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William Blair

Investment banking, research, brokerage, asset management

Analyst – PWM Private Capital

Private EquityConfirmed live in the last 24 hours
Full-timeChicago, IL, USAIn-person

About the Job

Requirements

  • A bachelor's degree is required.
  • A minimum of 3 years of experience in investment banking and/or private markets investing is required.
  • SIE Exam, Series 7, and Series 63/65 (or 66) licenses are required; new hires must acquire them within 180 days of employment for applicable US hires.
  • Strong knowledge of corporate finance, accounting, valuation, and financial statement analysis.
  • Demonstrated financial modeling capability, including operating forecasts, discounted cash flow, comparable company, precedent transaction, and return analyses.
  • Relevant deal experience in investment banking, private equity, corporate development, transaction advisory, or private markets investing.
  • Ability to manage diligence and execution tasks with accuracy, urgency, and appropriate escalation.
  • Strong analytical judgment and ability to identify key value drivers, risks, and sensitivities.
  • Effective written, verbal, and presentation skills for technical and non-technical audiences.
  • Proficiency in Microsoft Excel and PowerPoint.
  • Commitment to client service, confidentiality, compliance, and professional standards.

Responsibilities

  • Analyze prospective private capital opportunities and develop preliminary recommendations on investment fit, quality, risk, and return potential.
  • Build and maintain integrated financial models, valuation analyses, capitalization tables, transaction scenarios, and sensitivity cases.
  • Perform financial analyses of revenue and margin drivers, cash flow, working capital, capital expenditures, leverage, and capital structure.
  • Conduct company, industry, market, and competitive research and translate findings into actionable investment insights.
  • Support due diligence across financial, commercial, operational, legal, tax, and compliance workstreams; identify and escalate key issues.
  • Prepare comparable company, precedent transaction, discounted cash flow, and return analyses, as appropriate to the opportunity.
  • Coordinate deal execution processes, including data room review, diligence trackers, management calls, internal reviews, offering trackers, and closing workstreams.
  • Draft general investment and Investment Committee materials, advisor presentations, client materials, and transaction updates.
  • Assess deal structures, sources and uses, ownership and dilution, downside protection, and potential exit scenarios with senior guidance.
  • Monitor portfolio company performance against investment assumptions and prepare recurring performance and valuation updates.
  • Partner with advisors on opportunity-specific analyses and information needed to support client conversations and new business activity.
  • Maintain accurate pipeline, customer relationship management, investment, and reporting records.
  • Collaborate with Legal, Compliance, Finance, Operations, Financial Advisors, the CS Research team, and other internal partners.
  • Ensure all activities comply with applicable rules, regulations, policies, and procedures.
  • Perform additional responsibilities as requested.

Desired Qualifications

  • An advanced degree and/or industry designations are preferred.
  • Completion of an investment banking or comparable corporate finance training program is preferred.
  • Experience with market data, customer relationship management, and investment analysis systems is preferred.

About the Company

William Blair

Investment banking, research, brokerage, asset management

William Blair is a privately held, employee-owned financial services firm that offers investment banking, equity research, brokerage, asset management, and private capital services. It combines advisory, research, trading, asset management, and private capital solutions to help clients raise, invest, and manage capital. Being privately held and employee-owned differentiates it from many competitors and supports a client-focused, multi-disciplinary approach under one firm. Its goal is to help clients grow and protect their capital by providing comprehensive financial services and access to private capital when needed.

Company size
1,001-5,000
Company stage
Not listed
Total funding
$754.3M
Headquarters
Berlin, Germany
Founded
1935

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