proven ability to work with minimum supervision Previous experience in a similar role will be an added advantage Equal Opportunity Statement We are committed to diversity and inclusivity in our hiring practices.