Private Equity Analyst

SP Ventures is an acquisition holdco buying and rolling up companies. We have a live deal and need an analyst who's actually run diligence before, not someone learning on our dime. This can start as a project engagement on the current target and grow into ongoing work.

What you'll do

• Run full diligence on an acquisition target: financials, quality of earnings, customer concentration, working capital
• Build the operating model and stress-test the seller's numbers
• Pull apart the data room and flag what's real vs. dressed up
• Size the market, the competitive position, and the integration risk
• Deliver a clear go / no-go memo with the assumptions laid out

Who we're looking for

• Experience in PE, investment banking, transaction advisory, or corporate development with deals you actually closed or killed
• You've built three-statement and LBO models from scratch
• You can read a QoE report and know where management teams hide things
• Comfortable working off messy seller data, not clean public filings
• Fast, sharp, and able to defend your numbers when challenged

Engagement

• Project-based on the current deal, with potential to continue across the pipeline
• To apply Send your resume and one line on a deal you recommended walking away from and why. That answer matters more than the resume.