* The level of this position may vary depending on the profile of the person selected.
Based in CDPQ’s Singapore subsidiary and reporting to the Managing Director, Private Equity, the successful candidate will support the International Private Equity team, deployment and portfolio management objectives. He / she will contribute to optimizing returns, collaborating on transactions and closely monitoring portfolio companies to create value.
Main responsibilities
- Participate in the selection of deals and help prepare preliminary analysis and documents for investment recommendations within established timelines
- Support senior team members by conducting rigorous financial modelling
- Contribute to the creation of internal reports and keep them up to date
- Comprehensively review target companies’ financial reports, establish comparables that are representative of the competitive universe and conduct their detailed analysis
- Support senior team members in preparing and organizing meetings and discussions with existing and potential partners.
- Systematically conduct in-depth research on current trends in his/her sectors of activity, proactively monitor the news and collect information from relevant sources.
- Develop effective search and monitoring tools.
- Produce sector studies / market screenings to continue to team’s business development
- Participate in the development of work processes and updating required information
- Generate value-add in the portfolio management by supporting senior team members
Requirements
- At least two (2) years’ experience in finance/ investment
- Bachelor’s degree in business, finance, economics or accounting from a top-tier institution
- Master’s degree in finance and/or CFA designation would be an advantage
- Excellent financial modelling and analysis skills
- Comfortable with software used in finance (Excel, Capital IQ, ThomsonOne, Bloomberg, etc.)
- Understanding of the Japanese and/or Korean market dynamics is a strong advantage
- Fluent English is required, both written and spoken
- Fluency in Japanese and/or Korean is a strong advantage to facilitate interactions with existing and potential partners and target companies.
- Available for frequent international travel
Competencies
- Strong ability to manage stress and priorities
- Extremely rigorous and analytical
- Commitment, enthusiasm, proactiveness and strong organizational skills
- Good team player who puts the organizations’ interests first
- Willing to share information
- Effective communicator
- Solutions-oriented
