Role:
Opportunity to join one of the globally leading fund of funds managers in private equity and infrastructure with more than $90 billion of assets under management across secondaries and primaries. You will be working in an experienced, truly global team of more than 100 talented and highly motivated professionals of which 10 in Ardian’s Frankfurt office. Ardian is a pioneer in the strongly growing secondaries market with a 25-years track record and has completed some of the largest ever secondary transactions. Furthermore, the global fund of funds investment team is also allocating significant amounts of primary capital to world leading fund managers on behalf of our clients, thus gaining deep insights into their strategies and portfolio investments.
Secondary fund of funds:
- Participate in investment opportunities sourcing effort
- Value and price equity interests in private equity funds and companies
- Analyze business models and market position
- Prepare financial projections and transaction modeling
- Prepare investment recommendations
- Presentation to the global team and Investment Committees
- Monitor investments and development vs. targeted performance
- Prepare reporting presentations to Limited Partners and Advisory Boards
Primary fund of funds:
- Screen European Private Equity market
- Compile information and conduct research, meet and evaluate fund managers
- Conduct due diligence (strategy, team, performance)
- Prepare investment recommendation
- Presentation to the global team and Investment Committees
- Monitor portfolio through ongoing dialogue with managers & attendance of investors meetings
- Prepare reporting presentations to Limited Partners
Profile:
- Prior experience or relevant internships in private equity, M&A or corporate finance
- International experience is a plus
Required Skills:
- Excellent analytical skills
- Excellent level on Excel and financial modelling
- Self-confident and confident appearance in front of fund managers and investors
- Fluent in English
- Native (or very good level) in German
Top Skills
What We Do
Ardian is a world-leading private investment house with assets of US$130bn managed or advised in Europe, North America, and Asia. The company is majority-owned by its employees. It keeps entrepreneurship at its heart and focuses on delivering excellent investment performance to its global investor base.
Through its commitment to shared outcomes for all stakeholders, Ardian’s activities fuel individual, corporate and economic growth around the world.
Holding close its core values of excellence, loyalty and entrepreneurship, Ardian maintains a truly global network, with more than 850 employees working from fifteen offices across Europe (Frankfurt, Jersey, London, Luxembourg, Madrid, Milan, Paris and Zurich), the Americas (New York, San Francisco and Santiago) and Asia (Beijing, Singapore, Tokyo and Seoul). It manages funds on behalf of round 1,000 clients through five pillars of investment expertise: Fund of Funds, Direct Funds, Infrastructure, Real Estate and Private Debt.
