PE Associate for a Leading PE fund based in HK recruitment

This person will have a lot of exposure to many areas of the business and will require regular travel and would have a healthy balance of deal interaction and analysis work.They intend to set up a new fund and therefore are looking for an Associate to work in the team based in Hong Kong.  You will be a strong financial modeler but also have good client facing and commercial skills.

Duties will include:

-  Providing necessary support in summarizing economic data and statistics,  performing industry research analysis.

-  Working closely with team members to formulate deal structures, evaluate investment opportunities, perform due diligence, build financial models and perform financial analysis and forecast.

-  Coordinating with external professionals, including auditors, lawyers and other technical professionals to perform due diligence work.

-  Involving in preparing internal investment proposals and post-investment monitoring.

-  Maintaining a good and friendly relationship with investment banks, co-investors, financial advisors and other professionals during deal execution.

-  Assisting team members to prepare marketing and legal documents for establishing new funds.

-  Assisting in any ad hoc projects or internal reports.

Requirements:

-  Master Degree or higher, CFA/CPA preferred.

-  At least 3 years experience gained from reputable investment banks or private equity firms. They could consider candidates with slightly less experience but they must be high achievers…

-  Familiar with financial modeling and good knowledge in PC applications including Powerpoint, Bloomberg.

-  Strong analytical skills, communication skills and finance knowledge.

-  Strong language command of both written and spoken English and Chinese including Mandarin.

-  Able to work under pressure and meet deadlines.

-  Frequent travelling is required.

-  A good team player.