Website AccelNorth Partners
One stop solution for building stronger investment and investable businesses
Industry – Private Equity & Venture Capital
Who are we?
AccelNorth Partners is a UK-headquartered global advisory firm dedicated to the private equity and venture capital industry. Our roots are in London, and our operations and perspectives are global, with clients spanning Europe, the UK, the US, Israel, and Asia. We are a one-stop solution for building strong investment and investable private businesses. We help our GP clients optimize their strategy, operations, positioning and marketing through fundraising, investment and growth journeys, and provide support to our LP clients across strategy, asset allocation, sourcing, due diligence and investment decision making.
With decades of experience in private markets, as investors, advisors and entrepreneurs, our mission is to help our clients become more effective and efficient to maximize the impact of their fundraising and investment activities.
We are a small and entrepreneurial business, seeking to build on our fast-growing client base, and are offering opportunities to those from a professional background to join a fast-growing business with an excellent team, and be part of the disruption that we are creating in an exciting industry.
Who are we looking for?
We are looking for a suitable candidate, with at-least 2-3 years prior experience in investment banking, private equity/venture capital, asset management, or strategy consulting. Additional qualifications such as CFA, CA or CAIA would be valuable.
We are looking for someone with excellent problem-solving and analytical skills, combined with sound business judgement, and an ability to work independently and remotely with their own initiative. We offer first-hand insights into the global venture capital and private equity industry and a behind the scenes glimpse of the nuts and bolts of fundraising and due diligence project management.
We hire all our employees with the idea of building them into future equity partners of our firm. Therefore, beyond hard skills, we look for soft-skills such as strength in communication, a team-first and client-first culture, strong ethics, and someone who is seeking a long-term ‘home’ in our business.
You absolutely must:
- Have strong research and analytical skills;
- Have excellent excel and modelling abilities;
- Have strong PowerPoint, presentation and design skills;
- Have the ability to work successfully in multicultural teams and across borders;
- Have the ability to turn your work into actionable insights;
- Have high attention to detail, but also the perspective to see the big picture;
- Have high organizational and communication skills, both written and verbal;
- Be self-motivated, show initiative and ability to work on your own, with guidance. Entrepreneurial mindset and the ability to get things done;
- Have an ability to work remotely;
- Have an appetite for a steep learning curve and a desire to succeed in a commercial environment, and put in the hours when the projects demand;
- Be a team player with a positive attitude; be willing to work with the team to build a global brand; and
- Have strong client service orientation with an openness to feedback and new ideas
About the role:
As a Junior Associate/Senior Analyst, you would be reporting day-to-day to a Senior Associate/Vice President and also will be working on projects with our Founder in our small but fast-growing business. You will be working with the project team to support our clients on their fundraising project management (including analytical tasks such as financial modelling, research and putting together pitch decks and investment memorandums), and building private markets investment programmes (including building sourcing channels, conducting due diligence, and project management). In addition, you will be working on our business development initiative, which includes identifying potential clients and conducting appropriate research on their business needs, arrange business meetings with them, and support the search for new suitable business partners.
This is a full-time Junior Associate/Senior Analyst role, and we offer:
- Unique insights into the private equity and venture capital industry;
- Experience in building a challenger business in an established industry;
- Ability to work directly with the CEO, helping build out the business, as well as a project manager on each of your projects;
- Exposure to clients, pitch experience and room for personal and professional growth; and
- We offer a competitive salary and annual bonus, with potential for future equity in the business for the right candidate.
Interested candidates can write to rajat@accelnorthpartners.com with CV, and a short note summarising their education and qualifying experience.
To apply for this job email your details to rajat@accelnorthpartners.com