Senior Finance Associate - Public Equity & Special Situations

Bain Capital Overview

With approximately $185 billion of assets under management, Bain Capital is one of the world’s leading private investment firms. We create lasting impact for our investors, teams, businesses, and the communities in which we live. Over four decades we have strategically grown our platform to focus on Private Equity, Growth & Venture, Capital Solutions, Credit & Capital Markets, and Real Assets. Today, our team includes 1,880 employees in 24 offices on four continents.

We partner differently to help people and companies embrace possibility and realize potential. Founded as a private partnership in 1984, we have fostered a culture of innovation, entrepreneurialism, and agility, empowering our people to define and own their career trajectories. Today, our partnership approach enables us to pursue strategic growth, build enduring relationships with a robust external network, and collaborate across our integrated platform to connect the deep and diverse expertise that unlocks breakthrough insights.

Our people are the heart of our advantage. Colleagues at all levels have a seat at the table as they tackle business challenges with a principal investor mindset. By asking incisive questions, respectfully challenging one another, and remaining intellectually agile, we work together to achieve exceptional outcomes.

Bain Capital Public Equity Overview

Bain Capital Public Equity employs global equity strategies that combine rigorous fundamental research and analytical portfolio construction within our ESG risk framework to identify and capitalize on opportunities across the global equity markets. We seek to generate attractive returns over a full market cycle with a focus on alpha generation and high quality excess return. Through partnership with our clients, we drive incremental value, including transparency and service, shared insights, potential co-investments and strategic relationships.

Bain Capital Special Situations Overview

Bain Capital Special Situations has invested $35 billion in more than 900 deals across a balanced geographic mix of investments in North America, Europe, and Asia Pacific since its founding in 2002. Our investment professionals provide bespoke capital solutions to meet the diverse needs of companies, entrepreneurs, and asset owners - in all market cycles. The strategy brings together equity and credit expertise, as well as corporate and real asset expertise, to provide solutions which cannot be met by traditional providers. We work closely with our management partners, investment professionals, and other shared resources to support growth and create value for our investors.

Key Responsibilities

Will include some or all the following:

• Prepare and review internal and external financial statements, P&L/NAV/allocation packages, investor deliverables, and various challenging and timely ad-hoc requests
• Coordinate with fund administrators and auditors, and maintain internal controls and accounting policies
• Partner with investment operations, investor relations, accounting operations, financial planning and analysis, and investor team on strategic initiatives
• Assist with process automation and efficiency across repeatable workflows relating to reporting, accounting systems, and system upgrades
• Application of provisions in complex legal documents (e.g., PPMs, LPAs, IMAs) including capital call and allocation, carried interest and distribution, management fees, expenses, and investment restrictions/compliance.
• Manage comprehensive financial reporting, encompassing daily investment analysis, monthly investor capital reporting and positioning, quarterly and annual financial statements, tax workbooks for estimates and K-1s, intercompany reporting, and addressing unique ad hoc requests.
• Close interaction with internal IT and outside consultants to achieve implementation of systematic solutions/efficiencies in relation to accounting systems and recurring reporting requests. Assist in the design of solutions, as well as ownership of the user acceptance testing and implementation of solutions. Propose new initiatives as challenges/inefficiencies arise.
  
  

General Qualifications

• 2-4 years of public accounting, audit or tax (preferred), or other relevant work experience in a rigorous environment.
• Strong ability to prioritize multiple responsibilities and work under tight deadlines.
• Self-starter with initiative. Ability to work unsupervised.
• Strong analytical problem-solving skills.
• Strong interpersonal skills with capacity to interact with outside parties and personnel across all levels of the firm.
• Ability to decipher complex legal documents.
• Dedicated team player with a strong sense of ownership and follow-through skills
• Detail-oriented, conscientious and energetic professional.
• Strong Excel skills including the ability to develop efficient Excel templates from scratch. Experience with macros not needed.
• Strong ability to think outside the box to develop solutions to unique and challenging ad hoc requests in order to deliver the desired result/information when quite often starting from a blank slate.
• Strong verbal and written communication skills
• VBA and PowerBI experience is a plus
  
  

EDUCATION

• Four-year college degree with a strong academic background.
• Major in accounting, finance or related degree required.
• CPA, CFA or equivalent qualification a plus.
  
  

Bain Capital is an equal opportunity employer. We are committed to equal employment opportunity regardless of race, color, ancestry, religion, sex, national origin, sexual orientation, age, citizenship, marital status, disability, gender identity or Veteran status.