What are the responsibilities and job description for the Portfolio Valuation & Analytics Co-Op position at Audax Group?
Audax Group is a leading alternative investment manager with offices in Boston, New York, San Francisco, and London. Since its founding in 1999, the firm has raised over $40 billion in capital across its Private Equity and Private Debt businesses. With more than 400 employees and approximately 180 investment professionals, the firm is a leading capital partner for North American middle market companies. For more information, visit the Audax Group website www.audaxgroup.com.
POSITION SUMMARY :
Audax Private Equity deal team members are supported by professionals in several key functional areas including legal, capital markets, finance / accounting, business development, portfolio support, and IT. Our model allows deal teams to focus their energy and resources on what matters most - building companies and creating equity value for our investors.
The Co-Op will play a key role in the Portfolio Valuation & Analytics team, which focuses on portfolio company valuations, portfolio company / fund level analytics, fundraising initiatives, limited partner reporting, investment benchmarking and reporting for the Private Equity business unit, and portfolio company cap table management and reporting. This individual will play a key role in every aspect of the Portfolio Valuation & Analytics team. The individual will assist in the updating, reviewing, and maintaining of Private Equity investment valuations across multiple funds and strategies. Additionally, the individual will work with other Portfolio Valuation & Analytics team members to maintain the integrity of Audax Private Equity portfolio company data within the iLevel system, drive operational processes to support Finance teams, and develop reports and integrated analyses to support decision making across Investment Teams, Finance, and Investor Relations. The ideal candidate is a self-motivated team player with strong technical skills able to transform concepts into effective, concise, and timely analyses.
The Co-Op will work with team members of the Audax Equity Management team to routinely aggregate portfolio company capitalization table information, develop reports and integrated analyses, and develop capitalization table analyses and waterfall models to drive processes and operational improvements. Additionally, the Analyst will have the opportunity to develop dashboards in Power BI to analyze portfolio company and fund level performance, and various industry and economic analysis.
RESPONSIBILITIES
Fundraising & Investor Relations requests
- Update private equity marketing materials / presentations across various platform strategies and assist in coordination of annual limited partner meetings / semi-annual advisory board sessions, including updating presentation materials, investment summaries, and compiling executive-level summary materials.
- Assist in creation and update process of fundraising materials across various platform strategies including quarterly track records and company metrics files, fund performance analyses, ad-hoc limited partner requests, and benchmarking reports for use in outward-facing investor updates.
- Analyze investment performance and communicate results to investor relations for use with prospective and existing limited partners; draft semi- annual / annual investment updates and portfolio company write-ups to help our investors better understand their investments.
Quarterly Valuation & Portfolio Review
Maintenance of private equity portfolio company databases
Process re-engineering and automation to promote efficiency and accuracy
REQUIREMENTS / QUALIFICATIONS :
COMPETENCIES :
The candidate should be advanced in Excel and PowerPoint, specifically in the following areas :
This job description is not designed to cover or contain a comprehensive listing of activities, duties or responsibilities that are required of the employee. Duties, responsibilities and activities may change or new ones may be assigned at any time with or without notice.
Audax Management Co. is an equal opportunity employer.
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