Position Title Associate

Experience Level 2-6 years of relevant experience.

Department Private Market

Location Gurgaon

Position reports to Assistant Director

Job Purpose

This position is in the Private Markets division at Acuity, one of the fastest growing segments within the firm. The position will report to Assistant Director, Private Markets

It will offer the opportunity to work with Private Equity teams of our clients across industries (technology, fintech, retail, financial services, transportation etc.) and assist them in devising their deal sourcing, deal assessment, due diligence, portfolio monitoring and valuation activities including company/industry analysis, financial modeling (DCF, LBO), relative valuation, etc.

Typical engagements would involve (but not be limited to) the following:

Financial spreading and valuation analysis: Creation and updating of detailed financial models including DCF, MA, LBO Models, trading transaction comps, valuation analysis via different techniques, through idea of company financial metrices

MA and strategic analysis: Identification and analysis of potential targets through analysis of markets, products, services and financial synergies

Peer group benchmarking competition landscaping: Identifying players operating in relevant industry, mapping them by geographies, sector or other parameters, benchmarking shortlisted players on various KPIs

Portfolio company monitoring: Periodic tracking of business and financial performance indicators of portfolio companies and benchmarking those with their peer group for timely identification of upside and / or downside triggers





Commercial due diligence support: Commercial due diligence of potential investment through analysis of the market opportunity, target companys business model, its competitive positioning, etc.

Key Responsibilities

Project Management

Understand client requirement, scope projects, manage end-to-end execution and delivery (work allocation, research, analysis, quality control, delivery)

Translate client objectives into clear deliverables with associated priorities and constraints

Experienced in all types of secondary research (databases, statistics and ministry/ industry/ association websites), as well as general research (company websites, SEC Filings, research reports, news articles etc.) and primary research involving discussions with industry players/ stakeholders

Handle multiple work streams, as required

Take complete ownership of all quality related aspects

People Management

Lead projects independently and guide a team of analysts and associates in daily tasks to ensure that the work is on course to meet clients objectives

Manage team morale to be able to navigate through pressure situations

Provide effective, on-time and objective feedback to team members and be involved in their overall grooming and development

Client Management





Manage and maintain client relationships would include regular interaction with client(s) to strengthen the relationship and identify opportunities to act as a solutions provider.

Key competencies:

Experience of 4-8 years supporting strategy research and analysis, preferably across industries

CFA, MBA from a top tier business school in Strategy, Finance, Operations or Economics

Strong finance fundamentals and knowledge of financial analysis skills

Experience working across databases such as Capital IQ, Pitchbook, Preqin etc.

Strong problem-solving abilities and analytical thinking skills. Adept at synthesizing information to generate insights

Dedicated and motivated individuals demonstrated academic excellence with robust leadership, analytical, communication and teamwork skills

Excellent written and verbal communication skills

Ability to work effectively under tight deadlines

Superior problem-solving abilities and strong analytical thinking to seek the why, how and so-what of a problem statement and ability to think multiple/alternative solutions to a given problem

Proven project management skills

Excellent at using MS PowerPoint; command over MS Excel to process varied data sets in spreadsheets (Pivots, charting etc.) is highly desirable.

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