Investment Associate – Single Family Office, Dubai

Investment Associate – Single Family Office, Dubai Family Office is looking to hire a Investment Associate / Analyst to join their team. The Office invests across the whole asset class spectrum, with a strong focus on Alternatives including Private Equity (both Directly and via Funds). The Office also provides financial support to a connected Principals in their proprietary investments away from the FO. Professional Background: The successful candidate will have outstanding intellectual and analytical skills will have experience with M&A, Private Equity and/or Venture Capital, and a strong understanding of corporate finance is likely to have been working in investment banking, private equity, transaction services, management consulting or another family office in a similar capacity may have a relevant professional qualification such as CFA, CA, etc. must have a strong intellectual curiosity about investing and a commitment to learning must have the ability to cultivate new relationships within the investment community to provide other sources of new deals must be dynamic, a self-starter, and personable. Team chemistry is a key consideration. Approximately 3-5 years of relevant professional experience in top tier investment banking, private equity, transaction services, management consulting or another family office Sound judgement and track record of analysing potential new investment opportunities and assessing risks and opportunities Experienced with financial models for valuations and financial returns analysis, strong understanding of corporate finances, and 3-way financials statements Experienced with preparing board presentation, investment teasers and memos Day-to-day and task-to-project ownership: Master communicator and over-communicating. Regularly updating parties involved with latest developments, problems encountered, etc. to keep everyone in sync. Ability to simplify and map out vague/complex processes into actionable workplan and manage/iterate on workplan through-out execution. Ability to frame complicated problems/ situations, mastery over large datasets and ability to leverage information to derive insights, ability to dig deep into a problem and invest time and effort to fully understand. Problem-solver, ability to produce and offer solutions, pro-active mindset “Scrappy”; you can do a lot with limited-to-no resources. No task is beneath you. Able to stand-up for both yourself and the organization. You do what’s right first and you don’t take ‘no’ or ‘maybe’ for an answer Remain transparent when identifying issues or mistakes, learn from experiences to continuously improve decision-making Taking ownership over your work and being able to progress with autonomy. You are known for being resourceful, owning up on problems and challenges. Time management: Highly self-motivated. You prioritize aggressively and stay focused on the few things that will have the biggest impact on the organisation. Strong ability to work under pressure and potentially long working hours. Sensitive to time pressure and able to judge what is “good enough” to be delivered immediately versus striving for perfection. Personality and ethics: Strong character ethics and work ethics, virtuous, high ethical adherence and integrity, honesty, impeccable attention to detail, precision. Strong interpersonal skills: a force of positivity for your team and for the company, modest, humble character and team-player, intellectually curious, eager to learn and grow. Hard worker, demonstration of commitment to the company’s success (out-of-scope work, long hours, quashing “fires”, etc.) Proactive self-starter. Tasks and Responsibilities: The role will include the following primary tasks and responsibilities: Analysing, documentation filing, monitoring, and reporting on the existing portfolio Develop and maintain a “knowledge library” (of funds, businesses, sectors, etc across different asset classes (PE, VC, etc.) ) through keeping track of investments opportunities and gathered information Analysing and evaluating managers, funds and potential acquisition opportunities using both strategic and analytical approaches Benchmarking existing fund managers against their peers Reviewing/filtering unsolicited investment opportunities and using judgement to determine which ones merit further consideration Drafting investment papers for presentation to the Investment Committee Deal execution – documentation, liaising with legal teams, external parties, etc. Working closely with investment team (Portfolio and Investment Managers, CIO) The team is small and non-hierarchical, so an entrepreneurial mind-set is essential. If you would like to find out more about the role, please send a (preferably Word) copy of your latest CV to Dimitri Peratikou at REF: AGR 953 Send us your CV Name * Email * Phone * Message * Upload your CV * Upload your CV in either PDF, DOC or DOCX format. Maximum file size 10Mb. #J-18808-Ljbffr