Private Equity Leverage Finance / Credit Associate recruitment

Nicola Beer Private Equity Recruitment

This is a unique opportunity to be part of a successful Private Equity team where your focus will be on the credit and mezzanine side of their investment business. The position will assist in the team in carrying out its investment strategy which is focused on capital preservation and mid teen yield-generation. Your work will involve the execution of debt/mezzanine deals with responsibilities including industry research, business valuation and modeling, credit analysis, due diligence, capital structure recommendations, writing investment memos, and monitoring of portfolio companies.

The candidate will have the following profile:

• A minimum of 3-5 years of relevant work experience in investment banking, credit advisory, private equity or institutional lending;

Due to the sector focus Turkey and Saudi Arabia, Bahrain, UAE, Kuwait and Oman you Must be fluent in either Arabic or Turkish to be considered for this position. Either will compliment the current team. Your English must also be up to business standards.

You must be willing to live and work in the UAE

• Strong analytical skills with very good understanding of cash flow and financial statements analysis;

• MBA Ideal or professional degree in finance/investment; CFA 

• Good understanding of the economic trends globally and in particular Turkey and GCC 

• Experience and knowledge of investments across various sectors;

• Knowledge of the Turkish Market is a huge advantage

• Understanding of traditional and complex credit structures;

• Ability to work through teams, deliver high quality work within deadlines, and to meet team objectives;

• Motivated and enthusiastic about the opportunities and challenges of sourcing and executing new deals in a fast moving environment.

Overall Job Responsibilities:

Deal sourcing, initial screening and the execution of new debt/mezzanine deals in the GCC region and Turkey.

General Responsibilities

Keep regular update on private equity market transactions in the region and general industry research;

Prepare presentations for business origination purposes

Participate in deal teams to accomplish work as required on several deals simultaneously including performing early financial analyses and writing investment memoranda.

Project Execution

Participate in the due diligence and preparation phases of the investment which would include technical, legal, regulatory and commercial assessment of the transaction;

Produce financial models for credit analysis and valuations and other deal components;

This is an extraordinary opportunity to become part of a rapidly expanding business in one of the fastest growing regions in the world. All applicants will be treated in strictest confidence.

Nicola Beer Private Equity Recruitment