Associate, Corporate Venture Capital Fund (0009-0001)

Duties Include:

Perform sophisticated cohort and customer analysisincluding customer segmentation studies, lifetime value calculations, retention rate modeling, product-market fit assessment, and behavioral analytics to evaluate business model sustainability and growth potential for target investments.

Lead advanced financial modeling and valuation analysisincluding discounted cash flow models, leveraged buyout analysis, comparable company analysis, precedent transaction analysis, and sensitivity analysis incorporating stochastic modeling, revenue build-up models, and optimization algorithms for multi-currency portfolio construction.

Perform comprehensive market and competitive analysisincluding go-to-market strategy assessment, competitive positioning studies, market penetration analysis, pricing strategy evaluation, and industry trend analysis using statistical methodologies and data visualization techniques.

Source and evaluate investment opportunitiesthrough systematic market research, international industry network analysis, and data-driven opportunity identification processes across US and Latin American markets, maintaining pipeline of 75+ potential deals quarterly with quantitative scoring methodologies.

Serve as board observer or board memberfor portfolio companies providing strategic guidance, operational insights, KPI analysis, and analytical support using quantitative analysis, cohort studies, and industrial engineering methodologies to optimize business performance and drive value creation initiatives.

Execute complex cross-border transaction analysisincluding merger and acquisition modeling in transaction value, international capital structure optimization, currency hedging analysis, synergy modeling, and deal structuring using sophisticated financial modeling techniques and constraint optimization methodologies.

Design and implement investment analysis frameworksutilizing operations research methodologies, simulation modeling, statistical optimization, and business intelligence tools to standardize due diligence processes across multiple geographic markets and improve investment decision accuracy.

Present investment recommendations and analytical findingsto senior management, investment committee, limited partners, and board members through formal presentations incorporating advanced data visualization, cohort analysis results, statistical analysis summaries, and quantitative risk assessment models.

Manage portfolio company relationships.

Build and maintain relationships with founders, funds and corporates across the US, LatAm and South East Asia.

Conducting quarterly business reviews, analyzing key performance indicators using statistical process control methods, performing cohort analysis and customer behavior studies, and supporting strategic initiatives with quantitative analysis, market intelligence, and LP partnership facilitation.

Hybrid position (3 days a week in office.)

All Requirements:Bachelors degree (or foreign equivalent) in Finance, Economics or a related field, plus 5 years of post-baccalaureate experience in investment analysis, or venture capital, or private equity, or investment banking, or related financial services role.

Experience must include the following, which may be gained concurrently:

5 years of experienceconducting comprehensive investment due diligence including financial analysis, market research, competitive analysis, and risk assessment for equity investments.

5 years of experiencebuilding complex financial models including DCF analysis, LBO modeling, merger analysis, scenario planning, and revenue build-up models using advanced Excel, or statistical software, or programming languages.

5 years of experiencepreparing detailed investment memoranda, research reports, portfolio updates, and analytical presentations incorporating market sizing analysis, competitive benchmarking, cohort analysis, unit economics, regressions and financial projections for senior leadership, or investment committees, or Limited Partners.

3 years of experience as a portfolio company board observer or advisor conducting quarterly business reviews and advising through portfolio company sales, mergers and exits.

3 years investing in early stage companies (seed through series C) having led investments from end-to-end globally.

4 years of experiencesupervising junior staff in financial analysis, modeling, business analysis, and LP communications.

Please send us your resume via email at candidates (at) placementservicesusa (dot) com with reference #0009-0001. Do not copy and paste your resume in the body email. Please attach it as a Word or PDF document.