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Permira

Global private equity investor

Investment Professional - Vice President

Private EquityConfirmed live in the last 24 hours
Full-timeMenlo Park, CA, USA$275k /yr

About the Job

Requirements

  • A bachelor's degree in Business Administration, Finance, Economics, or a related field, plus four years of progressively responsible experience in management consulting, investment banking, and/or private equity.
  • Experience conducting data analysis and investment returns modeling.
  • Experience working within the investing community across target companies, other investors, bankers, and consultants.
  • Experience performing financial analysis, analyzing financial statements, financial modeling, forming investment theses, and valuing companies.
  • Experience performing financial and economic analysis to assess client opportunities.
  • Experience assessing market-entry strategies and revenue-growth opportunities.
  • Experience analyzing SKU data to understand complexity drivers and recommend SKUs to prioritize or de-prioritize, and forecasting market size, business growth rates, and market dynamics to recommend strategies.
  • Experience using Excel, Alteryx, Tableau, and PowerPoint to analyze client and market data and present findings.
  • Ability to travel internationally and domestically 10% of the time for deal execution and portfolio-company support; frequency and location cannot be predicted.

Responsibilities

  • Focus on buyout investments, research industries, and participate in international deals.
  • Perform due diligence and transactional financing, and perform valuation.
  • Build mathematical models for pricing and risk management using Excel.
  • Conduct initial reviews of investment opportunities through independent research and calls with industry experts.
  • Conduct financial analysis, including analyzing key performance indicators and building operating and leveraged buyout models to assess investment returns in different scenarios.
  • Create Investment Review materials and present to the Firm’s Investment Committee.
  • Oversee post-transaction value-creation plan implementation and portfolio-company monitoring, including attending board meetings, assisting with add-on mergers and acquisitions, and providing other operational assistance.
  • Lead deal teams of three to four Associate Investment Professionals and guide junior team members in goal setting, task planning, and output creation.
  • Source and initiate investment opportunities, emphasizing proactive and proprietary sourcing.
  • Build relationships with industry participants, including management teams, investors, bankers, and consultants, to identify opportunities and support due diligence; attend industry conferences and networking events.
  • Conduct comprehensive due diligence for potential investments, including managing third-party financial, commercial, operational, legal, and technology consultants.
  • Liaise with and help manage third parties and professional advisors, including financial and legal advisors and consultants.
  • Oversee analysis and evaluation of investment opportunities, conduct due diligence, and develop transaction and financing structures.
  • Assess business, industry, and economic conditions; interpret sales-volume, price, operating-cost, and margin data across companies and industries; and assess business quality through retention, growth, sales and go-to-market efficiency, and profitability.
  • Build and develop complex financial models to evaluate investment opportunities, test assumptions and sensitivities, review models built by others, identify value-creation levers and investment risks, and compile materials supporting the investment case.
  • Assess investment-risk trends, economic influences, and other factors affecting investments; monitor economic, industrial, and corporate developments by analyzing financial, accounting, tax, and commercial information.
  • Present the investment case in Investment Committee discussions.
  • Assist with deal execution, negotiate investment terms and structures, negotiate acquisitions and financing, and oversee transaction documentation.
  • Build on established relationships to contribute to investment strategy, growth, and profitability.
  • Review internal company performance and valuation reporting to monitor and enhance portfolio-company performance.
  • Partner with the internal Value Creation team on portfolio-company strategies and goals, and engage third-party advisers where needed to drive company growth and success.

About the Company

Permira

Global private equity investor

Permira is a global private equity firm with European roots that raises investment funds to buy and grow companies around the world. It acquires businesses, partners with management to implement strategic and operational improvements, and exits holdings through sales or listings to generate returns for investors. The firm differentiates itself with a long-standing track record, hands-on operational guidance, and a global network across multiple sectors. Its goal is to deliver strong, risk-adjusted returns for institutional investors by building durable, high-performing companies.

Company size
201-500
Company stage
Not listed
Total funding
$7B
Headquarters
London, United Kingdom
Founded
1985

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