Selby Jennings is working with a top-tier private equity firm in Dallas, Texas to find an Associate to join their deal team. The firm is a generalist-focused group, that makes investments in lower and middle-market North American manufacturing, technology, healthcare, and consumer companies that show strong signs of growth.
Qualifications:
- Bachelor's Degree required (must have an exceptional record of academic achievement)
- 2-3 years of investment banking at a top investment bank required
- Strong modeling, analytical, valuation, interpersonal, and problem-solving skills
- Effective communication skills, including the ability to present complex information to key internal/external stakeholders
- Demonstrated high performance in multidisciplinary work experience and education
- Must have a team-player attitude and a desire to work on a wide range of projects
- Desire to live and work in Dallas, TX
Responsibilities:
- Transaction-related activities include strategic operational analysis, due diligence, structuring, negotiation, and financing of platform and add-on transactions, as well as the implementation of operational improvements post-close
- Developing and maintaining financial and operational models
- Conducting due diligence on new potential investments and their associated industries
- Drafting investment committee presentation materials
- Drive operational improvements and strategic initiatives
- Drive evaluation of prospective add-on acquisition targets and execute add-on transactions
- Monitoring portfolio companies and assisting with reporting to board of directors
- Additional responsibilities on an ad hoc basis