Job Description

We are looking for our next team member who will contribute to build our expertise in Private Equity in Switzerland.

Your main responsibilities:

- Fundamental research

Leads the research framework to source, identify and analyse appropriate investment opportunities to be invested by our funds or through co-investment opportunities. Presents investment cases to the Investment Committee and monitors ongoing investments upon validation of the investment case, preparing periodic reports on the target companies, engaging with its management when required and reporting to senior members of the company.

Leads financial modeling including sensitivity analysis to support investment cases. Participates in establishing strategies for specific portoflio companies to increase revenue, improve operations and/or strengthen financial controls in order to increase shareholder value.

Participates in elaborating educational contents on the private equity markets for internal and external use.

- Internal Communication

Leads the coordination of Sales queries relating to Private Equity, organising face-to-face meetings or calls for the purpose of presenting an investment opportunity or more broadly the private equity markets to our internal workforce.

- External Communication

Leads the coordination of face-to-face meetings and calls with external parties (industry participants, target companies, external counsel, clients when asked by our Sales) in order to: either deepen understanding of the identified opportunities, monitor portfolio companies or promote Lynceus Partners' expertise in Private Equity externally. Participates in Public Relationship events as and when required, including writing articles for external publications, posts for our LinkedIn page and other communication channels, physical events and conferences.

Requirements

Competencies we are looking for and that you will develop in this role:

You are highly analytical and possess numerical skills with great attention to detail in order to perform detailed due diligences and opportunity assessments. You are curious and want to dig into problems to understand risk contributors.
You are natural at building human relationships with clients and colleagues alike, you have an entrepreneurial and self-starting mindset, you are a team-player with an effective communication towards colleagues and clients alike.
You are result-oriented. You take lead, show self-motivation and ambition for personal and professional achievements. You have a competitive drive to get things done.
You are agile and proactive in accompanying change (in various situations). You are willing to challenge yourself, learn and improve. You are willing to expand your knowledge through experience or education.

What experience and background we are looking for:

Master/Bachelor degree or equivalent in Finance, Economics, Engineering…
A minimum of 3 years of experience as a private equity analyst or a similar position.
A deep knowledge of the private equity markets or a willingness and interest to develop professional competencies in this class of assets
Proficient with the Office suite (Excel and Powerpoint)
The ability and willingness to work in an entrepreneurial environment
Fluent English; other languages would be a plus, with a preference with French.

What to expect

An intra-preneurial project with the possibility to build your own brand
A boutique approach to appealing investment class both on direct and listed markets

What to do next?

Apply online and send us your best job application.

We will review it in the next few weeks to join us as soon as you will be available.

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